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N.C. half brothers freed after 3 decades in prison

N.C. half brothers freed after 3 decades in prison


N.C. half brothers freed after 3 decades in prison

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 11:21 AM PDT

James McCollum, facing camera, embraces his son Henry following the younger man's release from Central Prison in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. Henry McCollum spent more than 30 years on death row for a rape and murder he didn't commit. McCollum's Step mother Priscilla McCollum is at left. (AP Photo/Michael Biesecker)North Carolina's longest-serving death row inmate and his younger half brother have walked out of prison as free men.


Israel reveals that Steven Sotloff was also an Israeli citizen

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 04:16 AM PDT

ISIS BEHEADS U.S. JOURNALIST STEVEN SOTLOFFAs President Obama confirmed the authenticity of the video showing the execution of journalist Steven Sotloff by ISIL, an Israeli spokesman revealed that Sotloff held dual American-Israeli citizenship. Cleared for publication: Steven Satloff was #Israel citizen RIP — Paul Hirschson (@paulhirschson) September 3, 2014 According to Reuters, this biographical detail had been previously withheld to minimize the risks that Sotloff's captivity already engendered. Sotloff also seemed to have successfully hidden his Jewish faith from his captors :


Federal judge upholds Lousiana's gay marriage ban

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 11:20 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2014, file photo, Corbin Aoyagi, a supporter of gay marriage, waves a rainbow flag during a rally at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. More than 1,000 gay and lesbian couples who married in Utah after the state same-sex marriage ban was overturned could get benefits in late July 2014 following a favorable ruling from a federal appeals court. On Friday, July 11, 2014, the 10th Circuit denied Utah's request for an indefinite delay. Instead, justices gave them only until July 21 to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)A federal judge upheld Louisiana's ban on same-sex marriages on Wednesday, as well as the state's refusal to recognize gay marriages legally performed in other states.


U.S. troops to train in Ukraine

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 09:43 AM PDT

Pro-Russian rebels lead suppressive fire at the positions of Ukrainian army, during shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. A day ahead of a NATO summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued his own peace plan for eastern Ukraine, calling on the Russian-backed insurgents there to "stop advancing" and urging Ukraine to withdraw its troops from the region. Hours earlier, Ukraine had issued a vague statement about agreeing with Putin on cease-fire steps. The separatists rejected the move, saying no cease-fire was possible without a pullback by Ukraine, while Putin's spokesman claimed that Moscow could not agree to a cease-fire because it was not a party to the conflict. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)Pentagon says 200 soldiers to participate in exercise in western part of country, first time since tensions began.


Bernie Madoff's son Andrew dies of cancer

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 09:02 AM PDT

Bernard Madoff exits the Manhattan federal court house in New York.By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andrew Madoff, the son of convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff, died on Wednesday from cancer, his lawyer said. "Andrew Madoff has lost his courageous battle against mantle cell lymphoma," lawyer Martin Flumenbaum said in a statement. "He died peacefully at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on September 3, 2014, surrounded by his loving family." Bernard Madoff is serving a 150-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to operating a massive Ponzi scheme estimated to have cost investors $17 billion in lost principal.


Fewer child migrants crossing U.S. border

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 09:45 AM PDT

A child migrant plays on the floor outside prefabricated container houses at the Hal Far Tent Village open centre outside VallettaWASHINGTON (AP) — The number of immigrant children caught alone illegally crossing the Mexican border into the United States continued to decline in August, according to figures disclosed Wednesday by the Homeland Security Department.


Missouri governor lifts state of emergency in Ferguson

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 11:12 AM PDT

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon addresses the media in Ferguson, Missouri(Reuters) - Missouri Governor Jay Nixon on Wednesday formally lifted the state of emergency that he had declared in Ferguson weeks ago when the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer sparked sometimes violent demonstrations. "Over the past week, we've seen students getting back to school, businesses reopening their doors and folks getting back to their normal routines," Nixon said in a statement. Nixon had declared a state of emergency on Aug. 16 due to unrest in the St. Louis suburb following the Aug. ...


