| FCC chief: Americans want ISP choices Posted: 04 Sep 2014 09:40 AM PDT  Although consumers have Internet options, there are few high-speed providers.
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| 12 killed, 30 injured in Baghdad car bombing Posted: 04 Sep 2014 10:11 AM PDT  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb killed 12 people and wounded 30 in Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite Muslim Kadhamiya neighbourhood on Thursday evening, police said. The explosion was the fourth attack in Shi'ite districts of the capital in two weeks. "Cars are set ablaze...this place has been targeted several times as it's very crowded," a policeman near the blast scene said. He said the bomb detonated near shops and restaurants. (Reporting by Raheem Salman; Writing by Oliver Holmes, Editing by Angus MacSwan)
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| Dozens of Iraqis kidnapped by ISIL-linked militants Posted: 04 Sep 2014 10:34 AM PDT  Residents say militants affiliated with the extremist Islamic State group have kidnapped dozens of men from a Sunni village north of Baghdad.
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| SU2C's success: $261M raised, cancer research dream teams Posted: 04 Sep 2014 07:53 AM PDT  Every minute, cancer takes a life in the United States — that's more than 1,500 Americans every single day. In fact, cancer is the second leading cause of death in our country, and we need to fight it now before it becomes the leading cause. For me, the battle is personal. I lost my husband Jay and my sister Emily to cancer.
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| Problems with inmate's IV line led to botched Okla. execution Posted: 04 Sep 2014 10:48 AM PDT  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma investigators recommended more training for the state's execution team Thursday after finding that, out of a sense of modesty, no one monitored an intravenous line that had been placed in the groin of an inmate who writhed and groaned during a lengthy execution.
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| Tom Hanks, Sting, Lily Tomlin to get Kennedy Center honors Posted: 04 Sep 2014 09:12 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Actor Tom Hanks, British rock star Sting and comedian Lily Tomlin are to receive this year's Kennedy Center Honors, one of the top cultural prizes in the United States. "Let's Stay Together" singer Al Green and ballet dancer Patricia McBride will round out the five 2014 honorees in recognition of their lifetime contributions to U.S. "Al Green's iconic voice stirs our souls in a style that is all his own; Tom Hanks has a versatility that ranks him among the greatest actors of any generation," the Kennedy Center said in a statement.
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| Man charged with 4 beating deaths in small Ohio town Posted: 04 Sep 2014 08:38 AM PDT  An Ohio man has been charged with aggravated murder in the beating deaths of four men found in separate houses in a small central Ohio town this week, authorities said on Thursday. Donald Hoffman, 41, had been taken into custody on Tuesday as a person of interest in the deaths of the men in Bucyrus, Ohio, and was being held on a probation violation, the Crawford County Sheriff's Office said. They have been identified as Billy Jack Chatman, 55, Freelin Hensley, 67, Darrell Lewis, 65, and Gerald Lee Smith, 65.
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| Father whose son died in hot car charged with murder Posted: 04 Sep 2014 10:38 AM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — More than two months after his son's death in a hot car, a Georgia man who prosecutors say sat in his office exchanging nude photos with women while his son languished for hours was charged with murder on Thursday.
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| BP seriously negligent in Gulf spill: Judge Posted: 04 Sep 2014 10:35 AM PDT  Ruling of reckless conduct leaves company open to billions in penalties in worst offshore oil spill.
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| Dreadnoughtus--osaurus! Massive Argentine dino dwarfed T. Rex Posted: 04 Sep 2014 07:20 AM PDT  By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The word big does not do justice to a massive, long-necked dinosaur that shook the Earth in Argentina about 77 million years ago. Try colossal, enormous, gargantuan and stupendous - and you might come close to an accurate description of this behemoth, known to scientists as Dreadnoughtus schrani. Paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara of Drexel University in Philadelphia, who discovered the dinosaur and led the effort for its excavation and analysis, said the scientists calculated its weight on the basis of the bones in its upper arm and thigh. Dreadnoughtus weighed more than an adult sperm whale or a herd of African elephants.
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| Mass. kayakers go looking for seals, find great white shark instead Posted: 04 Sep 2014 08:02 AM PDT  PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A pleasant trip by two Massachusetts kayakers to check out some cute seals turned terrifying as the pair encountered a great white shark.
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| Blood of Ebola survivors may be helpful to treat victims Posted: 04 Sep 2014 07:54 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — As West Africa struggles to contain the biggest ever outbreak of Ebola, some experts say an unusual but simple treatment might help: the blood of survivors.
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| Obamacare could face major setback Posted: 04 Sep 2014 07:12 AM PDT  An appeals court may limit the availability of federal health insurance subsidies for millions.
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| Science experiment goes awry, injures 13 at Nevada museum Posted: 04 Sep 2014 07:52 AM PDT  RENO, Nev. (AP) — A routine experiment designed to help children understand tornadoes erupted in a chemical flash at a Nevada museum, injuring 13, including children who suffered acid burns on their hands, arms and faces.
