| Panetta's stinging words for former boss Obama Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:33 AM PDT  The former CIA director has harshly critiques the President.
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| Update on Chinese quake Posted: 07 Oct 2014 09:41 AM PDT  BEIJING (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 struck in China's southwestern province of Yunnan on Tuesday, though initial reports from state media said there were only limited casualties in the sparsely populated, mountainous region. The United States Geological Survey said the quake's epicenter was 163 km (100 miles) north-northwest of Yunjinghong and 10 km deep. The official Xinhua news agency said shaking could be felt in the provincial capital of Yunnan, Kunming, as well as several other major cities in the province. ...
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| Police impersonator confronts the exact wrong person Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:35 AM PDT  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A 41-year-old Midland, Texas, man got a surprise when he tried to impersonate a police officer and berate a fellow driver. The driver he chastised was a police detective.
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| Britain arrests four men in operation against Islamist militants Posted: 07 Oct 2014 07:43 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - British anti-terrorism police arrested four men in London on Tuesday as part of an investigation into Islamist-related militancy, the police said in a statement. The four men, all in their early 20s, were taken into custody after raids at properties across the city. Armed police were present at one of the raids, but no shots were fired, police said. "These arrests and searches are part of an ongoing investigation into Islamist related terrorism," the statement said. ...
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| Obscure government agencies get military Humvees, guns Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:12 AM PDT  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Doug Wortham used a Defense Department giveaway program for law enforcement to stock his office with an assault rifle, a handgun and a Humvee — even though the people in his custody are in no condition to put up a fight.
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| Wal-Mart to stop healthcare for some part-timers Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:07 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it would no longer provide health benefits to some part-time workers in the United States due to ballooning healthcare costs. The company said on Monday it would stop health benefits for part-time associates who work less than 30 hours. The move is expected to impact about 2 percent of the company's workforce, the company said in a blog post. Wal-Mart cut its full-year profit forecast in August, citing higher employee benefit costs, among other things. The company said then that it expected to spend $500 million on U.S. ...
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| Strong earthquake shakes southwestern China Posted: 07 Oct 2014 10:36 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — A strong, shallow earthquake shook southwestern China's Yunnan province late Tuesday evening, killing at least one person, sending thousands fleeing into the streets and damaging buildings, officials and reports said.
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| Al-Qaida-linked rebels abduct priest, 20 Christians in Syria Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:52 AM PDT  Jerusalem (AFP) - Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists in Syria have seized a priest and 20 other Christians in the latest abduction by militants in the war-torn country, the Franciscan Order said on Tuesday.
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| Despite some anxiety, retailers foresee holiday uptick coming Posted: 07 Oct 2014 07:45 AM PDT  Americans are expected to spend at the highest rate in three years during what's traditionally the busiest shopping season of the year, according to the nation's largest retail industry trade group. But ...
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| 'We're taking this very seriously' Posted: 07 Oct 2014 09:54 AM PDT  Actors feigning Ebola symptoms test NYC hospitals' readiness.
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| Nobel Prize for scientists whose idea will light the 21st Century Posted: 07 Oct 2014 10:32 AM PDT  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two Japanese scientists and a Japanese-born American won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for inventing blue light-emitting diodes, a breakthrough that has spurred the development of LED technology to light up homes, computer screens and smartphones worldwide.
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| 2016 GOPers' drug talk raises eyebrows Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:33 AM PDT  They aren't calling for marijuana legalization, but many of the possible presidential candidates are seeking new strategies to combat drug addiction.
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| Mom charged after daughter brings heroin to daycare Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:32 AM PDT  (Reuters) - A Delaware mother was arrested on Monday after her four-year-old daughter unknowingly brought roughly 250 packets of heroin to her daycare, and passed them out to classmates thinking they were candy, police said. Ashley Tull, 30, of Selbyville was charged with drug possession and endangering the welfare of a child after her daughter brought the drugs to the Hickory Tree Child Care Center on Monday morning, Delaware State Police said in a statement. ...
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| White House's extraordinary rebuke of Netanyahu Posted: 06 Oct 2014 12:26 PM PDT  The Israeli PM's sharp words for the Obama Administration drew a quick response.
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| Four hospitalized in Spain after first Ebola transmission outside Africa Posted: 07 Oct 2014 05:14 AM PDT  By Inmaculada Sanz and Sarah Morris MADRID (Reuters) - Four people have been hospitalized in Spain to try to stem the spread of Ebola after a Spanish nurse became the first person in the world known to have contracted the virus outside of Africa, health authorities said on Tuesday. The nurse, who tested positive for the virus on Monday, her husband, who is showing no symptoms of the disease, and two other people are being closely monitored in hospital, health officials told a news conference in Madrid. One of those hospitalized is a health worker who has diarrhea but no fever. ...
