| Unexpected race could upend Senate control Posted: 10 Oct 2014 10:45 AM PDT  The race for South Dakota's open Senate seat has Democrats and Republicans scrambling.
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| Kim Jong Un mystery deepens Posted: 10 Oct 2014 08:07 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For the first time in three years, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un didn't appear at a celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party on Friday, further increasing speculation that something is amiss with the authoritarian leader who hasn't been seen publicly in more than a month.
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| Microsoft CEO's sexist gaffe Posted:  Microsoft CEO's sexist gaffe
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| Driking coffee is good for your liver, says study Posted: 10 Oct 2014 08:32 AM PDT  Drinking decaffeinated coffee is just as helpful as drinking regular coffee is for maintaining a healthy liver, a new study finds. Regardless of whether they drank decaf or regular, people in the study who drank large quantities of coffee on a daily basis had lower levels of abnormal liver enzymes, the researchers found. Other studies have found that drinking coffee is associated with lower risks of developing diabetes, cardiovascular disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, cirrhosis and liver cancer. "Prior research found that drinking coffee may have a possible protective effect on the liver," lead researcher Dr. Qian Xiao, of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, said in a statement.
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| Ebola patient had 103-degree fever Posted: 10 Oct 2014 10:28 AM PDT  Thomas Duncan's temperature spiked when he got to the ER - but he was still sent home.
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| This White House report is giant listicle, full of emojis. Why? Posted: 10 Oct 2014 08:41 AM PDT  On Wednesday, the White House Council of Economic Advisors released a report about the status of Millennials across the nation, touching on education, debt, and healthcare rates.
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| Flash floods swamp Italian port of Genoa; one feared dead Posted: 10 Oct 2014 06:31 AM PDT  Flash floods hit Genoa on October 9 after torrential rains. Early reports said at least one person had died. This video, from Genoa resident Gabriele Carretta, shows flooding near the city's Piazza Caricamento. Credit: YouTube/Benedetto Arlia
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| 21 dead, including 8 children, from Assad regime bombing in Syria Posted: 10 Oct 2014 09:31 AM PDT  Beirut (AFP) - Syrian regime bombardment and air strikes killed at least 21 civilians, eight of them children, in the south and northeast of the country Friday, a monitoring group said.
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| U.S. Navy plans missile shield at southern Romania base Posted: 10 Oct 2014 07:29 AM PDT  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The U.S. Navy has taken control of a new missile defense base in southern Romania, one of two European land-based interceptor sites for a NATO missile shield that Russia strongly opposes.
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| Ebola funding clears last hurdle in Congress Posted: 10 Oct 2014 10:40 AM PDT  Republican U.S. Sen. James Inhofe said Friday he approved shift of $750 million in Defense Department war funds to fight Ebola in West Africa.
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| UN fears massacre in Kobani, urges Turkey to intervene Posted: 10 Oct 2014 06:46 AM PDT  By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.N. envoy called on Turkey on Friday to help prevent a slaughter in the Syrian border town of Kobani at the hands of Islamic State fighters, saying he feared a repeat of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre when thousands died. Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations' envoy to Syria, appealed to Ankara to let "volunteers" cross the frontier so that they can reinforce Kurdish militias defending the town that lies within sight of Turkish territory. ...
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| Online path lured two French girls to jihad Posted: 10 Oct 2014 10:30 AM PDT  LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES, France (AP) — On the day she left for Syria, Sahra strode along the train platform with two bulky schoolbags slung over her shoulder. In a grainy image caught on security camera, the French teen tucks her hair into a headscarf.
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| In Europe, Ebola fears escalate Posted: 10 Oct 2014 07:18 AM PDT  Though only one confirmed case on European soil, dozens more with signs of disease being closely watched.
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| Malala's Nobel Posted: 10 Oct 2014 10:51 AM PDT  Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan, Kailash Satyarthi of India win Peace Prize; at 17, Malala is youngest-ever winner.
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| Arkansas Republican, 'Evel Knievel' of Congress, jumps bikes on days off Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:32 AM PDT  Yahoo News spends a day at the racetrack with dirtbike rider and Congressman Tim Griffin of Arkansas.
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| Jan Hooks, former SNL comedienne, dead at 57 Posted: 10 Oct 2014 08:39 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Jan Hooks, whose impressions ranged from Nancy Reagan to Sinead O'Connor to Tammy Faye Bakker during a five-year stint on the show, has died.
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| Ebola crisis reveals massive disparities at U.S. hospitals Posted: 10 Oct 2014 02:28 AM PDT  A few days before the Ebola-infected Thomas Eric Duncan arrived in Dallas-Fort Worth Airport to reunite with his fiancee, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a sternly worded alert to the nation's hospitals.
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| From 'Maleficent' to honorary dame: Queen honors Jolie Posted: 10 Oct 2014 05:55 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has honored campaigning actress Angelina Jolie in a Buckingham Palace ceremony.
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| In the abortion wars, a new ground zero Posted: 10 Oct 2014 02:41 AM PDT  This summer the Supreme Court declared a "buffer zone" separating protesters from patients at an abortion site to be unconstitutional. In Portland, Maine, as in other cities that once had buffer zone laws and now do not, the players in the ongoing abortion drama are trying to figure out what that means.
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| Courts block voter ID laws in Texas, Wisconsin Posted: 10 Oct 2014 09:26 AM PDT  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge likened Texas' strict voter ID requirement to a poll tax deliberately meant to suppress minority voter turnout and struck it down less than a month before Election Day, and mere hours after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a similar Wisconsin measure.
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| Tesla reveals its most powerful model yet Posted:  Tesla reveals AWD, 691-hp Model S, its most powerful model yet.
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| Police, protesters clash in St. Louis ahead of weekend of rallies Posted: 10 Oct 2014 12:32 AM PDT  By Carey Gillam and Kenny Bahr ST LOUIS Mo (Reuters) - Police clashed with protesters in St. Louis on Thursday for a second night after an officer killed a black teenager, ahead of a weekend of planned rallies in the area over the August killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. Throughout the night, as many as 400 demonstrators spread out across several city blocks in south St. Louis, angrily shouting and chanting at rows of police officers, many of whom were clad in riot gear. ...
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| U.S. reaches $30 million settlement with vice president of Equatorial Guinea Posted: 10 Oct 2014 10:40 AM PDT  By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge in California announced a $30 million settlement on Friday between the United States and a vice president of Equatorial Guinea that requires him to forfeit his U.S. assets, including a collection of six life-sized statues of late singer Michael Jackson. Teodoro Nguema Obiang, the Central African country's second vice president, used his position of power to amass more than $300 million in the United States through corruption and money laundering, U.S. prosecutors said in court documents. ...
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| Mom of U.S. hostage tweets letter to IS Posted: 09 Oct 2014 06:31 AM PDT  Paula Kassig tries to reach the Islamic State's leader, hoping he'll spare her son.
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| Group asks for probe into shooting range that refuses to cater to Muslims Posted: 09 Oct 2014 09:03 AM PDT  A Muslim civil rights group is asking the Department of Justice to investigate an Arkansas shooting range whose owner recently declared it a "Muslim-free zone."
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| Prosecutors want Adrian Peterson arrested again after marijuana admission Posted: |
