Suspect in Va. abduction charged in DC area rape

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• Suspect in Va. abduction charged in DC area rape
• WHO chief promises transparency on Ebola failures
• Third UN employee dies from Ebola
• New developments in disappearance of Hannah Graham
• Iran acts as nuclear deadline approaches
• Update on Thomas Eric Duncan’s fiancée
• 43 students still missing in Mexico
• Clown that terrorized rural France captured
• Oscar Pistorius to learn his fate on Tuesday
• Kerry seeks Asian help against IS
• Smogathon: Beijing Marathon held despite 'hazardous' air quality
• As violence continues, Nigerian elders question Boko Haram 'cease-fire'
• Another Baghdad bombing wave: 33 feared dead
• U.S. keeps up airstrike stream against Islamic State
• Search for mystery submarine deepens
• Libyan militant pleads not guilty in attack on U.S. compound in Benghazi
• Dr. Nancy Snyderman's Ebola credibility issues
• Ebola-stricken nurse's family defends her Ohio trip
• Bodies of 7 women found in Indiana
• Chardon woman, kidnapped by Ariel Castro, learns forgiveness
• UN says Nigeria is Ebola-free
• Major cleanup after 'riot,' dozens of arrests at pumpkin festival
• Expelled Nazis got millions in U.S. Social Security
• House Dems raise $17M in September, spend $37M
• Major Ebola update in Nigeria
• New Hampshire town's recovery from violent pumpkin festival
• Syria's Kurdish fighters: U.S. arms drop will 'help greatly'
• Using military and new protocols, U.S. ramps up Ebola response
• Indiana police say suspect may have killed for decades
• Wyoming attorney general says gay marriages can begin on Tuesday
• U.S. airdrops arms to Kurdish forces
• Ebola fear, monitoring eases for some in Dallas
• Comet Siding Spring whizzes past Mars
• Comet buzzes Mars in once-in-a-lifetime encounter
• Manning breaks Favre's NFL record for TD passes
• Obama makes rare campaign trail appearance, people leave early
• Hunt for clues in Hannah Graham case
• Nigerians doubtful of girls' release after Boko Haram 'truce' breached
• Dutch MH17 relative visits Ukraine crash site

Suspect in Va. abduction charged in DC area rape Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:22 PM PDT The suspect in the disappearance of a University of Virginia student was charged Monday with abducting and raping a woman in suburban Washington, D.C., in 2005.

WHO chief promises transparency on Ebola failures Posted: 20 Oct 2014 11:02 AM PDT GAMMARTH, Tunisia (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization says the agency will be upfront about its handling of the Ebola outbreak, following an internal report that details failures in containing the virus.

Third UN employee dies from Ebola Posted: 20 Oct 2014 11:47 AM PDT A UN staff member in Sierra Leone has died from Ebola, the UN spokesman said Monday.

New developments in disappearance of Hannah Graham Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:15 PM PDT Authorities searched across an area near where remains were found over the weekend.

Iran acts as nuclear deadline approaches Posted: 20 Oct 2014 10:36 AM PDT The International Atomic Energy Agency evaluates Iran's recent moves.

Update on Thomas Eric Duncan’s fiancée Posted: 20 Oct 2014 09:42 AM PDT Health officials declared Louise Troh Ebola-free on Monday and gave her the all-clear to resume her life, but she'll do so without long-lost love Thomas Eric Duncan.

43 students still missing in Mexico Posted: 20 Oct 2014 09:25 AM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government announced rewards Monday of 1.5 million pesos ($111,000) for information on 43 students from a rural teachers' college who have been missing since Sept. 26.

Clown that terrorized rural France captured Posted: 20 Oct 2014 08:58 AM PDT Béthune (France) (AFP) - The party is over for a fake clown who received a six-month suspended jail term Monday for threatening passers-by while in full circus garb, a disturbing trend terrifying towns in northern France.

Oscar Pistorius to learn his fate on Tuesday Posted: 20 Oct 2014 08:32 AM PDT STELLENBOSCH, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius will finally learn his fate Tuesday when a judge is expected to announce the Olympic runner's sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Kerry seeks Asian help against IS Posted: 20 Oct 2014 12:20 PM PDT State chief met Asia-Pacific leaders Monday, including from countries with large Muslim populations.

Smogathon: Beijing Marathon held despite 'hazardous' air quality Posted: 20 Oct 2014 08:53 AM PDT Critics are blasting the decision by officials in China to stage the Beijing Marathon on Sunday despite conditions deemed hazardous by health officials.

