| Texas executes woman for starving boy to death Posted: 17 Sep 2014 04:36 PM PDT  Lisa Coleman was convicted of torturing, starving her girlfriend's 9-year-old son a decade ago.
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| S.C. dad feared 5 slain kids would kill him: warrant Posted: 17 Sep 2014 03:26 PM PDT  A South Carolina father who authorities said killed his five children believed the kids "were going to kill him, chop him up and feed him to the dogs," according to an unredacted arrest warrant released Wednesday.
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| 'Going crazy': survivors tell of Europe's deadliest migrant shipwreck Posted: 17 Sep 2014 01:58 PM PDT  Chania (Greece) (AFP) - After three days adrift, drinking his own urine to survive as he watched dozens of people sink to a watery grave, Mohamed Raad started to lose his grip.
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| House approves arms, training for Syrian rebels Posted: 17 Sep 2014 03:52 PM PDT  The GOP-controlled House has voted to allow the U.S. military to train, arm Syrian rebels.
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| School district police stock up free military gear Posted: 17 Sep 2014 03:33 PM PDT  School police departments across the country have taken advantage of free military surplus gear, stocking up on mine resistant armored vehicles, grenade launchers and scores of M16 rifles.
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| Netanyahu rival shocks Israel with sudden plan to quit cabinet Posted: 17 Sep 2014 02:13 PM PDT  Israel's interior minister, seen as a rival and potential successor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced on Wednesday he was quitting the government, in a move that stunned the political right. Gideon Sa'ar, 47, widely viewed as a favorite to one day challenge Netanyahu for the leadership of the ruling Likud, told party faithful that he would step down from both the cabinet and parliament after the Jewish New Year later this month.
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| Toronto Mayor Rob Ford diagnosed with rare cancer Posted:  The tumor in Rob Ford's abdomen, the discovery of which led the mayor of Toronto to drop out of the election last week, is both malignant and rare, according to medical authorities.
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| Magnitude-4.0 quake hits Washington's Puget Sound Posted: 17 Sep 2014 09:37 AM PDT  SEATTLE (AP) — A magnitude-4.0 earthquake rattled the Puget Sound in Washington state early Wednesday, waking up residents who felt it miles away in Seattle.
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| Panthers remove Hardy from active roster Posted:  The Panthers announced they've placed Greg Hardy on the exempt-commissioner's permission list, meaning the Pro Bowl defensive end has been removed from the team's active roster until his domestic violence case is resolved.
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| Dow closes at record high after Fed holds rate course Posted:  Fed, Yellen keep "considerable time" rate pledge, miss great opportunity.
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| Northern Calif. wildfire rips through 150 homes Posted: 16 Sep 2014 09:32 PM PDT  Fire crews in California battled on Tuesday to halt the advance of wildfire that has already destroyed about 150 homes, lapped at rural schools and caused power outages that left an evacuation shelter without electricity, authorities said. The day-old blaze, one of about a dozen major fires raging across the drought-parched state, prompted authorities to order the evacuation of about 1,000 households in and around the Northern California town of Weed, which has a population of about 3,000. ...
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| French doctor sick with Ebola in Liberia Posted: 17 Sep 2014 12:06 PM PDT  Liberia's president praises U.S. troops and treatment centers, but says more is needed.
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| Michigan woman holds off thief, then gives birth Posted: 17 Sep 2014 06:21 AM PDT  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Police in Flint, Michigan, say a woman gave birth after she and her family captured a purse snatcher in a grocery store parking lot.
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| 15 killed in college shooting in Nigeria's Kano Posted: 17 Sep 2014 01:20 PM PDT  Gunmen stormed a higher education college in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, firing on fleeing students and setting off an explosion in an attack that killed at least 15 people and wounded 35, police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in the region's main city of Kano, but the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has repeatedly targeted civilians in the north, is likely to be a prime suspect. A police spokesman added that officers arrived on the scene and killed two of the attackers. ...
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| Fed signals plan to keep record low rate Posted: 17 Sep 2014 03:01 PM PDT  The Federal Reserve has renewed a pledge to keep interest rates near zero.
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| Snowden: NSA shared private U.S. communications with Israel Posted: 17 Sep 2014 10:50 AM PDT  Former U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden has accused the U.S. National Security Agency of routinely passing private, unedited communications of Americans to Israel, an expert on the intelligence agency said Wednesday.
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| Obama vows no Iraq ground war Posted: 17 Sep 2014 03:48 PM PDT  Even after top general suggested troops could be deployed, president says airstrikes method of choice.
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| R&A Golf Club set for historic vote on women members Posted:  The ''Home of Golf'' is about to find out if its doors are open to women.
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| The unlikely friendship of Cleo and Forbi Posted: 17 Sep 2014 07:14 AM PDT  André Costa's pet owl and cat Cleo and Forbi have been friends for life. They are entirely at ease in each other's company and spend much of their time together. This unique, close-up footage gives a heartwarming insight into the bonds that can develop between different animal species. This charming pair may put viewers in mind of the popular classic poem The Owl and The Pussycat . Credit: Facebook/André Costa
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| 3 arraigned in disappearance, death of Mass. 5-year-old Posted: 17 Sep 2014 09:22 AM PDT  WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Three Massachusetts residents charged with hindering the investigation into the disappearance and death of a 5-year-old boy have been arraigned in Superior Court.
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| Police chiefs pledge more transparency after Ferguson Posted: 17 Sep 2014 03:39 PM PDT  By Fiona Ortiz CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dozens of police chiefs meeting in Chicago this week said a notorious fatal police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri in August had been a defining moment for law enforcement and pledged greater transparency over such incidents. Speaking to Reuters in a group interview, the heads of police of Dallas, Chicago, Austin, Houston, Elk Grove, California, Boston, and Toronto, Canada said that every police shooting since Ferguson has been followed by protests. ...
