Calm prevails in Ferguson after shooting of police officers

Calm prevails in Ferguson after shooting of police officers
Obama reads 'Mean Tweets' about himself
Ex-'Survivor' producer convicted in wife's Mexico killing
Weak profit margins dampen U.S. producer inflation
U.S. healthcare worker with Ebola in 'serious' condition: NIH
CIA chief says social media 'greatly amplifies' terror threat
IS accepts Boko Haram pledge of allegiance
Plane clips skier in French Alps emergency landing
NASA confirms ocean on Jupiter moon, raising prospects for life
Carjack victim describes harrowing ride with Boston bombers
American Ebola patient to be treated near U.S. capital
#BlueLivesMatter reignites debate following police shooting in Ferguson

Posted: 13 Mar 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Protesters call for calm but vow to keep pushing for change.

Obama reads 'Mean Tweets' about himself

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The president has some laughs at his own expense during a visit with Jimmy Kimmel.

Ex-'Survivor' producer convicted in wife's Mexico killing

Posted: 13 Mar 2015 10:35 AM PDT

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — A former "Survivor" producer has been convicted of murdering his wife during a 2010 Cancun beach vacation, and his attorney says he plans to appeal.

Weak profit margins dampen U.S. producer inflation

Posted: 13 Mar 2015 10:24 AM PDT

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices fell in February for a fourth straight month, pointing to tame inflation that could argue against an anticipated June interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve. The Labor Department said on Friday its producer price index for final demand declined 0.5 percent as profit margins in the services sector, especially gasoline stations, were squeezed, and transportation and warehousing costs fell. "The underlying message appears to be that pipeline inflationary pressures remain quite weak, even as energy prices have stabilized and gasoline prices have drifted modestly higher," said Millan Mulraine, deputy chief economist at TD Securities in New York. The PPI had dropped 0.8 percent in January.

U.S. healthcare worker with Ebola in 'serious' condition: NIH

Posted: 13 Mar 2015 10:22 AM PDT

By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An American healthcare worker who tested positive for the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone is seriously ill, U.S. health officials said on Friday after evaluating the patient. The patient arrived in the United States for treatment earlier on Friday and was admitted to the U.S. National Institutes of Health's high-security containment facility in Maryland, the NIH said. The patient is the 11 person with the deadly virus treated in the United States, though the last known case was in November. "NIH physicians have evaluated the patient with Ebola virus disease and have determined that the patient's condition is serious," NIH said in a statement.

CIA chief says social media 'greatly amplifies' terror threat

Posted: 13 Mar 2015 10:49 AM PDT

Social media and other technology are making it increasingly difficult to combat militants who are using such modern resources to share information and conduct operations, the head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency said on Friday. CIA Director John Brennan, in a speech in New York, said such communications only add to the difficulty of dealing with diffuse threats and attacks across the world from groups like Islamic State, known also as ISIL, and others. "New technologies can help groups like ISIL coordinate operations, attract new recruits, disseminate propaganda, and inspire sympathizers across the globe to act in their name," Brennan said, using an acronym for the militant group that has taken hold in Syria and Iraq.

IS accepts Boko Haram pledge of allegiance

Posted: 12 Mar 2015 11:07 PM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State militants have accepted a pledge of allegiance by the Nigerian-grown Boko Haram extremist group, a spokesman for the Islamic State movement said Thursday.

Plane clips skier in French Alps emergency landing

Posted: 12 Mar 2015 05:54 PM PDT

A Polish skier was seriously injured when she was hit by a light aircraft careering down the slopes of a resort in the French Alps. The ski-equipped single-propeller Jodel plane had failed to take off from the snowy high-altitude runway near the ski area at Avoriaz.

NASA confirms ocean on Jupiter moon, raising prospects for life

Posted: 12 Mar 2015 02:23 PM PDT

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., (Reuters) - Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed that the Jupiter-orbiting moon Ganymede has an ocean beneath its icy surface, raising the prospects for life, NASA said on Thursday. The finding resolves a mystery about the largest moon in the solar system after NASA's now-defunct Galileo spacecraft provided hints that Ganymede has a subsurface ocean during exploration of Jupiter and its moons from 1995 to 2003. Like Earth, Ganymede has a liquid iron core that generates a magnetic field, though Ganymede's field is embedded within Jupiter's magnetic field. As Jupiter rotates, its magnetic field shifts, causing Ganymede's aurora to rock.

Carjack victim describes harrowing ride with Boston bombers

Posted: 12 Mar 2015 03:00 PM PDT

BOSTON (AP) — A carjacking victim on Thursday described his harrowing ride at gunpoint with the Boston Marathon bombers three days after the attack and the moment he made the terrifying decision to bolt from the car.

American Ebola patient to be treated near U.S. capital

Posted: 12 Mar 2015 02:44 PM PDT

An American healthcare worker who has tested positive for Ebola will be treated at a government hospital near the US capital, Washington, officials said Thursday. The person, whose identity was not revealed, is expected to be admitted on Friday to the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, said a statement from the NIH. The man, Thomas Eric Duncan, died. Earlier Thursday, the World Health Organization announced that the death toll from the world's largest Ebola outbreak had topped 10,000.

#BlueLivesMatter reignites debate following police shooting in Ferguson

Posted: 12 Mar 2015 11:28 AM PDT

The hashtag #BlueLivesMatter has found new life following a shooting that injured two cops outside the Ferguson Police Department late Wednesday night