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| Police cuff protesters demanding higher fast-food wages Posted: 04 Sep 2014 10:27 AM PDT  Police handcuffed dozens of protesters in cities around the country on Thursday as they blocked traffic in the latest attempt to escalate their efforts to get McDonald's, Burger King and other fast-food ...
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| One person commits suicide every 40 seconds: WHO Posted: 04 Sep 2014 07:48 AM PDT  One person commits suicide every 40 seconds -- more than all the yearly victims of wars and natural disaster -- with the highest toll among the elderly, the United Nations said Thursday. In its first report on suicide, the UN's World Health Organisation blamed intense media coverage when celebrities kill themselves for fuelling the problem.
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| Want to buy a lighthouse? Some even being given away Posted: 04 Sep 2014 06:03 AM PDT  YORK, Maine (AP) — Lighthouses for sale! Actually, lots of lighthouses for free.
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| More trouble at Nashville detention center Posted: 04 Sep 2014 10:30 AM PDT  Disturbance involved 28 teens; 2 staff injured last night where breakout happened 2 nights ago.
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| Sotloff family mourns, challenges Islamic State leader to debate Posted: 03 Sep 2014 09:22 PM PDT  By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - The family of Steven Sotloff, the second American journalist beheaded by Islamic State militants, said on Wednesday he was "a gentle soul", and challenged the group's leader to a debate on the peaceful teachings of the Muslim holy book, the Koran. President Barack Obama vowed to "degrade and destroy" the group. Barak Barfi, a friend of Sotloff who is serving as family spokesman, began a prepared statement from the family in English, remembering the slain journalist as a fan of American football who enjoyed junk food, the television series "South Park" and talking to his father about golf. The 31-year-old Sotloff was "torn between two worlds," the statement said, but "the Arab world pulled him." "He was no war junkie ... He merely wanted to give voice to those who had none," Barfi said outside the family's one-story home in a leafy Miami suburb.
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| U.S. fast-food workers arrested in protests for wage hike Posted: 04 Sep 2014 10:16 AM PDT About 400 protesters clogged Times Square during morning rush hour in the latest of ongoing actions aimed at raising their wage to $15 an hour. They hoisted placards reading "Stick together for $15 and union rights," and some held a sit-in at a McDonald's restaurant, prompting 19 arrests for disorderly conduct. Sit-ins were held in several more cities, and a total of 86 arrests were reported among protesters in Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas and Little Rock, Arkansas. "I want a better future for my kids," said New York demonstrator Rutila Nunes, 38, who helps support her two teenage sons on the $8 per hour she earns as a prep cook at McDonald's. Protest organizers said Thursday's actions to be the biggest to date, targeting chains including McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's[WEN.UL] and KFC. |
| New suit alleging sex abuse filed against former Penn State coach Posted: 04 Sep 2014 10:51 AM PDT  By David DeKok HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) - An 18-year-old youth who says he was molested several times about six years ago by now-convicted sex offender Jerry Sandusky has filed a lawsuit seeking damages from the former Penn State assistant football coach. The plaintiff, identified only as D.F, is seeking more than $50,000 in damages, plus punitive damages, from Sandusky, his former charity and Pennsylvania State University, according to the complaint. Bret Southard, lawyer for the plaintiff, said his client was not one of the 10 boys involved in the criminal case against Sandusky in June 2012, although he was interviewed by the Pennsylvania State Police that April. "It is my understanding that the attorney general is still considering bringing another set of criminal charges against Jerry Sandusky, and my client would be part of that," Southard said Thursday.
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| Ailing Great Dane rushed to surgery for sock-ectomy Posted: 04 Sep 2014 04:03 AM PDT  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The 3-year-old Great Dane was miserable and retching when its owners rushed him to a northwest Portland emergency animal hospital.
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| Matt Bai: The coming foreign policy election Posted: 04 Sep 2014 01:53 AM PDT  It's past Labor Day in a midterm election year, which means we've reached the point when chaired foreign policy professors at our finest universities are urgently summoned by governors and junior senators eyeing the presidency so they can answer all kinds of questions like "What is ISIS?" and "Where is Gaza?" and "Is it true the Soviet Union no longer exists?"
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| Under indictment and on the trail Posted: 04 Sep 2014 01:37 AM PDT  Undeterred by legal problems at home, Texas Gov. Rick Perry campaigns in Iowa.
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| At least 18 dead as Taliban blow up truck bombs in Afghanistan Posted: 04 Sep 2014 04:58 AM PDT  By Mustafa Andalib GHAZNI Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents detonated truck bombs and fired rocket-propelled grenades outside the office of Afghanistan's spy agency and a police compound in the central town of Ghazni on Thursday, killing 18 people, the provincial governor said. More than 150 people were wounded in the attack, the biggest in recent weeks, as Afghanistan's leadership grapples with a political crisis and a security vacuum as most foreign troops prepare to leave the country. Ghazni provincial governor Musa Khan Akbarzada said a group of 19 insurgents was involved in the simultaneous attacks on the local office of the National Directorate of Security and a quick reaction team housed in the police building.