As violence continues, Nigerian elders question Boko Haram 'cease-fire' Posted: 20 Oct 2014 10:44 AM PDT Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Nigeria's government may have negotiated a supposed ceasefire with only one faction of Boko Haram, an influential regional group has said, as violence continued unabated in the far northeast.

Another Baghdad bombing wave: 33 feared dead Posted: 20 Oct 2014 08:30 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants unleashed attacks on Iraq's majority Shiite community on Monday, killing at least 33 people, the latest in relentless assaults that have challenged the Shiite-led government as it battles the Sunni-led insurgency by the Islamic State group.

U.S. keeps up airstrike stream against Islamic State Posted: 20 Oct 2014 07:24 AM PDT Six strikes at militants near Syrian border town Kobani, six with coalition in Iraq near Fallujah, Pentagon says.

Search for mystery submarine deepens Posted: 20 Oct 2014 12:23 PM PDT Stockholm (AFP) - The Swedish navy stepped up its hunt Monday for a suspected foreign submarine in its waters with fingers pointing at Moscow in a throwback to the Cold War.

Libyan militant pleads not guilty in attack on U.S. compound in Benghazi Posted: 20 Oct 2014 09:07 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A Libyan militant on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges arising from the 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.

Dr. Nancy Snyderman's Ebola credibility issues Posted: 20 Oct 2014 07:06 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The quarantine against possible Ebola exposure ends this week for Dr. Nancy Snyderman, but the troubles clearly aren't over for NBC News' chief medical editor.

Ebola-stricken nurse's family defends her Ohio trip Posted: 20 Oct 2014 05:41 AM PDT The family of Ebola-infected Dallas nurse Amber Vinson is defending her from critics who say she was careless in traveling to Ohio knowing she might have been potentially exposed to the deadly virus — and traveling back after developing symptoms.

Bodies of 7 women found in Indiana Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:30 PM PDT Man confessed to killing one, found strangled at motel; led investigators to least three others.

Chardon woman, kidnapped by Ariel Castro, learns forgiveness Posted: 20 Oct 2014 06:27 AM PDT CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — One of the three women held captive in a Cleveland home for about a decade told a crowd she has been able to forgive her kidnapper and find peace in her life.

UN says Nigeria is Ebola-free Posted: 20 Oct 2014 09:48 AM PDT By Camillus Eboh and Angela Ukomadu ABUJA/LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria was declared free of the deadly Ebola virus on Monday after a determined doctor and thousands of officials and volunteers helped end an outbreak still ravaging other parts of West Africa and threatening the United States and Spain. Caught unawares when a diplomat arrived with the disease from Liberia, authorities were alerted by Doctor Ameyo Adadevoh, who diagnosed it, kept him in hospital despite protests from him and his government and later died from Ebola herself. ...

Major cleanup after 'riot,' dozens of arrests at pumpkin festival Posted: 20 Oct 2014 05:43 AM PDT CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Keene State College students quickly cleaned up from a chaotic weekend on Sunday after violent parties near the city's annual pumpkin festival led to destruction, dozens of arrests and multiple injuries.

Expelled Nazis got millions in U.S. Social Security Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:00 PM PDT OSIJEK, Croatia (AP) — Former Auschwitz guard Jakob Denzinger lived the American dream.

House Dems raise $17M in September, spend $37M Posted: 20 Oct 2014 08:08 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite long odds of toppling Republicans' majority, House Democrats' campaign committee raised $16.7 million last month and began October with more than $34 million for the final weeks before Election Day, officials said Monday.

Major Ebola update in Nigeria Posted: 20 Oct 2014 07:37 AM PDT By Camillus Eboh and Angela Ukomadu ABUJA/LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria was declared free of the deadly Ebola virus on Monday after a determined doctor and thousands of officials and volunteers helped end an outbreak still ravaging other parts of West Africa and threatening the United States and Spain. Caught unawares when a diplomat arrived with the disease from Liberia, authorities were alerted by Doctor Ameyo Adadevoh, who kept him in her hospital despite protests from him and his government, and later herself died from the disease. ...

New Hampshire town's recovery from violent pumpkin festival Posted: 20 Oct 2014 12:28 PM PDT KEENE, N.H. (AP) — Local police in New Hampshire are setting up a task force to investigate violent disturbances near Keene's annual pumpkin festival that led to property damage, dozens of arrests and many injuries over the weekend.

Syria's Kurdish fighters: U.S. arms drop will 'help greatly' Posted: 20 Oct 2014 02:38 AM PDT Kurdish fighters also say they hope to receive additional assistance.