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| Wildfire in California's Sierra Nevada menaces 1,600 homes Posted: 17 Sep 2014 03:51 PM PDT  By Alex Dobuzinskis and Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fire crews in California's rugged Sierra Nevada battled to gain the upper hand on Wednesday against a blaze that threatened 1,600 homes and has displaced 2,100 residents as flames roared for a fifth day through dry timber and brush west of Lake Tahoe. The so-called King Fire, the most menacing of 11 major wildfires across the drought-parched state, has scorched at least 18,500 acres (7,490 hectares) of the El Dorado National Forest since it erupted Saturday, fire officials said. ...
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| U.S. House votes to arm Syrian rebels, but questions remain Posted: 17 Sep 2014 03:36 PM PDT  By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved President Barack Obama's plan on Wednesday to train and arm moderate Syrian rebels, but questions remain over whether it will give them the advanced weapons they say they need to defeat Islamic State militants. ...
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| Down the throat of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano Posted: 17 Sep 2014 05:55 AM PDT  Lava from the Kilauea volcano continues to ooze towards a highway and residential area on Hawaii's Big Island. The volcano became active on June 27 when a newly opened fissure began to spew lava. The first video looks inside the June 27 fissure, showing the stream of molten lava. The second video shows aerial views of the activity near the front of the lava flow, where the heat is slowly burning vegetation. Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi declared a state of emergency on September 4 , as a lava flow creeped closer to residential areas near the summit of Kilauea. Credit: USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
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| Intense Iraqi military engagement with IS Posted: 17 Sep 2014 10:50 AM PDT  Offensives in Ramadi, Falluja and Haditha against Islamic State insurgents started before dawn.
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| Scotland independence vote: Full Yahoo UK coverage Posted:  Will 307-year union with UK end? Independence Referendum 2014 comprehensive coverage from Yahoo UK & Ireland.
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| Iconic chopper from 'Easy Rider' up for sale Posted: 17 Sep 2014 10:45 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The customized Captain America chopper Peter Fonda rode in "Easy Rider" has come to symbolize the counterculture of the 1960s. Now it's for sale.
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| Toxic algae tide off Florida kills wildlife, threatens economy Posted: 17 Sep 2014 08:02 AM PDT  CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — It's like Florida's version of The Blob. Slow moving glops of toxic algae in the northeast Gulf of Mexico are killing sea turtles, sharks and fish, and threatening the waters and beaches that fuel the region's economy.
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| Woman's execution for child's starving death appealed to Supreme Court Posted: 17 Sep 2014 07:26 AM PDT  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for a 38-year-old Texas woman are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block her scheduled execution for the starvation and torture death of her girlfriend's 9-year-old son a decade ago.
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| No foreign troops, says Iraqi prime minister Posted: 17 Sep 2014 04:25 PM PDT  Plus, fight against Islamic State needs to include Syria, says Haider al-Abadi.
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| Quebec separatists closely watch Scotland's independence vote Posted: 17 Sep 2014 05:02 AM PDT  MONTREAL (AP) — Quebec's separatists are watching closely this week to see if the Scottish independence movement has learned from their failed attempts to break away from Canada. And they could be rejuvenated if Scotland breaks away from the United Kingdom.
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| US inflation falls for first time in over a year Posted: 17 Sep 2014 06:20 AM PDT  Washington (AFP) - Consumer prices in the United States fell in August for the first time in more than a year, dragged lower by declines in energy, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.
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| What is about North Korea that's so attractive to Americans? Posted: 17 Sep 2014 05:46 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — One shouted about God's love as he crossed a frozen river, clutching a Bible. Another swam, drunk and naked. Several U.S. soldiers dashed around land mines.
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| Obama speech boosts Islamic State's recruiting drive in Syria Posted: 17 Sep 2014 04:41 AM PDT  BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State has won new recruits in Syria since President Barack Obama signaled last week that air strikes against the group will be expanded from Iraq to its strongholds in northern and eastern Syria, a group monitoring the war said on Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 162 people had joined Islamic State training camps in Aleppo province since Sept 10, when Obama said he would not hesitate to strike Islamic State in Syria. ...
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| Jewish group: Biden comment 'offensive' Posted: 16 Sep 2014 02:49 PM PDT  A description of bankers in the VP's recent speech drew fire from the Anti-Defamation League.
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| Obama's Ebola response: Is it enough and in time? Posted: 16 Sep 2014 07:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that the Ebola epidemic in West Africa could threaten security around the world, and he ordered 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the region in emergency aid muscle for a crisis spiraling out of control. |
| Biden apologizes for 'Shylocks' gaffe, visits Iowa Posted: 17 Sep 2014 04:55 PM PDT  By Kay Henderson DES MOINES (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden apologized on Wednesday for referring to people who squeeze U.S. military personnel serving overseas on loans and other financial issues as "Shylocks," a reference to a stereotypical Jewish character in Shakespeare. Biden apologized for having used the term during a speech on Tuesday in Washington, calling it a "poor choice of words." His remark had drawn a rebuke from the Anti-Defamation League. The group thanked Biden for the apology on Wednesday. ...
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| Vikings bar Peterson from all team activities Posted: 17 Sep 2014 02:36 AM PDT  After a day of public pressure from angry fans and concerned sponsors, the Minnesota Vikings have reversed course and placed star running back Adrian Peterson on the exempt-commissioner's permission list, ...
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