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| 'Disconnected and alienated' Posted: 04 Sep 2014 09:43 AM PDT  New study finds today's young people more skeptical of US institutions than previous generations.
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| Al-Qaida leader says it has expanded into India Posted: 04 Sep 2014 06:50 AM PDT NEW DELHI (AP) — Promising to "storm your barricades with cars packed with gunpowder," al-Qaida announced Thursday it had created an Indian branch that the terror network vowed would bring Islamic rule to the entire subcontinent. |
| Russia has several thousand combat troops in Ukraine, says NATO Posted: 04 Sep 2014 04:47 AM PDT  Russia has several thousand combat troops and hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles inside Ukraine, a NATO military officer said on Thursday. NATO had previously said that "well over 1,000" Russian troops were operating inside Ukraine, marking a significant escalation of Moscow's military involvement in the country. "We are still seeing several thousand Russian combat troops on the ground inside Ukraine, equipped with hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles, so (there is) no substantial change in the disposition of Russian forces inside Ukraine," the NATO officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Wales.
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| NATO leaders gather amid mounting Russia tensions Posted: 04 Sep 2014 03:23 AM PDT  NATO's top official accused Moscow outright on Thursday of attacking Ukraine.
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| Source: US to investigate Ferguson police Posted: 03 Sep 2014 10:05 PM PDT  The Justice Department will launch a probe into police actions after Michael Brown's death.
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| Michael Bloomberg returning to lead Bloomberg LP Posted: 03 Sep 2014 07:40 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg is returning to lead the financial data and news company he founded in 1981 but left to serve three terms in City Hall.
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| Steven Sotloff's family breaks silence Posted: 03 Sep 2014 03:34 PM PDT  Sotloff family: "Steve was no hero ... He was a mere man who tried to find good."
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| 5 killed in fighter jet crash in Libya Posted: 03 Sep 2014 02:28 PM PDT  A Libyan security official says a military jet has crashed in the country's eastern city of Tobruk, killing the pilot and four other people.
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| Mass unemployment filing follows Atlantic City casino closures Posted: 03 Sep 2014 03:30 PM PDT  The closing of Atlantic City's Revel casino has caused a rush of people signing up for unemployment benefits, with around 500 people lining up at a temporary resource center Wednesday morning. Around 8,300 people are losing jobs with three casinos closing in less than a month - Showboat, a Caesars Entertainment Corp property, closed Sunday morning, Revel closed early on Tuesday morning and Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino is due to close on Sept. 16. "You have to take the ups with the downs, and you have faith in God," said 49-year-old Irene Seda, who was waiting to claim benefits after being laid off as a card dealer when Revel shut its doors. Hundreds more are expected in the coming days at the center in Atlantic City organized by Unite-HERE's Local 54 labor union with state and local officials.
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| Bus gets stuck in sinkhole in suburban Phoenix Posted: 03 Sep 2014 03:43 PM PDT  A city bus got stuck in a sinkhole after a water main broke in suburban Phoenix, forcing the passengers and driver to evacuate through the windows.
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| Britain’s Ashya King set for Czech Republic cancer treatment Posted: 03 Sep 2014 08:33 AM PDT  British boy Ashya King is due to receive treatment for his brain tumour in the Czech Republic, his family said Wednesday, after getting the green light from the British hospital responsible for his care. Police in Spain released the parents of the five-year-old on Tuesday after they were briefly detained for removing Ashya from Southampton General Hospital in the UK without the consent of doctors. The incident sparked an international manhunt for Brett and Naghemeh King, who were eventually tracked down with the rest of their family to Malaga, Spain. Daniel King said Wednesday that his brother would travel to the Proton Therapy Centre (PTC) in Prague to receive specialist treatment unavailable in Britain.
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| Guatemala bishop's killer allegedly ran prison criminal empire Posted: 03 Sep 2014 06:33 PM PDT  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan army captain sentenced to 20 years for the slaying of a Roman Catholic bishop was charged with money laundering and organized crime for allegedly building a multimillion-dollar illicit prison empire based on threats and corruption.
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| Recline rancor: Passenger speaks out about airline seat dispute Posted: 03 Sep 2014 02:02 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The businessman whose dispute with a fellow airline passenger over a reclined seat sparked a national debate about air-travel etiquette says he's embarrassed by the way the confrontation unfolded and regrets his behavior.
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| Ebola: 2 Americans receive new vaccine Posted: 03 Sep 2014 02:52 PM PDT  National Institutes of Health's fast-tracked trial began this week amid growing outbreak.
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| Juvenile jail escape latest for troubled Tenn. facility Posted: 03 Sep 2014 02:17 PM PDT  The juvenile detention center where more than 30 teens escaped under a fence has a long history of violence, allegations of sexual abuse and previous efforts to break out.
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