| US-led planes strike fighters attacking Syria town Posted: 27 Sep 2014 10:54 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-led coalition warplanes struck Islamic State fighters in Syria attacking a town near the Turkish border for the first time Saturday, as well as positions in the country's east, activists and a Kurdish official said.
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| New mom Chelsea Clinton celebrates baby daughter Posted: 27 Sep 2014 11:19 AM PDT  Bill and Hillary Clinton are grandparents. The couple's daughter, Chelsea Clinton, has given birth to her first child, a daughter named Charlotte.
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| Search continues for Va. student who vanished Posted: 27 Sep 2014 10:15 AM PDT  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — With a suspect in the abduction of an 18-year-old woman back in the state, a search and rescue team worked with canine units Saturday trying to find the University of Virginia sophomore who vanished more than two weeks ago.
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| U.S. flight woes linger after Chicago air traffic center fire Posted: 27 Sep 2014 10:35 AM PDT  By Laila Kearney (Reuters) - U.S. airports reported hundreds of residual flight cancellations on Saturday, a day after an employee apparently set a Chicago-area air traffic control center on fire and tried to take his own life. The incident forced the evacuation of the Federal Aviation Administration control center in Aurora, Illinois, and severely snarled air traffic on Friday, when an estimated 2,100 flights were canceled at major airports across the country. ...
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| Prospect of tighter White House security touches nerve in Washington Posted: 27 Sep 2014 05:36 AM PDT  By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The prospect of more of the U.S. capital being closed off after an intruder got into the White House has struck a nerve in Washington over public space being eroded by barricades and bollards. The possible tightening of security around the president's residence, a highly visible symbol of democracy and a prime draw for tourists and protesters alike, raises questions like whether safety trumps openness or whether a capital city can ever be entirely safe, analysts said. The week after a 42-year-old Iraq war veteran climbed the 7-foot (2. ...
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| Suspect in Oklahoma beheading is formally arrested in hospital Posted: 27 Sep 2014 09:46 AM PDT  (Reuters) - The Oklahoma man suspected of beheading a former co-worker at a food distribution warehouse last week, who was shot by another employee trying to thwart the attack, was placed under arrest in a hospital where he underwent surgery, authorities said on Saturday. Alton Nolen was charged with first degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon when he emerged from sedation, said Moore, Oklahoma, police sergeant Jeremy Lewis. ...
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| Hong Kong police arrest protesters at government complex Posted: 27 Sep 2014 09:17 AM PDT  HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators at Hong Kong government headquarters braced for a second night of confrontations with authorities Saturday after police arrested dozens during a chaotic protest against Beijing's refusal to allow genuine democratic reforms in the semiautonomous city.
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| Modern airpower vs. tribal warriors Posted: 26 Sep 2014 09:59 AM PDT  Few matchups seem as asymmetric as the fight between the U.S. and Islamic State.
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| U.S. official says Khorasan Group threat to aviation Posted: 26 Sep 2014 03:52 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — An al-Qaida cell in Syria known as the Khorasan Group, which was targeted by U.S. airstrikes this week, represents "a clear and present danger" to commercial flights to Europe and the United States, the Obama administration's top aviation security official said Friday.
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| Republican ad campaign brings back Watergate-era slogan Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:56 AM PDT  The new Republican ad campaign is meant to soften the image of the party.
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| Chicago-area air traffic center fire grounds 1,750 flights Posted: 26 Sep 2014 03:59 PM PDT  By Mary Wisniewski and Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) - A fire apparently set by an employee at a Chicago-area air traffic control center led to the cancellation of more than 1,700 flights at the city's two major airports, snarling air traffic across the United States, officials said. Flights resumed at O'Hare International Airport, one of the world's busiest, after a delay of about four hours, but there were bottlenecks across the entire air system that carriers expect to last through the weekend. ...
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| The real 'Mystic Pizza' restaurant really ripped off workers, state says Posted: 26 Sep 2014 08:45 AM PDT  By Richard Weizel MILFORD Conn. (Reuters) - The Connecticut restaurant that was the setting of the 1988 movie "Mystic Pizza," which helped launched Julia Roberts' career, has been cited by state labor authorities who found it owed employees $105,000 in back pay and unpaid overtime. Located in the touristy port town of Mystic, the restaurant which has long capitalized on its role in the film about the lives of three waitresses was also ordered to pay $23,000 in civil penalties for the wage-law violations. ...
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| Europe's space agency plans Nov. comet landing Posted: 26 Sep 2014 09:10 AM PDT  The ESA wants to be the first to land a spacecraft on a comet, and set Nov. 12 as the date.
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| Lawsuit hangs over India leader's 1st US visit Posted: 26 Sep 2014 01:52 PM PDT  Federal court in NYC summons Indian PM Narendra Modi to respond to human rights abuse allegations.
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| Employee set air traffic center fire that halted Chicago flights, police say Posted: 26 Sep 2014 07:49 PM PDT  A fire at a suburban Chicago air traffic control facility Friday halted to all flights in and out of the city's two airports.
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| Somali pirates kill each other over US journalist's ransom Posted: 26 Sep 2014 08:18 AM PDT  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Three Somali pirates were killed in a fight over the ransom paid to free the German-American journalist who was released this week after two years and eight months of captivity, a police official said Friday.
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| Chicago air traffic control site fire snarls flights nationwide Posted: 26 Sep 2014 05:56 AM PDT  (Reuters) - All flights into and out of Chicago's O'Hare and Midway international airports were grounded early on Friday due to a fire at an air traffic control facility, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Employees at the facility in Aurora, Illinois, were evacuated and a fire department was on the scene, the FAA said. More than 300 flights into and out of the two airports had been canceled by 7:30 a.m. CT (1230 GMT) on Friday, according to the tracking website FlightAware.com. ...
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| Why China stays on sidelines in Islamic State fight Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:19 AM PDT  Among the reasons: Beijing isn't certain of U.S. intentions, and it doesn't have the military mobility.
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| Who will replace Holder as AG? Posted: 25 Sep 2014 09:48 AM PDT  The White House has been quietly vetting potential candidates for months, sources say.
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