Senate talks focus of hopes for government shutdown solution Posted: 12 Oct 2013 12:38 PM PDT Negotiations between the White House and House Republicans come to a halt. |
Wind, rain pound India as massive cyclone makes landfall Posted: 12 Oct 2013 10:36 AM PDT A massive, powerful cyclone packing heavy rains and destructive winds slammed into India's eastern coastline Saturday evening, as hundreds of thousands of residents moved inland to shelters in hopes of riding out the dangerous storm. |
22 years later, arrest made in ‘Baby Hope’ murder case Posted: 12 Oct 2013 03:12 PM PDT More than 22 years after Anjelica Castillo, aka "Baby Hope" was found murdered in the woods of upper Manhattan police have made an arrest in the case. |
Police in NYC make arrest in death of 'Baby Hope' Posted: 12 Oct 2013 04:37 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Police announced Saturday that, after an investigation lasting more than two decades, they had arrested the killer of a child who was nicknamed Baby Hope by detectives after her body was discovered inside a picnic cooler beside a Manhattan highway in 1991. |
Adrian Peterson has dealt with tragedy often Posted: 12 Oct 2013 03:52 PM PDT MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Adrian Peterson was 7, he saw his older brother die in a bike accident when he was hit by a drunken driver. |
Food stamp debit cards not working in many states Posted: 12 Oct 2013 03:08 PM PDT People in Ohio, Michigan and 15 other states found themselves unable to use their food stamp debit-style cards on Saturday, after a routine test of backup systems by vendor Xerox Corp. resulted in a system failure. |
Wacha, Cardinals edge Dodgers for 2-0 lead in NLCS Posted: 12 Oct 2013 04:22 PM PDT ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rookie Michael Wacha pitched into the seventh inning with zero margin for error and the St. Louis Cardinals silenced the Los Angeles Dodgers for the second straight day, winning 1-0 Saturday for a 2-0 lead in the NL championship series. |
W.Va. passenger train, truck collide; driver ID'ed Posted: 12 Oct 2013 11:58 AM PDT CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Volunteer fire chief Buster Varner was giving a safety demonstration at a school when a real call came in: A logging truck had collided with a passenger train at a crossing in the remote mountains of West Virginia. |
Migrant tragedies sharpen calls for safe passage Posted: 12 Oct 2013 02:41 PM PDT VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Three deadly Mediterranean shipwrecks that claimed the lives of hundreds of would-be asylum-seekers fleeing war and repression sharpened calls Saturday for humanitarian corridors to allow safe passage to Europe. |
Schilling estate sale draws shoppers to Mass. home Posted: 12 Oct 2013 12:13 PM PDT MEDFIELD, Mass. (AP) — One of the earliest shoppers at an estate sale held Saturday at one-time Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's former Massachusetts home emerged pleased with his take. |
Among social conservatives, a pocketbook message Posted: 12 Oct 2013 12:25 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking a new generation of leaders, social conservatives are looking for a lot more than opposition to gay marriage and abortion. |
Mortar shells hit near inspectors' hotel in Syria Posted: 12 Oct 2013 01:01 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Two mortar shells hit Syria's capital Saturday near a hotel where international chemical weapons inspectors and United Nations staff are staying, state media and a hotel guest said. |
Emerging Senate proposal focus in budget battle Posted: 12 Oct 2013 10:50 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The focus of efforts to end the government shutdown and prevent a U.S. default shifted to the Senate on Saturday, where leaders were in talks aimed at resolving the twin stalemates. |
Taylor Swift opens $4M Country Hall of Fame center Posted: 12 Oct 2013 11:46 AM PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It might as well be Taylor Swift weekend in Music City. |
Kerry says partial Afghan security deal reached Posted: 12 Oct 2013 10:31 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says a partial agreement has been reached with Afghanistan on a security accord but the potentially deal-breaking issue of jurisdiction for American forces remains unresolved. |
Ariz., some other states reopen national parks Posted: 12 Oct 2013 10:29 AM PDT FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Tourists returned to the Grand Canyon on Saturday after Arizona officials along with several counterparts agreed to a federal government plan to reopen national parks, which had been closed as a result of the partial government shutdown. |
Grand Canyon opens in state, fed nat'l parks deal Posted: 12 Oct 2013 12:47 PM PDT FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Tourists returned to the Grand Canyon on Saturday after Arizona officials along with several counterparts agreed to a federal government plan to reopen national parks, which had been closed as a result of the partial government shutdown. |
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