| U.S. Secret Service director resigns Posted: 01 Oct 2014 12:32 PM PDT  The recent break-in at the White House created insurmountable heat for Julia Pierson.
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| The reporter behind Secret Service chief's ouster Posted: 01 Oct 2014 02:52 PM PDT  Behind the shocking revelations of incompetence and unprofessionalism that rocked the Secret Service this week is a longtime reporter who's been diligently uncovering the agency's secrets for years.
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| Texas Ebola patient had contact with kids Posted: 01 Oct 2014 04:13 PM PDT  Texas Gov. Rick Perry says school-aged children are being monitored for symptoms.
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| Prosecutor to seek death penalty in beheading Posted: 01 Oct 2014 03:36 PM PDT  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma prosecutor said Wednesday he will seek the execution of a man accused of beheading a co-worker in a fit of rage after being suspended from his job at a food processing plant.
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| Secret Service director resigns under fire Posted: 01 Oct 2014 04:22 PM PDT  By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigned under fire on Wednesday after a series of security lapses came to light that exposed gaping holes in the protective cocoon around President Barack Obama. Pierson, in her position for just 18 months, faced mounting calls from lawmakers to step down in the fallout from a September 19 incident in which an Iraq war veteran with a knife scaled the White House fence, sprinted across the lawn and got deep inside the mansion before an off-duty agent stopped him. ...
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| Dallas Ebola patient vomited outside apartment on way to hospital Posted: 01 Oct 2014 04:08 PM PDT  By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - Two days after he was sent home from a Dallas hospital, the man who is the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States was seen vomiting on the ground outside an apartment complex as he was bundled into an ambulance. "His whole family was screaming. He got outside and he was throwing up all over the place," resident Mesud Osmanovic, 21, said on Wednesday, describing the chaotic scene before the man was admitted to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on Sunday where he is in serious condition. ...
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| Judge rules loss could be imposed on Calpers in Stockton bankruptcy Posted: 01 Oct 2014 04:23 PM PDT  By Robin Respaut SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) - The U.S. bankruptcy judge overseeing Stockton, California's municipal bankruptcy trial on Wednesday ruled that the state's public employee retirement system, known as Calpers, could be forced to absorb losses along with other creditors. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein said the city's contract with the California Public Employees' Retirement System could be rejected. While the judge ruled the city may impose losses on Calpers, he has not yet ruled that it must do so as part of its financial restructuring. ...
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| Texas girl kidnapped 12 years ago at age 4 found alive in Mexico Posted: 01 Oct 2014 08:37 AM PDT  An Austin, Texas, girl abducted 12 years ago has been found in Mexico, law enforcement officials say.
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| US, India to Team Up on Mars Exploration Posted: 01 Oct 2014 10:24 AM PDT  India's recent Mars success appears to have turned some heads. NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will investigate ways to collaborate on future missions to Mars, officials said Tuesday (Sept. 30). The announcement comes just one week after India put its first-ever Mars probe in orbit around the Red Planet, becoming just the fourth entity — after the United States, the Soviet Union and the European Space Agency — to do so. NASA and ISRO also signed an agreement Tuesday that lays out their respective roles on the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, which is scheduled to launch to Earth orbit in 2020 to study the consequences of climate change on a fine scale.
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| UN loses first staffer to virus outbreak Posted: 01 Oct 2014 11:48 AM PDT  "Probable Ebola" strikes member of international organization in Liberia.
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| Nationality trumps race in sentencing gap Posted: 01 Oct 2014 02:21 AM PDT  Study after study has shown that black men do more time in jail than white men who commit similar crimes — an entrenched racial disparity in the nation's justice system that Attorney General Eric Holder has decried as "shameful" and unacceptable.
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| No country for old men, or women: Afghanistan Posted: 01 Oct 2014 09:36 AM PDT  By Kieran Guilbert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Afghanistan is the worst country to live in as an older person, an annual index on the wellbeing of the elderly showed on Wednesday. The Asian country was ranked bottom for the second consecutive year in HelpAge International's Global AgeWatch Index, its health situation in particular the poorest in the world. Norway topped the index - up one place from last year - followed by Sweden, Switzerland, Canada and Germany, all of which remained in the top 10. ...
