Obama can barely hide frustration with France, Italy

Obama can barely hide frustration with France, Italy
US makes big push against Islamic State
Live coverage: Apple launches new iPads
Photos: It's a small world! Annual Nikon contest entries
Pakistani Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy
Helicopter Pilot Films Eruptions at Iceland's Holuhraun Volcano
At least 38 dead in wave of Baghdad attacks
As Ebola worries grow, U.S. steps up response
Elementary! New exhibit sifts Sherlock Holmes' legacy
Matt Bai: Let's change the way we choose the vice president
U.S. claims for unemployment drop to 14-year low
Hospital exec apologizes for Ebola errors
Rescuers search for dozens of trekkers lost in deadly Nepal blizzards
Florida governors debate marred by trivial squabble over fan
Second nurse with Ebola at Atlanta hospital; hearing due
U.S. transportation security chief to retire: Homeland Security
Community college in Los Angeles evacuated over threat
Senators who opposed 'czars' now want one for Ebola
Obama: Feds must tackle Ebola 'in a much more aggressive way'
US stocks sink in turbulent day of trade

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 09:58 AM PDT

President Obama doesn't think some allies are pulling their weight.

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 07:38 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military fighter and bomber planes carried out 14 air strikes against Islamic State targets near the Syrian border town of Kobani on Wednesday and Thursday, the U.S. military's Central Command said. The air strikes appear to have slowed the militant group's advances, but "the security situation on the ground in Kobani remains tenuous," it said in a statement on Thursday. Targets hit included 19 buildings, two command posts, three fighting positions and three sniper positions, it added. Stepped-up air attacks by U.S. ...

Live coverage: Apple launches new iPads

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Live coverage: Apple launches new iPads

Photos: It's a small world! Annual Nikon contest entries

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:08 PM PDT

Mr. Swapnil Pandit Patil Kolhapur, Maharastra, India Plant root (Hidden beauties) Portable Field Microscope 40X (courtesy of Nikon Small World)

Pakistani Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 09:49 PM PDT

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A court convicted a Pakistani Christian man and sentenced him to death Thursday in a blasphemy case that sparked a riot last year in the eastern city of Lahore, according to his lawyer.

Helicopter Pilot Films Eruptions at Iceland's Holuhraun Volcano

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 06:24 PM PDT

Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano has been active since Sunday, August 31. Helicopter pilot Gisli Gislason captured this stunning aerial video of plumes of fire and gas spewing from the lava field in the Holuhraun area on October 14. Credit: Gisli Gislason Helicopter Pilot Iceland

At least 38 dead in wave of Baghdad attacks

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 08:53 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants unleashed a wave of attacks in Iraq on Thursday, mainly targeting Shiite areas in and around the capital of Baghdad, killing at least 47 people and wounding dozens, authorities said.

As Ebola worries grow, U.S. steps up response

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 10:00 AM PDT

Revelation 2nd Dallas nurse with virus was cleared to fly raises alarms prior to congressional hearing.

Elementary! New exhibit sifts Sherlock Holmes' legacy

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 06:33 AM PDT

LONDON (AP) — Sherlock Holmes is among the most famous Londoners of all time. Many tourists still see the bustling city through his eyes, and seek out his address, 221B Baker Street.

Matt Bai: Let's change the way we choose the vice president

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 01:42 AM PDT

Hillary Clinton gave a political speech in Pennsylvania last weekend, which, in case you missed the coverage, pretty much locked up the 2016 nomination. Don't be surprised if they hold the Democratic convention over Skype sometime this month, just to dispense with the tiresome formalities of an actual campaign. Maybe they'll throw in the 2020 nomination, too, while they've got everyone on the line.

U.S. claims for unemployment drop to 14-year low

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 08:07 AM PDT

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell to a 14-year low last week and industrial output rose sharply in September, positive signals that could help ease fears over the economic outlook. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 23,000 to 264,000, the lowest level since 2000, the Labor Department said on Thursday. A separate report from the Federal Reserve showed production at the nation's factories, mines and utilities advanced a larger-than-expected 1.0 percent last month, the biggest gain since November 2012. ...

Hospital exec apologizes for Ebola errors

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 10:16 PM PDT

Health care officials discuss mistakes made in handling of Ebola cases; Congressional hearing noon ET.

Rescuers search for dozens of trekkers lost in deadly Nepal blizzards

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 07:07 AM PDT

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Search teams in army helicopters rescued dozens of stranded foreign trekkers and recovered more bodies of victims of a blizzard and avalanches in Nepal's northern mountains Thursday, raising the death toll to 27.

Florida governors debate marred by trivial squabble over fan

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 06:55 PM PDT

By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida's Republican Governor Rick Scott and his Democratic challenger Charlie Crist don't agree on much, not even a podium cooling fan that delayed the start of the second televised debates between the two candidates on Wednesday evening. For all their policy differences in the battle for the nation's largest swing state, the squabble over a small ground-level fan at Crist's legs will likely be the most remembered moment of an otherwise forgettable debate. ...

Second nurse with Ebola at Atlanta hospital; hearing due

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 09:35 AM PDT

By Terry Wade DALLAS (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers prepared to grill federal health officials about their response to the appearance of Ebola on U.S. soil on Thursday after news that a nurse with the disease had taken a commercial flight heightened anxiety over its spread. Shortly before the noon hearing, MSNBC reported that the first Texas nurse infected with Ebola after treating a Liberian man who died of the illness will be moved from Dallas to the National Institutes of Health outside Washington. Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. ...

U.S. transportation security chief to retire: Homeland Security

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 08:13 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration will retire after four and a half years leading the 60,000-employee agency, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday. John Pistole, who has led TSA since June 2010, has overseen security operations at more than 450 airports around the United States, the department said. Pistole "has been integral in leading TSA's transformation to a risk-based, intelligence-driven counterterrorism agency dedicated to protecting our transportation systems," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a statement. ...

Community college in Los Angeles evacuated over threat

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 10:18 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A community college in Los Angeles was evacuated on Thursday and students were told to avoid the campus due to a threat made on social media that someone would show up with a gun, a message on the college's Facebook page said. "Pierce College is closed and the campus is being evacuated," officials from the school, located in the Woodland Hills suburb of Los Angeles, said on Facebook. At one point the school was placed on lockdown, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Deputy Guillermina Saldana. ...

Senators who opposed 'czars' now want one for Ebola

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 12:28 PM PDT

Republican Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas was one of the first lawmakers to call on the Obama administration to appoint a czar to help coordinate the U.S. response to the Ebola crisis in Africa, along with a cluster of cases at home. The problem? Almost five years earlier to the day, Moran introduced legislation urging Obama to cease the practice of appointing czars. Moran, who was then a congressman running for the U.S. Senate, also sponsored a bill that would prohibit the federal government from using taxpayer money to pay the salaries of such unconfirmed administration officials — which would have effectively ended the practice of appointing them.

Obama: Feds must tackle Ebola 'in a much more aggressive way'

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 03:10 PM PDT

President Obama promises a "much more aggressive" federal government response to Ebola amid growing public fears stoked by a new case in Dallas. And he notes he was fine after having "hugged and kissed not the doctors, but the nurses" who cared for a patient in Georgia.

US stocks sink in turbulent day of trade

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:05 PM PDT

New York (AFP) - US stocks Wednesday finished a turbulent day in the red, rallying somewhat from a huge midday drop spurred by worries over global economic weakness and the Ebola epidemic.