| U.S. soldier convicted in sex scandal dies Posted: 02 Sep 2014 04:21 PM PDT  First Air Force instructor convicted of rape, sexual assault at military training site has died in prison: officials.
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| Video purports to show beheading of second U.S. journalist Posted: 02 Sep 2014 10:30 AM PDT  An online video purports to show the beheading of U.S. writer Steven Sotloff by ISIL.
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| 911 calls show efforts to save Ariz. gun instructor Posted: 02 Sep 2014 01:54 PM PDT  People desperately tried to save a firearms instructor who was accidentally shot by a 9-year-old girl.
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| 74-year-old serial killer convicted of 3 murders Posted: 02 Sep 2014 03:26 PM PDT  A jury has convicted a 74-year-old career criminal in 3 serial murders from the 1980s.
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| Apple says its systems not to blame for celebrity photo breach Posted:  The week before a crucial launch of its new iPhone, Apple Inc said intimate photos of celebrities including Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence were leaked online through the apparent hacking of individual iCloud accounts.
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| Justin Verlander addresses online hacking of nude photos Posted:  Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander says he wants to keep his personal life private after nude photos of him and model girlfriend Kate Upton allegedly were hacked from an online account.
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| Mississippi woman sentenced in fatal silicone injection case Posted: 02 Sep 2014 04:25 PM PDT  A Mississippi woman convicted of murder for administering an unlicensed silicone buttocks injection to a patient who later died was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison. Tracey Lynn Garner, 54, performed the unlicensed injection in 2012 in her Jackson home on 37-year-old Karima Gordon, who fell ill immediately after the procedure and died a few days later. A jury last week found Garner guilty of depraved-heart murder. Prosecutors argued during the trial that Garner was motivated by greed. Garner faces a separate trial in the death of Marilyn Hale, an Alabama woman who authorities say died under similar circumstances two years earlier. Lee McDivitt, an investigator for the Mississippi Attorney General's Office, testified during the trial that he found a large bottle of silicone and syringes in Garner's home that were labeled "veterinary use only." Garner, who is transgender, was formerly named Morris Garner.
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| Apple admits celebrity accounts hacked but denies large breach Posted:  Apple has issued a statement about the 100+ celebrity iCloud accounts that were allegedly hacked for nude photos.
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| Ebola: Liberian doctors strike, food costs spike Posted: 02 Sep 2014 04:21 PM PDT  Doctors in Liberia were out on strike on Tuesday as they struggled to cope with the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, while the United Nations warned the spread of the disease in West Africa was causing food shortages in one of the world's poorest regions. Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said 800 more beds for Ebola patients were urgently needed in the Liberian capital Monrovia alone, while in Sierra Leone highly infectious bodies were rotting in the streets. MSF called for rich nations to send military medical teams to support buckling healthcare systems in West Africa.
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| Study: Double mastectomy doesn't boost survival for most Posted: 02 Sep 2014 01:06 PM PDT  Removing both breasts to treat cancer affecting only one side doesn't boost survival chances for most women, compared with surgery that removes just the tumor, a large study suggests. The results raise concerns about riskier, potentially unnecessary operations that increasing numbers of women are choosing.
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| Home Depot investigating 'unusual activity' after breach Posted: 02 Sep 2014 01:23 PM PDT  Home Depot Inc said on Tuesday it was working with law enforcement to investigate "some unusual activity" related to customer data but that it could not confirm if it had become the latest retailer to be hit by a large-scale security breach. "At this point, I can confirm that we're looking into some unusual activity and we are working with our banking partners and law enforcement to investigate," Home Depot representative Paula Drake wrote in an emailed statement to Reuters. "If we confirm that a breach has occurred, we will make sure customers are notified immediately." The statement came after security website KrebsonSecurity first reported that multiple banks had seen evidence that Home Depot may be the source of stolen credit and debit cards put up for sale on underground markets. Retail customers faced a massive data breach during last year's holiday season when hackers stole at least 40 million payment card numbers and 70 million other pieces of customer data from Target Corp .
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| Another American medical missionary has Ebola Posted: 02 Sep 2014 10:35 AM PDT  Another American doctor working in West Africa has contracted the deadly Ebola virus, a missionary group announced on Tuesday morning.