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| 'Not comfortable' with Secret Service chief in job Posted: 01 Oct 2014 03:56 PM PDT Senior Democratic lawmaker wants Julia Pierson to leave after series of presidential security breaches. |
| Rhode Island child dies of infection related to Enterovirus D68 Posted: 01 Oct 2014 01:46 PM PDT  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - A Rhode Island child hospitalized with Enterovirus D68 has died of a bacterial infection, in what state public health officials described on Wednesday as an unusual and dangerous combination. The child, a 10-year-old girl who was not named, died last week as a result of a staphylococcus aureus sepsis alongside the respiratory virus, the Rhode Island Department of Health said in a statement, calling it a "very rare combination that can cause very severe illness in children and adults. ...
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| Corruption allegations deep-freeze Greenland's government Posted: 01 Oct 2014 09:03 AM PDT  By Teis Jensen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Three Greenlandic ministers stepped down from the government on Wednesday to press Prime Minister Aleqa Hammond to quit after she was accused of misuse of state money on private flights and hotels for family members. Hammond, premier since April last year, temporarily left office on Tuesday to wait for the results of an inquiry into her use of state funds, naming Kim Kielsen as her acting head of government. ...
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| Florida cop on leave after using stun gun on 62-year-old woman Posted: 01 Oct 2014 04:46 PM PDT  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police officer has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal affairs investigation after he fired a stun gun into a 61-year-old woman's back during an arrest in a Tallahassee neighborhood.
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| 700-year-old tomb may decide Turkey's role in IS fight Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:21 AM PDT  By Dasha Afanasieva and Selin Bucak ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A vow to defend the 700-year-old tomb of Suleyman Shah, grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire, in a Turkish enclave in northern Syria could decide Turkey's role in the military campaign against Islamic State. Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said on Tuesday that the militants were advancing on the white stone mausoleum, guarded by several dozen Turkish soldiers and perched on a manicured lawn under a Turkish flag on the banks of the Euphrates. ...
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| NYC teacher at elite school faces multiple sex charges Posted: 01 Oct 2014 07:05 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — A teacher at an elite New York City high school already accused of sending an indecent photo to a student is now facing an additional 36-count indictment alleging he victimized six others.
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| Two Colorados, two visions, one tight race Posted: 01 Oct 2014 02:20 AM PDT  No one expected the 2014 Colorado governor's race to be tight — or even much of a race. Now the contest between Gov. John Hickenlooper and former dairy farmer, community banker, and Congressman Bob Beauprez is a textbook tossup.
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| Congo tries to contain second Ebola outbreak Posted: 01 Oct 2014 06:05 AM PDT  Death toll from virus rose to 42 Wednesday in separate spread from West Africa's.
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| Taiwan throws support behind Hong Kong protests Posted: 01 Oct 2014 07:14 AM PDT  Chinese Communist Party has long wanted a governing arrangement like Hong Kong's, for Taiwan.
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| China body-searches 10K pigeons released for holiday celebration: reports Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:33 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — The 10,000 doves released in a ceremony Wednesday for China's National Day underwent unusual scrutiny, each having its feathers and anus checked for dangerous materials, state-run media reports said, reflecting government jitters over possible attacks.
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| Royals slip past A's in epic 12-inning AL wild-card game Posted:  K.C. scores a crazy, come-from-behind, 12-inning, walk-off 9-8 victory over the Oakland A's.
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| More bodies found on Japanese volcano; toll now 47 Posted: 01 Oct 2014 08:38 AM PDT  OTAKI, Japan (AP) — One body recovered near the volcano's peak was in a squatting position and had to be dug out of a thick layer of ash. Another was caught between boulders bigger than large refrigerators. Police who recovered the bodies Wednesday portrayed a painful scene of death around the summit where hikers enjoying an autumn weekend hike were caught by the mountain's surprise eruption.
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| Plea accepted in embassy bombings case Posted: 30 Sep 2014 04:25 PM PDT  Judge accepts Egyptian lawyer's guilty plea in 1998 blasts of two U.S. embassies.
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| Mayor of suburban L.A. city fatally shot; wife in custody Posted: 30 Sep 2014 11:34 PM PDT  BELL GARDENS, Calif. (AP) — The wife suspected of shooting and killing the mayor of a Los Angeles County city has been released after hours of questioning, authorities said.
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