Killing Keystone XL, Obama says pipeline not in US interests

Killing Keystone XL, Obama says pipeline not in US interests
Russia to suspend flights to Egypt pending improved security
Experts dismiss Carson's belief that pyramids stored grain
Obama administration to reject Canada-to-U.S Keystone pipeline -source
Kentucky's governor-elect to remove clerk names from state marriage licenses
Autumn storms make small dent in California drought
Ben Carson’s campaign admits he lied about West Point scholarship

Posted: 06 Nov 2015 10:40 AM PST

President Barack Obama says he's rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline because he does not believe it serves the national interest.

Russia to suspend flights to Egypt pending improved security

Posted: 06 Nov 2015 08:44 AM PST

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Russia announced Friday it will suspend all flights to Egypt until security is improved at its airports, the first sign of wariness from Moscow after days of resisting British and American warnings that a bomb planted by the Islamic State group may have brought down a Russian plane in the Sinai Peninsula last week.

Experts dismiss Carson's belief that pyramids stored grain

Posted: 06 Nov 2015 12:05 AM PST

MIAMI (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is standing by his belief that Egypt's great pyramids were built by the biblical figure Joseph to store grain, an assertion dismissed by experts who say it's accepted science that they were tombs for pharaohs.

Obama administration to reject Canada-to-U.S Keystone pipeline -source

Posted: 06 Nov 2015 08:18 AM PST

The Obama administration will reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline that has divided petroleum interests and environmentalists for more than seven years, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, who was charged with making a recommendation on the controversial project, were scheduled to meet on Friday morning, ahead of public remarks by Obama at 11:45 a.m. (1645 GMT). Keystone XL would have linked existing pipeline networks in Canada and the United States to bring more than 800,000 barrels per day of heavy crude oil and diluted bitumen from Alberta's oil sands to refineries in Illinois and, eventually, the Gulf of Mexico coast.

Kentucky's governor-elect to remove clerk names from state marriage licenses

Posted: 06 Nov 2015 09:50 AM PST

By Steve Bittenbender LOUISVILLE (Reuters) - Kentucky Governor-elect Matt Bevin said on Friday that when he assumes office next month he will change the state marriage license form to appease clerks who have objected to issuing licenses to same-sex couples. Bevin said he would make the change by executive order. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who spent five days in jail for not issuing licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of a court order, took steps to remove her name and office from the forms in September.

Autumn storms make small dent in California drought

Posted: 06 Nov 2015 10:25 AM PST

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Fall storms that brought rain and snow to parts of California have made a small but measurable dent in the state's four-year drought, experts said. The precipitation has put the state ahead of the normal rainfall for the season and nudged a few areas out of the worst drought designation, scientists at the U.S. Drought Monitor said Thursday. The weekly report shows that as of Nov. 3, 44.84 percent of the state was experiencing exceptional drought conditions, the worst designation, down from 46 percent last week and 55 percent a year ago at the same time.

Ben Carson’s campaign admits he lied about West Point scholarship

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Politico reported Friday that Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson did not—as he has claimed repeatedly...