| Syria's role in Islamic State’s growth Posted: 12 Sep 2014 10:48 AM PDT  Yahoo's Katie Couric examines how the war-torn country became a breeding ground for ISIS.
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| Priest found guilty of raping dozens of children in Canada Posted: 12 Sep 2014 03:24 PM PDT  A defrocked Catholic priest was found guilty Friday of raping dozens of children and a sled dog in the Canadian Arctic, where he worked as a missionary for decades. The Belgian-born Eric Dejaeger, 67, was convicted of 31 counts of sexual offenses against children and one count of bestiality. At the start of the his trial last November in Iqaluit, the capital of Canada's northernmost Nunavut territory, Dejaeger acknowledged and pleaded guilty to eight out of 80 original charges. Justice Robert Kilpatrick ruled the evidence had been weakened by the passage of time, and whittled down the number in the indictment.
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| Ebola: U.S. to train Liberian armed forces to help tackle crisis Posted: 12 Sep 2014 03:46 PM PDT  The United States said on Friday it would train Liberia's security forces to assist in isolation operations to tackle an Ebola epidemic ravaging the West African nation, after a boy was killed when soldiers opened fire on a protest last month. The worst Ebola outbreak on record has killed more than 2,400 people in West Africa - more than half of them in Liberia. Ambassador to Liberia Deborah Malac told reporters in Monrovia that the United States would support Liberia both through the epidemic and beyond.
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| Peterson deactivated for Patriots game over child abuse charges Posted:  The NFL, already swamped with negative news in what has been a horrible week for the league, now has to deal with Adrian Peterson, one of its biggest stars, being indicted for injuring a child.
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| Congressman announces breakup on Facebook Posted: 12 Sep 2014 02:11 PM PDT  Mark Sanford is over-sharing again. The former South Carolina governor who resigned after disappearing for a romantic getaway with his Argentinian girlfriend has deigned to update the public on his latest personal foibles with a 2,346-word Facebook post. Sanford (R), who won election to the House again in 2013 after defeating Stephen Colbert's sister, buries the lede a bit, but the gist is that his ex-wife, Jenny, is taking him to court again, and he also has decided to break off his engagement to the Argentinian woman, Maria Belén Chapur.
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| VA shooting suspect pleads guilty Posted: 12 Sep 2014 02:34 PM PDT  An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon in an attack that injured an employee.
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| Med director out at clinic that treated Joan Rivers Posted: 12 Sep 2014 02:53 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the outpatient surgery facility where Joan Rivers went into cardiac arrest during a routine procedure is no longer at the clinic.
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| Foley mom: Government threatened family over ransom Posted: 12 Sep 2014 11:27 AM PDT  Diane Foley, James Foley's mother, offered a rare interview to ABC News this week in which she admitted the family considered a ransom payment to ISIS to secure her son's safe return. The message came directly from a high-ranking military official on the White House National Security Council. "We were told that several times and we took it as a threat and it was appalling," Diane Foley told ABC News, "Three times he intimidated us with that message. We knew we had to save our son, we had to try." Michael Foley, James Foley's brother, said he, like his mother, was also "directly" threatened by a State Department official with the same charge.
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| White House: U.S. 'at war' with al-Qaida Posted: 12 Sep 2014 12:29 PM PDT  The U.S. is characterizing its mission against ISIS as a war with al-Qaida, its affiliates.
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| Obama says need to 'snuff out' militant groups like Islamic State Posted: 12 Sep 2014 03:44 PM PDT  By Steve Holland BALTIMORE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday the goal of an international coalition he is helping to form is to "ultimately snuff out" the type of extremism demonstrated by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. It is a "sobering time," said Obama at a Democratic fund-raising event in Baltimore following his decision to authorize U.S. The threat from Islamic State has had an important silver lining, he said. It has focused the world's attention on the need to "ultimately snuff out this particular brand of Islamic extremism that really has no place in the 21st century." Obama is leading an effort to form a coalition of Western allies and Gulf Arab states to take on the extremist group, whose savage methods have included beheading two American journalists.