U.S. says Islamic State video of journalist's killing is authentic

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 02:47 AM PDT

Still image from video of Sotloff kneeling next to a masked Islamic State fighterAn Islamic State video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff in reprisal for U.S. National Security Council spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said on Wednesday. Intelligence Community has analyzed the recently released video showing U.S. President Barack Obama is in Estonia ahead of a NATO summit in Wales later this week.


Wisconsin 'Slenderman' attack victim returns to school

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 11:15 AM PDT

By Brendan O'Brien MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A Wisconsin girl stabbed repeatedly by her friends to please the fictional Slenderman character has returned to school as she receives therapy for emotional scars, a spokesman for her family said on Wednesday. The 12-year-old girl had a "fantastic" first day of seventh grade on Tuesday, family spokesman Steve Lyons said, three months after she was stabbed. Two classmates are accused of luring her into the woods and stabbing her 19 times in Waukesha, a suburb of Milwaukee, the morning after a sleepover. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, both 12, are accused of attacking her and have been charged as adults with first-degree attempted homicide.

Warming ocean imperils lobster, fish catch

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 08:57 AM PDT

Warming Gulf of Maine imperils lobster, fish catchImagine Cape Cod without cod. Maine without lobster. The region's famous rocky beaches invisible, obscured by constant high waters. It's already starting to happen. The culprit is the warming seas — and ...


3rd U.S. health worker with Ebola identified

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 08:41 AM PDT

Dr. Rick Sacra (SIM USA)Dr. Rick Sacra's diagnosis comes days after he wrote about epidemic on his blog, seemingly healthy.


France puts warship delivery to Russia on hold

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 11:32 AM PDT

Russian amphibious vehicles drive in formation during celebrations to mark Navy Day in the far eastern Russian port of VladivostokPARIS (AP) — Responding to international pressure, France suspended the delivery of a warship to Russia at least until November amid security concerns over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis, officials said Wednesday.


Would you pay $750 for Streisand coffee table book? $1,800?

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 08:16 AM PDT

FILE - In a Wednesday, May 7, 2014 file photo, Barbra Streisand listens to President Barack Obama speak at the USC Shoah Foundation's 20th anniversary Ambassadors for Humanity gala in Los Angeles. Streisand's husband, James Brolin, sits at left. Publisher Taschen announced Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, that "Barbra: Streisand's Early Years in Hollywood, 1968-1976" will be published in December. According to Taschen, the book will include more than 240 images, many of them never published before. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)NEW YORK (AP) — How obsessive are Barbra Streisand's fans? A coffee table book may provide an answer.


Sam gets another chance at NFL career

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 11:25 AM PDT

Former Missouri player Michael Sam watches pregame festivities before the start of the South Dakota State-Missouri NCAA college football game Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, in Columbia, Mo. The St. Louis Rams cut Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team. Coach Jeff Fisher repeated over and over that it was purely a football decision. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)IRVING, Texas (AP) — Michael Sam's second chance will be with the Dallas Cowboys.


Detroit-area man sentenced to 17 years in porch shooting

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 11:25 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2014 file photo, Theodore Wafer, of Dearborn Heights, Mich., testifies in his own defense during his trial for the Nov. 2, 2013, killing of Renisha McBride in Detroit. Wafer is scheduled to return to court for sentencing next Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, about a month after he was convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting of Renisha McBride. Prosecutors want the judge to follow sentencing guidelines and send Wafer to prison for at least 17 years for murder and the unlawful use of a gun. Defense attorney Cheryl Carpenter is asking for as little as six years. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Clarence Tabb Jr., File)DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit man who killed an unarmed woman on his porch instead of calling police was sentenced Wednesday to at least 17 years in prison after telling the victim's family he would carry "guilt and sorrow forever."


EU wants more bite in Russian sanctions

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 08:33 AM PDT

FILE- In this Sept.12, 2011 file photo European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, right, and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk address the media, at the European Council building in Brussels. Tusk was chosen by European leaders to be the next president of the European Council. European Union nations were looking at sporting sanctions to punish Russia for its involvement in the Ukraine crisis but diplomats said Wednesday Sept.3, 2014 the immediate targeting of high-profile events like the 2018 World Cup is unlikely at this stage. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe,file)But member states are against targeting high-profile sports events.