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| Pentagon: Al-Shabab leader was target of airstrike Posted:  A U.S. airstrike in Somalia killed at least six members of the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, possibly including its leader who was in a car that was hit.
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| Joan Rivers on life support, family says Posted: 02 Sep 2014 12:38 PM PDT  Joan Rivers' family is confirming that the comedian is on life support after going into cardiac arrest last week during a procedure at a doctor's office.
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| Ukraine rebels: We are poised to recapture Donetsk airport Posted: 02 Sep 2014 10:30 AM PDT  EU officials proposed sanctions on Tuesday to starve Russian firms of cash as punishment for Moscow's role in Ukraine, where rebels said they were storming Donetsk airport, potentially their biggest prize since turning the war's tide last week. Western countries accuse Moscow of sending armored columns of troops into Ukraine, where the momentum in a five-month war shifted last week decisively in favor of pro-Russian rebels, who are now advancing on a new front towards a major port. Russia denies its troops are involved in fighting on the ground, in the face of what Western countries and Ukraine say is overwhelming evidence. According to the United Nations, the war, in which pro-Russian separatists are fighting to throw off rule from Kiev, has killed more than 2,600 people and driven nearly a million from their homes in east Ukraine.
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| Girl from Uzi shooting said gun was too much for her Posted: 02 Sep 2014 04:33 PM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — An attorney for the parents of a 9-year-old girl who accidentally killed an Arizona shooting range instructor with an Uzi said Tuesday the family is devastated by the tragedy that occurred on a brief excursion during a vacation.
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| Celebrity lawyer: Avoid using iCloud, smartphones Posted: 02 Sep 2014 11:52 AM PDT  By Jeffrey Dastin, Michael Parks, Patricia Reaney and Eric Kelsey NEW YORK (Reuters) - Celebrity representatives and security experts used the online posting of intimate photos of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence and other female entertainers to sound new warnings on Tuesday about the dangers of storing data on the Internet. Martin Garbus, a New York trial lawyer who over the years has represented actors Al Pacino, Sean Connery, Robert Redford and others, said worried clients had approached him after the apparent mass hacking over the weekend. ...
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| 'Losing the battle' with Ebola Posted: 02 Sep 2014 12:38 PM PDT  Doctors Without Borders tells U.N. that world leaders are failing to address the epidemic.
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| Appeals court grills U.S. lawyer on NSA phone collection Posted: 02 Sep 2014 01:47 PM PDT  Circuit Court of Appeals in New York was the first appellate court to hear arguments on whether the National Security Agency (NSA) program is lawful, in a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenging the gathering of so-called metadata. Judge Gerard Lynch, one of three judges who heard the arguments, said it was "hard for me to imagine" Congress had envisioned such a sweeping effort when it passed an expansion of anti-terrorism powers known as the Patriot Act after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Stuart Delery, a lawyer for the Justice Department, told Lynch in response that Congress was fully informed when it voted to reauthorize the Patriot Act twice.
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| Islamic State issues video of beheading of U.S. hostage: SITE Posted: 02 Sep 2014 03:31 PM PDT  By William Maclean DUBAI (Reuters) - The Islamic State militant group released a video on Tuesday purporting to show the beheading of a second American hostage, journalist Steven Sotloff, raising the stakes in its confrontation with Washington over U.S. A masked figure in the video seen by Reuters also issued a threat against a British hostage, a man the group named as David Haines, and warned governments to back off "this evil alliance of America against the Islamic State".
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| Texas voter ID trial opens in U.S. court Posted: 02 Sep 2014 11:29 AM PDT  District Court in Corpus Christi stems from a battle over stringent voter ID measures signed into law by Texas Governor Rick Perry, a Republican, in 2011. The law requires voters to present a photo ID such as a concealed handgun license or driver's license, but it excludes student IDs as invalid. "Although Texas has yet to identify a single instance of in-person voter fraud, the state nevertheless insists that a racially discriminatory photo ID law is necessary to prevent it," said Natasha Korgaonkar, assistant counsel with the civil rights group NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
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