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| Teenage killer who escaped Ohio prison captured yards away Posted: 12 Sep 2014 02:50 PM PDT By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A teenager serving a life sentence in the shooting deaths of three Cleveland-area high school students in 2012 was caught about 100 yards from the Ohio prison fence he had scaled to escape just hours earlier, officials said on Friday. T.J. Lane, 19, who was sentenced to life without parole last year in the attack at Chardon High School, escaped on Thursday with two other inmates from the Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lima, in northwestern Ohio, warden Kevin Jones said at a news conference outside the facility. "We are going to have to sit down and take a look at it and determine if Allen Oakwood was the place he was supposed to be," Jones said. According to the Correctional Institution Inspection Committee, an Ohio prison oversight group, eight of the facility's 1,645 inmates require maximum security. |
| NFL's Adrian Peterson charged with child abuse Posted: 12 Sep 2014 04:43 PM PDT  Police were seeking to arrest Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson on a charge of injury to a child, a Texas sheriff's office said on Friday, while Peterson's attorney said he used "a switch to spank his son." The National Football League's Vikings also said in a statement they will drop Peterson from the team's roster for Sunday's game against the New England Patriots as the team looks into the matter. Peterson, a Texas native, was indicted by a grand jury in Montgomery County, north of Houston, on a charge of injury to a child, and an arrest warrant was issued on Friday afternoon, the sheriff's office said in a statement.
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| Ariz. man wins fight for same-sex death benefits Posted: 12 Sep 2014 03:46 PM PDT  A judge has handed a victory to a gay man who lost his spouse to cancer last month and was denied death benefits because Arizona does not recognize same-sex marriage.
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| Is it a crime to raise a killer? Posted: 12 Sep 2014 03:35 AM PDT  Anthony Pasquale wants the parents of his daughter's killer to share the blame.
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| Former day care worker convicted in kidnapping, assault Posted: 12 Sep 2014 10:43 AM PDT  A former day care worker was convicted Friday of abducting a 5-year-old girl from her school classroom and sexually assaulting her during a 19-hour ordeal.
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| Rare snowstorm slams South Dakota, Rockies states Posted: 12 Sep 2014 01:28 PM PDT  It's still summer, but a snowstorm blanketed parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, Montana and Colorado, setting early snowfall records in some places, covering lawns and flower gardens and providing a preview of what is to come.
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| L.A. issues 'heat alert' as temperatures soar Posted: 12 Sep 2014 10:55 AM PDT  Los Angeles health officials on Friday issued a special "heat alert" for this weekend, urging residents to take special precautions with temperatures expected to soar into triple digits across the region. With California already baking under a record drought that has brought acute water shortages, forecasts called for temperatures to reach more than 100 degrees in downtown Los Angeles and even higher in some surrounding communities. "Extreme heat such as this is not just an inconvenience, it can be dangerous and even deadly, but we can protect ourselves, our families and our neighbors if we take steps to remain cool and hydrated," Dr. Jeffrey Gunzenhauser, the city's interim health director, said in issuing the heat alert. Gunzenhauser said some 60 "cooling centers" would be open at libraries, recreation centers and other community buildings throughout the weekend, offering shelter to residents suffering from what is predicted to be sweltering heat.
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| Rob Ford quits mayor's race; brother to run in his place Posted: 12 Sep 2014 04:20 PM PDT  TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford withdrew his re-election bid Friday as he seeks treatment for a tumor in his abdomen, dramatically ending a campaign he had doggedly pursued despite a stint in rehab and calls for him to quit amid drug and alcohol scandals. But he announced his brother would run in his place, saying "we cannot go backwards."
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| Prison knew about school shooter's escape plans: union Posted: 12 Sep 2014 04:06 PM PDT  Authorities say they have apprehended T.J. Lane after he escaped from an Ohio prison.
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| Zimmerman accused of threatening to kill driver Posted: 12 Sep 2014 02:43 PM PDT  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A driver says George Zimmerman, the man acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin, threatened to kill him, asking 'Do you know who I am?' during a road confrontation in their vehicles, a police spokeswoman said Friday.
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| Obama, Clinton celebrate 20 years of AmeriCorps Posted: 12 Sep 2014 12:11 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton on Friday highlighted the benefits of volunteering as they celebrated the 20th anniversary of the AmeriCorps national service program and welcomed the newest class of volunteers.
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| Reeva Steenkamp parents: Pistorius verdict 'not right' Posted: 12 Sep 2014 01:27 PM PDT  The parents of Reeva Steenkamp, who was shot and killed by Oscar Pistorius, reacted on Friday with shock and disbelief at a judge's decision to acquit the star athlete of murder charges. Disappointed," June Steenkamp told British ITV News. Judge Thokozile Masipa found Pistorius not guilty of murder, but later convicted him on the less serious charge of culpable homicide. Pistorius said he shot Steenkamp in the dead of the night after he mistook her for an intruder.
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| Malala's attackers arrested Posted: 12 Sep 2014 08:49 AM PDT  Pakistan nabs 10 Taliban militants accused of shooting the teenage activist.
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