| Iraqi helicopter on aid mission crashes Posted: 12 Aug 2014 09:33 AM PDT  Pilot killed as too many tried to board Mi-17 providing aid to those stranded on mountain.
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| Missouri police cite threats, won't name cop who shot teen Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:09 AM PDT  The police chief in a St. Louis suburb where a police officer fatally shot an unarmed black teenager said he's holding off on publicly identifying the officer because of death threats.
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| Colorado 'lab rat' campaign warns kids about pot use Posted: 12 Aug 2014 09:31 AM PDT  Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper's $2 million public service campaign to warn those under 21 about the unknown risks associated with marijuana use launched on Monday in Denver, with city workers installing human-size rat cages at bus stops.
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| Worldwide tributes follow Williams' suspected suicide Posted: 12 Aug 2014 09:06 AM PDT  Tributes poured in Tuesday for Robin Williams after the Oscar-winning actor and comedian apparently took his own life following a battle with severe depression. Williams, 63, known for high-energy, rapid-fire improvisation and clowning, was one of the most beloved entertainers of his time. The star of films such as "Good Will Hunting," "Good Morning Vietnam" and "Mrs Doubtfire" was found dead at his home outside San Francisco shortly before midday on Monday. President Barack Obama led tributes to an entertainer he described as "one of a kind."
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| Son's Facebook video leads to mother's arrest Posted: 12 Aug 2014 06:42 AM PDT  WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) - A North Carolina woman is accused of helping record her teenage son set himself on fire after he doused his body with fingernail polish as part of a social media stunt, police said. Janie Lachelle Talley, 41, watched as her 16-year-old son attempted to complete a "fire challenge" video for Facebook on July 29, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said on Monday. The video showed others put out the fire. The "fire challenge" has been spreading on social media with people pouring flammable liquid on themselves, lighting it, trying to quickly extinguish the fire and then posting a video online.
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| Anesthesiologist says executed prisoner in Ohio suffered Posted: 12 Aug 2014 09:39 AM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A condemned Ohio inmate put to death during a prolonged execution experienced pain and suffering before he lost consciousness, an anesthesiologist working for the family of the inmate determined in a report released Tuesday.
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| ISIL's jihadist hub appears here to stay Posted: 12 Aug 2014 08:58 AM PDT  There's little worldwide appetite for military operations in Iraq; ISIL's counting on it.
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| 'Significant finding' unearthed in Greece Posted: 12 Aug 2014 06:59 AM PDT  Archaeologists have unearthed a vast ancient tomb in Greece, distinguished by two sphinxes and frescoed walls and dating to 300-325 B.C., in the country's northeast Macedonian region, the government said on Tuesday. It marks a significant discovery from the early Hellenistic era, although a Culture Ministry official said there was no evidence yet to suggest a link to Alexander the Great, who died in 323 B.C. after an unprecedented military campaign through the Middle East, Asia and northeast Africa, or his family. The official said the Amphipolis site, situated about 100 km (65 miles) northeast of Greece's second-biggest city Thessaloniki, appeared to be the largest ancient tomb to have been discovered in Greece. Archaeologists, who began excavating the site in 2012, expect to enter the tomb by the end of the month to determine out who was buried there.
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| NYC official calls for police body cameras Posted: 12 Aug 2014 08:19 AM PDT  A New York City official is calling for body cameras on police officers as a check on misconduct, citing last month's death of a man who was put in a police chokehold. Public Advocate Letitia James on ...
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| Apparent suicide cause of Williams' death Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:22 AM PDT  The comic genius was 63 when he died.
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| Michael Brown's friends, family speak to his character Posted: 12 Aug 2014 07:12 AM PDT  FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Michael Brown Sr. stood alone in the center of the narrow street where the blood of his namesake son still stained the gray pavement, two days after the 18-year-old was shot dead by a police officer. He straightened a waist-high wooden cross and re-lit the candles erected as part of a makeshift memorial.
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| US sends $180M in food aid to avert South Sudan crisis Posted: 12 Aug 2014 06:46 AM PDT  EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — The United States is providing $180 million in emergency aid to address a food crisis in South Sudan.
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| 23 million rides later, no deaths in US bike share programs Posted: 12 Aug 2014 06:09 AM PDT  By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yanking a bicycle from the docking station outside New York's Grand Central Terminal, a helmetless rider slung a golf bag full of clubs over his shoulder and, along with another rider wearing headphones but no helmet, merged into rush hour traffic. Against all odds - including novice riders, refusal to wear bike helmets and the daily crush of weaving, horn-blaring traffic - not a single rider in New York City's bike share program has been killed since it launched in May 2013, a Citi Bike representative said. ...