Using military and new protocols, U.S. ramps up Ebola response Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:21 PM PDT DALLAS (Reuters) - Weeks of worries about a possible Ebola infection ended for dozens of people on watch lists in the United States on Monday but scores were still being monitored after potential exposure to the virus, Texas health officials said. Forty-three people who had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with the disease in the United States, were cleared overnight of twice-daily monitoring after 21 days of showing no symptoms, the state health department said, while another 120 were still on watch lists. ...

Indiana police say suspect may have killed for decades Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:01 PM PDT By Mary Wisniewski HAMMOND Ind. (Reuters) - A northwest Indiana man suspected of murdering at least seven women may be a serial killer who has killed others in the state as far back as 20 years ago, local police said on Monday. Darren Vann, 43, of Gary, Indiana, was in custody and police were seeking murder charges against him, said John Doughty, police chief of the neighboring city of Hammond. Vann, a registered sex offender from a 2008 assault in Texas, was arrested in Gary on Saturday, a day after police were led to the body of 19-year-old Afrika Hardy in a Motel 6 in Hammond. ...

Wyoming attorney general says gay marriages can begin on Tuesday Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:26 PM PDT By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - Gay marriages can begin in Wyoming on Tuesday after the state files a formal notice that it will not appeal a judge's order overturning a ban on same-sex matrimony, the state's attorney general said on Monday. U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl struck down Wyoming's gay marriage ban last week, finding that it violated the U.S. Constitution, but stayed his ruling until Thursday, or sooner if the state indicated that it would not file an appeal. ...

U.S. airdrops arms to Kurdish forces Posted: 19 Oct 2014 08:34 PM PDT Military planes provide ammunition and medical aid to troops fighting the Islamic State.

Ebola fear, monitoring eases for some in Dallas Posted: 20 Oct 2014 12:53 PM PDT DALLAS (AP) — The people closest to Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan are trying to resume their lives now that they have come out of a 21-day incubation period without developing symptoms of the disease.

Comet Siding Spring whizzes past Mars Posted: 19 Oct 2014 11:44 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - A comet the size of a small mountain and about as solid as a pile of talcum powder whizzed past Mars, dazzling space enthusiasts with the once-in-a-million-years encounter.

Comet buzzes Mars in once-in-a-lifetime encounter Posted: 19 Oct 2014 01:05 PM PDT A comet zoomed by Mars today (Oct. 19) in an extremely rare close encounter that scientists billed as a "once-in-a-lifetime" event that may help researchers better understand the earliest days of our solar system. At the time of closest approach, the comet barreled by at 126,000 mph (203,000 km/h) relative to the Red Planet, NASA officials said. It is incredible luck that it is saving us the trouble of going to it, as it flies by Mars, which is being explored by seven active robots," Mark Lemmon of Texas A&M University, a camera team member for NASA's Curiosity and Opportunity Mars rovers, said in a statement. Planetary scientist David Grinspoon, who tracked Comet Siding Spring flyby in real-time during a live webcast by the Slooh Community Observatory, compared the significance of the event with the epic impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter in 1994.

Manning breaks Favre's NFL record for TD passes Posted: 20 Oct 2014 06:00 AM PDT DENVER (AP) — Peyton Manning broke Brett Favre's NFL record for touchdown passes with No. 509. He didn't stop there, either.

Obama makes rare campaign trail appearance, people leave early Posted: 19 Oct 2014 02:57 PM PDT By Jeff Mason UPPER MARLBORO Md. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made a rare appearance on the campaign trail on Sunday with a rally to support the Democratic candidate for governor in Maryland, but early departures of crowd members while he spoke underscored his continuing unpopularity. With approval levels hovering around record lows, Obama has spent most of his campaign-related efforts this year raising money for struggling Democrats, who risk losing control of the U.S. Senate in the Nov. 4 midterm election. ...

Hunt for clues in Hannah Graham case Posted: 19 Oct 2014 01:49 PM PDT Virginia authorities comb an area near where human remains were discovered.

Nigerians doubtful of girls' release after Boko Haram 'truce' breached Posted: 19 Oct 2014 06:46 AM PDT By Tim Cocks LAGOS (Reuters) - - A wave of violence hours after Nigeria's government announced a truce with Boko Haram raised doubt on Sunday about whether more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamist militants will really be released, deflating the new hopes of their parents. Nigeria's armed forces chief Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh announced the ceasefire on Friday to enable the release of the girls, who were abducted from the remote northeastern village of Chibok in April. ...

Dutch MH17 relative visits Ukraine crash site Posted: 19 Oct 2014 12:26 PM PDT The Hague (AFP) - A Dutch relative of a victim of downed flight MH17 has travelled to the crash site in eastern Ukraine to search for the remains of his missing cousin, Dutch television reported Sunday.

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