Obama: 'Degrade and destroy' ISIL

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 10:16 AM PDT

Iraqi Shiite militia fighters hold the Islamic State flag as they celebrate after breaking the siege of Amerli by Islamic State militants"Whatever these murderers think they will achieve...they have already failed," he said prior to NATO meeting.


In small Ohio city, 4 beaten to death, 4 different homes

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 09:04 AM PDT

A Nashville police car leaves the Woodland Hills Youth Development Center Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. Thirty-two teens escaped from a Nashville youth detention center by crawling through a weak spot in a fence late Monday, and more than half of them were still on the run Tuesday, a spokesman said. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)BUCYRUS, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in this small Ohio city are trying to figure out why four men were fatally beaten in four separate homes. A suspect is in custody but hasn't been charged.


Putin's peace plan: Ukraine withdraws from east

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 10:25 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media after his talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Minsk, Belarus. Putin is flying to Mongolia on Wednesday Sept. 3, for a working visit amid soaring tensions with Washington and NATO over a Kremlin-backed offensive in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A day before a NATO summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued his own peace plan for eastern Ukraine, calling on the Russian-backed insurgents there to "stop advancing" and urging Ukraine to withdraw its troops from the region.


How 2 young girls escaped ISIS' grasp

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 06:44 AM PDT

Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town, walk towards the Syrian borderUnlocked door, unguarded bag of cell phones opened brief window for Yezidi girls' survival.


Texas 5-year-old trapped in spinning washing machine

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 06:39 AM PDT

Girl, 5, gets stuck inside Texas laundromat washing machineA 5-year-old girl was hospitalized on Wednesday after she was trapped in a laundromat washing machine for several minutes and spun at high speeds, police said. The girl had extensive injuries but was expected to survive the incident Tuesday in a laundromat in Pasadena, about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Houston, they said "She was tumbling pretty fast in there," Pasadena police spokesman Vance Mitchell told Houston TV station KHOU.


Naked photo hacking: Sex crime or not?

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 04:58 AM PDT

Actress Jennifer Lawrence pictured at the world premiere of "X-Men: Days Of Future Past", in New York, May 2014Already hounded by paparazzi on their doorsteps, celebrities face a new battle to protect their privacy from hackers willing to splash their most intimate, behind-closed-doors photos online. After the massive release of naked photos of stars including Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence, some experts said it should be treated as a sex crime, rather that just an Internet or privacy breach. Celebrities are at risk but also CEOs and politicians," said Jules Polonetsky, head of the The Future of Privacy think-tank. For Polonetsky, "this is a sex crime more than a leak" -- a view expressed by a number of celebrities themselves on Twitter following the weekend hack.


Corruption's cost in poor countries: $1 trillion a year

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 06:21 AM PDT

A homeless woman cares for her one-month-old baby on a street in the Filipinon capital Manila on August 28, 2014Corruption, fraud and money-laundering cost poor countries a total of $1.0 trillion a year, the anti-poverty organisation ONE said in a study released on Wednesday. Exchanges of tax information should be automatic, to enable developing countries to collect taxes due.


Obama: U.S. won't be intimidated by execution videos

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 09:43 AM PDT

NH SotloffThe president confirms that a video showing the killing of Steven Sotloff is authentic.


CVS changes name, stops tobacco sales early

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 11:22 AM PDT

A CVS pharmacy is seen in New York CityAs CVS sharpens its focus on customer health, the nation's second-largest drugstore chain will tweak its corporate name and stop the sale of tobacco nearly a month sooner than planned.


911 calls show efforts to save Ariz. gun instructor

Posted: 02 Sep 2014 01:54 PM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 27, 2014 file photo shows people seen at the Last Stop outdoor shooting range in White Hills, Ariz. The girl who accidentally killed the shooting range instructor, Charles Vacca, in northern Arizona had said immediately after the shooting that she felt the gun was too much for her and had hurt her shoulder, according to police reports released Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)People desperately tried to save a firearms instructor who was accidentally shot by a 9-year-old girl.


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