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| India, Pakistan clash at Kashmir border Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:57 AM PDT  Troops fired bullets and mortar shells across the border between Kashmir and Pakistan.
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| Ebola escapes Europe's defenses; pet dog must die Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:04 AM PDT  It's the first time someone has caught the disease outside West Africa.
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| Gay marriage focus returns to lower courts Posted: 06 Oct 2014 11:35 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's decision to pass on gay marriage appeals effectively makes same-sex marriage legal in 30 states and returns the focus in the other 20 states to the courts — and, more particularly, to four federal appeals courts in the Midwest and South that have a more conservative makeup.
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| Turkey: Syrian town about to fall to jihadists Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:38 AM PDT  MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — The Islamic State group is about to capture the Syrian border town of Kobani, Turkey's president said Tuesday, as outgunned Kurdish forces struggled to repel the extremists with limited aid from U.S.-led coalition airstrikes.
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| More U.S. states push for gay unions in wake of high court decision Posted: 07 Oct 2014 09:22 AM PDT  By David Adams and Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) - Legal pressure mounted across the United States on Tuesday for further expansion of marriage rights after the Supreme Court declined to uphold bans in five states, but left intact 20 others. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago issued orders on Tuesday that mean earlier rulings striking down bans in Wisconsin and Indiana can now go into effect. Marriage equality advocates in Florida also planned to ask a federal judge on Tuesday to lift a stay and allow same-sex unions to go ahead in Florida. ...
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| Ebola patient in Nebraska gets same experimental drug as Dallas patient Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:03 AM PDT  By Lisa Maria Garza and Richard Valdmanis DALLAS (Reuters) - A Nebraska hospital is using the same experimental drug to treat an Ebola patient airlifted from West Africa to its facilities this week as is being used on a patient in Dallas, who was the first patient diagnosed with the virus on U.S. soil. The Nebraska Medical Center said on Tuesday it is using Brincidofovir on Ashoka Mukpo, a freelance NBC cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia. The drug was developed by Chimerix Inc CMRX.O, which said it has been tested in more than 1,000 patients without raising safety concerns. ...
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| Exclusive: Missouri police plan for possible riots if Brown cop not charged Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:09 AM PDT  By Tim Reid FERGUSON MISSOURI (Reuters) - Missouri authorities are drawing up contingency plans and seeking intelligence from U.S. police departments on out-of-state agitators, fearing that fresh riots could erupt if a grand jury does not indict a white officer for killing a black teen. The plans are being thrashed out in meetings being held two to three times a week, according to people who have attended them. The FBI said it was also involved in the discussions. ...
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| Michael Phelps suspended after DUI Posted: 06 Oct 2014 01:32 PM PDT  Michael Phelps has been suspended by USA Swimming for six months.
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| U.S. helicopters join air war in Iraq against IS group Posted: 06 Oct 2014 04:52 PM PDT  Washington (AFP) - The US military has started flying attack helicopters against Islamic State militants in Iraq for the first time, officials said Monday, marking an escalation in the air war that puts American troops at higher risk.
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| Mexican army disarms police in missing-students city Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:17 AM PDT  Iguala (Mexico) (AFP) - Mexican federal forces disarmed a southern city's entire police corps and took over security after officers were accused of colluding with a gang in violence that left 43 students missing.
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| Obama calls for greater foreign help against Ebola Posted: 06 Oct 2014 02:11 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says some foreign countries are not doing enough to confront the Ebola crisis in West Africa. He says the international community has not been as aggressive as it needs to be to help contain what he's calling a top national security issue for the United States.
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| Trump's name removed from casino Posted: 06 Oct 2014 01:20 PM PDT  By Daniel Kelley and Mark Makela (Reuters) - Workers began removing the large letters spelling out the Trump name from the shuttered Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City on Monday after real-estate mogul Donald Trump sued to end a licensing deal that allowed the casino owners to use his name. Trump, who has emblazoned his name across properties in various U.S. cities, sued in August to have his name taken off the Trump Plaza, which closed last month, and the nearby Trump Taj Mahal, which is on the verge of closing. ...
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| Frightening Ebola development in Spain Posted: 06 Oct 2014 04:47 PM PDT  In what could be the first infection outside Africa, a Madrid nurse contracts the virus.
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