Obama urges Congress to unite to create jobs

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• Obama urges Congress to unite to create jobs
• Titanic violin auctioned for world record $1.45 million
• Calif. finds more instances of offshore fracking
• Argentine commuter train slams into station, again
• Kenya mall attack echoes 1980 hotel bombing
• Titanic violin sells for over $1.6M at auction
• AP PHOTOS: Skid Row, a battle of misery and hope
• Cardinals rough up Kershaw, headed to World Series
• Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood facing wave of trials
• Autopsy inconclusive for fetus found in NYC bag
• 2 kidnapped Turkish pilots freed in Lebanon
• Pilgrims held in Syria returning to Lebanon
• Wedding planning on a deadline for NJ gay couples
• British judge clears Madoff sons of wrongdoing
• Activists: Bomb near Syrian capital kills 16

Obama urges Congress to unite to create jobs Posted: 19 Oct 2013 06:38 AM PDT The US Congress must stop stumbling from crisis to crisis and join together to create jobs and get things done, President Barack Obama said Saturday in his weekly radio address.

Titanic violin auctioned for world record $1.45 million Posted: 19 Oct 2013 08:47 AM PDT The violin played by the bandmaster of the Titanic to calm passengers as it sank sold at auction for £900,000 ($1.45 million, 1.06 million euros) on Saturday, a world record fee for memorabilia from the doomed liner.

Calif. finds more instances of offshore fracking Posted: 19 Oct 2013 10:15 AM PDT LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The oil production technique known as fracking is more widespread and frequently used in the offshore platforms and man-made islands near some of California's most populous and famous coastal communities than state officials believed.

Argentine commuter train slams into station, again Posted: 19 Oct 2013 08:54 AM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine commuter train slammed into the end of the line Saturday morning at the same station in Buenos Aires where 52 people were killed in a similar crash last year. This time there was no immediate report of deaths, but at least 80 people were injured.

Kenya mall attack echoes 1980 hotel bombing Posted: 19 Oct 2013 08:09 AM PDT Flames and smoke, the whoop of sirens, the flicker of ambulance lights and uniformed men shouting in darkness. These are my childhood memories of the chaotic aftermath of a hotel bombing in Kenya's capital on New Year's Eve, 1980.

Titanic violin sells for over $1.6M at auction Posted: 19 Oct 2013 10:33 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — A violin believed to have been played on the Titanic before the doomed vessel sank was auctioned for more than 1 million pounds ($1.6 million) Saturday, a fantastic figure which one collector said may never be beaten.

AP PHOTOS: Skid Row, a battle of misery and hope Posted: 19 Oct 2013 10:40 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles has been home for thousands of homeless people, a tenuous comfort zone for many who hit the rock bottom of their lives in America.

Cardinals rough up Kershaw, headed to World Series Posted: 19 Oct 2013 01:06 AM PDT ST. LOUIS (AP) — Clayton Kershaw was long gone. Michael Wacha kept Dodgers hitters down, ignoring the surprisingly big lead and pitching as if the opposing ace was still dealing.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood facing wave of trials Posted: 19 Oct 2013 05:37 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood faces a wave of trials unlike any it has seen in its history, threatening to put a large number of its senior leaders behind bars for years, even life, as military-backed authorities determined to cripple the group prepare prosecutions on charges including inciting violence and terrorism.

Autopsy inconclusive for fetus found in NYC bag Posted: 19 Oct 2013 06:13 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — An autopsy of a fetus found in a teenage girl's shopping bag at a New York City lingerie store was inconclusive, and more tests will be needed to determine how the fetus died, the city medical examiner's office says.

2 kidnapped Turkish pilots freed in Lebanon Posted: 19 Oct 2013 10:17 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency says two Turkish pilots kidnapped in Lebanon have been released and handed over to Lebanese security officials.

Pilgrims held in Syria returning to Lebanon Posted: 19 Oct 2013 09:29 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Nine Lebanese pilgrims held by Syrian rebels were expected to return Saturday to Beirut as part of a negotiated, ambitious three-way hostage deal, the Lebanese interior minister said.

Wedding planning on a deadline for NJ gay couples Posted: 19 Oct 2013 10:21 AM PDT Activists are still working to line up judges who could waive the waiting period for same-sex couples who want to exchange vows first thing Monday, when gay marriage will become legal in New Jersey.

British judge clears Madoff sons of wrongdoing Posted: 19 Oct 2013 08:21 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — A British judge has cleared Bernard Madoff's sons of wrongdoing in a case brought against them by the liquidator of his estate in Britain, saying in a written ruling that the pair's honesty was not in doubt.

Activists: Bomb near Syrian capital kills 16 Posted: 19 Oct 2013 06:34 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels assaulted a checkpoint in a pro-government suburb of Damascus on Saturday, setting off a suicide car bomb that killed 16 soldiers, activists said.

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