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| UK drops more aid in Iraq, readies jets for surveillance Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:34 AM PDT  Britain made a second airdrop of aid to refugees in northern Iraq, officials said Tuesday, as reports said that Tornado fighter jets had left Britain to provide surveillance support for the humanitarian effort. The Royal Air Force (RAF) was forced to abandon a drop on Monday because of fears of injuring people on the ground, but a repeat attempt overnight was successful, the Department for International Development said. Britain is also sending a "small number" of Tornado jets to gather information to help deliver aid to civilians fleeing Islamic State (IS) militants, Prime Minister David Cameron's Downing Street office said.
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| Yazidi MP wounded in Iraq helicopter crash on Mount Sinjar Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:32 AM PDT  An Iraqi lawmaker who helped bring attention to the plight of besieged members of her Yazidi community was wounded Tuesday in the crash of a helicopter delivering aid, officers said. The pilot was killed when the chopper, packed with rescued Yazidis, crashed during takeoff after delivering aid to Mount Sinjar, two senior army officers said. Thousands of members of the Yazidi minority are trapped on the mountain in northwestern Iraq with little food or water by jihadists from the Islamic State (IS) group who overran the region.
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| Nigeria races to halt Ebola spread in overcrowded Lagos Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:32 AM PDT  By Tim Cocks LAGOS (Reuters) - When Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer collapsed at Lagos airport, he brought Ebola into a potentially ideal place for the deadly virus to spread - a vast, dirty, overcrowded city where tracing carriers and their contacts is a major problem. Lagos has now had 10 cases of Ebola, an illness spread by contact with the fluids of an infected person. As Africa's biggest economy, Nigeria has a better health system than the other west African countries which are among the poorest in the world, and Ebola doesn't spread through the air or water supply as with many other epidemic diseases. "Lagos is big, it's crowded.
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| APNewsBreak: Feds reverse course on wolverines Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:32 AM PDT  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials plan to withdraw proposed protections for the snow-loving wolverine Tuesday, in a course reversal that highlights lingering uncertainties over what a warming climate means for some temperature-sensitive species.
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| Brazil beef exports to Russia soar Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:28 AM PDT  Brazilian beef exports soared last month, due mainly to a doubling in purchases by Russia, which has responded to international sanctions over Ukraine by banning imports from Europe and the United States. Brazil's Association of Meat Exporters said Tuesday that beef exports rose 19 percent in July to $692 million over the same period last year. Exports to Russia rose 113 percent to $181 million last month, compared to July 2013, it said. The volume of meat exports to Russia also surged, rising 78.9 percent during the month to 41,000 tonnes.
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| Southwest braces as Lake Mead water levels drop Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:28 AM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Once-teeming Lake Mead marinas are idle as a 14-year drought steadily drops water levels to historic lows. Officials from nearby Las Vegas are pushing conservation but also are drilling a new pipeline to keep drawing water from the lake.
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| Deadline to clear up health law eligibility near Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:26 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people who signed up under the new health care law risk losing their taxpayer-subsidized insurance unless they act quickly to resolve questions about their citizenship or immigration status. The government is warning that they have until Sept. 5 to show that they're eligible.
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| Fitbit Won't Hold a Charge: Here's What to Do Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:25 AM PDT  Megs Bell started using a Fibit Flex this year, along with her whole family. So when she opens the Fitbit app and sees her step count dropping with each passing day, "it makes me really sad," she said. For example, Karen Hamilton, a Fitbit user who said she received her tracker as a gift, posted on a Facebook thread in July that her two-month-old Flex was unable to hold a charge for an hour. If your Fitbit device does not hold a charge, Fitbit recommends the following:
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| Greek PM says important tomb found in northern dig Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:23 AM PDT  AMPHIPOLIS, Greece (AP) — Archaeologists excavating an ancient mound in northern Greece have uncovered what appears to be the entrance to an important tomb from about the end of the reign of warrior-king Alexander the Great, officials said Tuesday.
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| Sony has sold 10 million PS4s in just 9 months Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:22 AM PDT  Sony announced today during its Gamescom press event that 10 million PlayStation 4 units have been sold through to consumers worldwide since the console launched last November. This marks another huge milestone for the new generation console as Sony continues to stay well ahead of the competition from both Microsoft and Nintendo. The last official sales figures from Sony had the PlayStation 4 at 7 million units sold back in April, while Microsoft revealed they had moved 5 million units at around the same time. There haven't been any official figures since then, but Microsoft has seen plenty of progress since the Kinect was removed from the standard Xbox One package. Sony and Microsoft will both be bringing new bundles to
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| Syrian Kurdish fighters rescue stranded Yazidis Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:22 AM PDT  MALIKIYA, Syria (AP) — In a dusty camp here, Iraqi refugees have new heroes: Syrian Kurdish fighters who battled militants to carve out an escape route for tens of thousands trapped on a mountaintop.
