Jim Webb drops out of Democratic primary race

Jim Webb drops out of Democratic primary race
Donald Trump triples down on 9/11 comments
The political education of Ben Carson
Benghazi panel outs CIA source, then tries to cover its tracks
Modern Underground Railroad: Crossing 7 countries and an ocean with Syrian refugees
Son of late PM Pierre Trudeau becomes Canada's new PM
Philippines to deport U.S. Marine facing murder trial after sentence
American Cancer Society eases mammogram recommendations
Police probe family deaths in Phoenix lake as murder-suicide
Hacker claims to have breached CIA director's personal email
Democrat Webb weighing possible independent bid for White House
Sanders planning 'major speech' on democratic socialism

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Donald Trump triples down on 9/11 comments

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In 2013, Ben Carson told Glenn Beck that he had no plans to run for president. "I would be a terrible candidate," he said.

Benghazi panel outs CIA source, then tries to cover its tracks

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A Libyan defector's name was hastily deleted from a public release after a Yahoo News report.

Modern Underground Railroad: Crossing 7 countries and an ocean with Syrian refugees

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Two journalists walked thousands of miles with refugees seeking safety in Western Europe.

Son of late PM Pierre Trudeau becomes Canada's new PM

Posted: 19 Oct 2015 09:48 PM PDT

TORONTO (AP) — Canadians voted for a sharp change in their government Monday, returning a legendary name for liberals, Trudeau, to the prime minister's office and resoundingly ending Conservative Stephen Harper's near-decade in office.

Philippines to deport U.S. Marine facing murder trial after sentence

Posted: 20 Oct 2015 06:19 AM PDT

The Philippine Immigration Bureau has ordered the deportation a U.S. Marine once his trial and possible sentence for the murder of a transgender Filipino woman a year ago are over, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton, who is being held at a U.S. facility at an army base in Manila, has been charged with the murder of Jennifer Laude, who was found dead on Oct. 11 last year in a hotel in Olongapo City, near a former U.S. naval base north of Manila. Elaine Tan, spokeswoman for the immigration bureau, said the U.S. Marine was declared "a risk to public interest for being an undesirable alien" and would be deported once his murder trial and any subsequent jail term were over.

American Cancer Society eases mammogram recommendations

Posted: 20 Oct 2015 08:05 AM PDT

By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) - In a major shift, the American Cancer Society is recommending that women at average risk of breast cancer get annual mammograms starting at age 45 rather than at age 40, and that women 55 and older scale back screening to every other year. The new guidelines, published on Tuesday in JAMA, fall more closely in line with guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a government-backed panel of experts that recommend biennial breast cancer screening starting at age 50 for most women. The Task Force's 2009 recommendations to reduce the frequency and delay the start of mammogram screening were based on studies suggesting the benefits of detecting cancers earlier did not outweigh the risk of false positive results, which needlessly expose women to additional testing, including a possible biopsy.

Police probe family deaths in Phoenix lake as murder-suicide

Posted: 20 Oct 2015 08:03 AM PDT

Early on Sunday, Glenn Edward Baxter, 27, "took deliberate actions" when he drove his family into the lake, the Tempe Police Department said in a statement on Monday. Police said officers who arrived first and witnesses jumped into the lake to rescue the family. It said the four family members were unconscious and taken to a hospital, where they died.

Hacker claims to have breached CIA director's personal email

Posted: 19 Oct 2015 10:59 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — An anonymous hacker claims to have breached CIA Director John Brennan's personal email account and has posted documents online, including a list of email addresses purportedly from Brennan's contact file.

Democrat Webb weighing possible independent bid for White House

Posted: 19 Oct 2015 04:05 PM PDT

Democratic presidential candidate Jim Webb is considering an independent bid for the White House, and will hold a news conference about his candidacy on Tuesday, his campaign said on Monday. Webb, a former U.S. senator from Virginia, has lagged behind front-runner Hillary Clinton and her chief rival, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, in opinion polls, along with former Maryland Governor Marin O'Malley and former Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chaffee. Webb's campaign announced the news conference at the National Press Club in Washington with a short statement headlined "Jim Webb To Consider Independent Run." In addition to his candidacy, Webb will discuss "the campaign and his views of the political parties in the current (2016) election cycle," the statement said.