France to give 'clear evidence' Syria regime behind attack

France to give 'clear evidence' Syria regime behind attack
US swimmer 2 miles from end of Cuba-Florida trip
Born Digital: College today is almost nothing like the past
Egypt judges recommend dissolving the Brotherhood
Nyad 1st to swim to Florida from Cuba without cage
Anti-al-Qaida leader escapes assassination in Iraq
Militants attack US base on Afghan supply route
Cops: Dad of NY tot shot in stroller likely target
Verizon agrees to stake from Vodafone for $130B
Russia may send lawmakers to US to discuss Syria
US swimmer almost done with Cuba-Florida trip
Cops have leads in killing of NYC tot in stroller
US swimmer close to end of Cuba-Florida trip
Russia doubts US proof of Syria poison gas use
French set to release intelligence on Syria
Obama seeks Syria support from former foe McCain

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 08:17 AM PDT

France was set Monday to provide what it says is clear evidence that the Syrian regime was behind a devastating chemical attack, as Western leaders bid to overcome widespread scepticism to military action.

US swimmer 2 miles from end of Cuba-Florida trip

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 08:42 AM PDT

KEY WEST, Florida (AP) — With her lips and tongue swollen, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad edged closer to Florida on Monday in her attempt to become the first person to swim the treacherous waters from Cuba to Key West without a shark cage.

Born Digital: College today is almost nothing like the past

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 08:13 AM PDT

Bill Dameron started college in 1981. His mother, he remembers, dropped him at the curb of North Carolina's Greensboro College with just a sack of clothes and a clock radio.

Egypt judges recommend dissolving the Brotherhood

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 09:27 AM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — A panel of Egyptian judges recommended Monday the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood, adding momentum to a push by authorities to ban the ousted president's main backer and a pillar of political Islam in the region.

Nyad 1st to swim to Florida from Cuba without cage

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 11:01 AM PDT

KEY WEST, Florida (AP) — Diana Nyad has become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage.

Anti-al-Qaida leader escapes assassination in Iraq

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 10:41 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — A prominent militia leader opposed to al-Qaida escaped an assassination attempt in Baghdad Monday that killed six of his body guards and one civilian and wounded eight people, authorities said. And a Turkish diplomat avoided injury when a roadside bomb exploded as he traveled in a convoy in the northern city of Mosul.

Militants attack US base on Afghan supply route

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 06:54 AM PDT

MOHMANDARA DISTRICT, Afghanistan (AP) — Militants attacked a U.S. base in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday, setting off bombs, torching vehicles and shutting down a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said. At least three people — apparently all attacking insurgents — were killed.

Cops: Dad of NY tot shot in stroller likely target

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 10:49 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Police investigating the death of a 1-year-old boy who was shot in his stroller during a walk on a city street believe his father was the intended target, Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Monday.

Verizon agrees to stake from Vodafone for $130B

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 09:48 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon will own its wireless business outright after agreeing to a $130 billion deal to buy the 45 percent stake of Verizon Wireless owned by British cellphone carrier Vodafone.

Russia may send lawmakers to US to discuss Syria

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 09:46 AM PDT

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin hopes to send a delegation of Russian lawmakers to the United States to discuss the situation in Syria with members of Congress, the Interfax news agency reported Monday.

US swimmer almost done with Cuba-Florida trip

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 10:47 AM PDT

KEY WEST, Florida (AP) — U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad is closing in on the shores of Key West in her attempt to become the first person to swim to Florida from Cuba without a shark cage.

Cops have leads in killing of NYC tot in stroller

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 10:26 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators have some clues about the killing of a 1-year-old boy who was shot in his stroller while out with his father, who is believed to have been the intended target, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Monday.

US swimmer close to end of Cuba-Florida trip

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 10:19 AM PDT

Russia doubts US proof of Syria poison gas use

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 08:02 AM PDT

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Evidence of alleged chemical weapons use by the Syrian regime presented to Moscow by the U.S. and its allies is "absolutely unconvincing," Russia's foreign minister said Monday, as the Obama administration lobbied Congress to support a punitive military strike against Syria.

French set to release intelligence on Syria

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 10:21 AM PDT

PARIS (AP) — The French government is preparing to publicly release details from its intelligence services about a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria.

Obama seeks Syria support from former foe McCain

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 08:07 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is inviting former foe Sen. John McCain to the White House, hoping one of Congress' most intractable foreign policy hawks will help sell the idea of a U.S. military intervention in Syria to a nation deeply scarred by more than a decade of war.