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| Robin Williams' daughter tweets touching tribute to her dad Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:22 AM PDT  "I love you. I miss you. I'll try to keep looking up."
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| Schippers and Soumare through to 100 semifinals Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:19 AM PDT  ZURICH (AP) — Dafne Schippers successfully started her European Championships week on Tuesday by cruising into the semifinals of the 100 meters, the first of three titles the Dutchwoman is chasing.
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| Pakistan rallies to test government, its democracy Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:16 AM PDT  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Ahead of planned massive anti-government protests, Pakistan's capital feels like a city preparing for a siege.
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| Google’s mysterious new Nexus phone reportedly spotted in new benchmark Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:15 AM PDT  The Motorola Shamu, believed to be the Google Nexus 6 smartphone that may be launched later this fall, has been spotted in a benchmark test on GFXBench by Dutch publication TechTastic. Unfortunately, the device can't really be confirmed just yet and specific details on all the device's specs haven't been posted to GFXBench as of this writing. FROM EARLIER: Motorola Nexus 6 reportedly really coming, as Android Silver might be delayed Nonetheless, there was enough information for TechTastic to conclude that the device is likely to pack a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor because its processor performance was similar to the Galaxy S5, Xperia Z2, HTC One (M8) and OnePlus One. Furthermore, by comparing the alleged Nexus 6's performance to the benchmark
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| Ebola survivor shunned by boyfriend, even school Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:14 AM PDT  CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — The medical school professors no longer want Kadiatou Fanta in the classroom. Her boyfriend has broken up with her. Each day the 26-year-old eats alone and sleeps alone. Even her own family members are afraid to touch her months after she survived Ebola.
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| Ohio State good but must patch O-line, secondary Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:13 AM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After winning 24 consecutive games to begin his tenure at Ohio State, Urban Meyer closed out last season with two painful losses.
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| South African deputy president tells of killings Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:10 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hecklers on Tuesday accused South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa of being a murderer for the police killings of several dozen people during labor unrest at platinum mine operations in 2012.
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| AccuWeather: Rain today, heavy at times Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:09 AM PDT  AccuWeather says there's a threat of severe weather in parts of our region.
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| Truce holds as Cairo talks turn to Gaza blockade Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:08 AM PDT The skies over Gaza remained calm Tuesday on the second day of a 72-hour truce as negotiators in Cairo prepared to tackle the thorny issue of the Israeli blockade. As Gaza's residents ventured out to try to piece together their battered lives, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators sat down for a second day of indirect talks aimed at finding a durable end to the five-week confrontation. A senior Israeli official told AFP there was still a long way to go to reach an agreement to end the conflict, which erupted on July 8 when Israel launched military operations to halt cross-border rocket fire from Gaza. |
| Obama speaks to Turkey's Erdogan, White House says Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:08 AM PDT  EDGARTOWN Mass. (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama spoke on Tuesday to Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister who on Sunday became his country's first directly elected head of state, the White House said. Further details of the call would be provided later, a White House spokesman said. (Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Susan Heavey)
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| 3 jump to escape burning home in Norristown Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:07 AM PDT  Fire officials say three people jumped from the second floor of a burning home early Tuesday in Norristown.
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| Robots guide nights at the museum at Tate Britain Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:06 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Tate Britain is inviting art fans to a night at the museum — though robots, not T. rexes, will be roaming this time.
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| From Russians to genies, shrinks to bums Posted:  Looking back at Robin Williams' varied movie roles.
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| Fearing Trojan horse, Ukraine holds up massive Russian aid convoy Posted: 12 Aug 2014 06:08 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — A convoy of 280 Russian trucks reportedly packed with aid headed for eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, but Kiev said it would only allow the goods through under the close supervision of the international Red Cross.
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| 'I'll try to keep looking up' Posted: 12 Aug 2014 04:50 AM PDT  Robin Williams' daughter Zelda paid Twitter tribute to her father just after his death.
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| Perseid meteor shower peaks. Cloudy? Watch online Posted: 11 Aug 2014 03:22 PM PDT  The Perseid meteor shower is peaking now and you can watch it live online tonight. The annual Perseid meteor shower is ramping up to its peak this week, but the bright moon may interfere with the celestial fireworks display. The meteors will appear to radiate out from the direction of Perseus – the constellation that the meteor shower gets its name from. In a typical year, the Perseids' peak can bring up to 100 meteors per hour as they blaze across the sky, but the bright moonlight has brought the expected number much lower this year.
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