| U.S. beefs up Ebola airport screenings Posted: 08 Oct 2014 02:22 PM PDT  New measures will be put in place in New York City, Newark, Chicago, Atlanta and D.C.
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| Pennsylvania police say sniper's journal shows 'true evil exists' Posted: 08 Oct 2014 03:53 PM PDT  By Joe McDonald BLOOMING GROVE Pa. (Reuters) - Pennsylvania police have found a journal describing in chilling detail the ambush that killed a state trooper and wounded another nearly four weeks ago at a barracks in the Poconos Mountains, officials said on Wednesday. The journal was found about two weeks ago, along with two pipe bombs resembling hand grenades that police say survivalist Eric Frein left at a campsite in the deep woods, possibly as search teams were closing in on him during the manhunt. Police declined to say on Wednesday why they had waited to disclose the find. ...
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| U.S. warns air strikes alone cannot save Kobane from IS Posted: 08 Oct 2014 03:01 PM PDT  Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama conferred with commanders Wednesday on the "difficult" fight against Islamic State jihadists as the US military warned air power alone could not prevent the group from seizing a key Syrian border town.
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| Ebola patient dies in Texas; five U.S. airports to screen for fever Posted: 08 Oct 2014 03:47 PM PDT  By Lisa Maria Garza and Richard Valdmanis DALLAS (Reuters) - The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States died on Wednesday, underscoring questions about the quality of care he received, and the government ordered five airports to start screening passengers from West Africa for fever. Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan died in an isolation ward of a Dallas hospital, 11 days after being admitted on Sept. 28. ...
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| U.S. justice grants Idaho's request to block gay marriage Posted: 08 Oct 2014 03:27 PM PDT  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy granted a request from Idaho officials on Wednesday and temporarily blocked the planned start of gay marriages in that state after a regional federal appeals court's ruling striking down the state's same-sex marriage ban. After some confusion over whether the court's order also affected the ban in Nevada, which was struck down as part of the same 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Tuesday that invalidated the Idaho ban, Kennedy issued a second order hours later saying the stay applies only to Idaho. ...
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| Officials erred in reporting voter spike in Missouri suburb where teen was shot Posted: 08 Oct 2014 03:56 PM PDT  (Reuters) - A reported spike in voter registration numbers in Ferguson, Missouri, since the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer was the result of an error by election officers, state officials said on Wednesday. The St. Louis County Board of Elections reported earlier this month that nearly 3,300 Ferguson residents had registered to vote between Aug. 9 and Sept. 30, in time for the Nov. 4 election. But election commissioners ran the wrong report, said Laura Swinford, spokeswoman for the Missouri Secretary of State's Office. ...
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| Feds issue rules for burying Ebola patients in the U.S. Posted: 08 Oct 2014 08:58 AM PDT  Dallas officials now face a situation they haven't before: handling a contagious body.
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| Muslim woman barred from US pool over clothes Posted: 08 Oct 2014 12:04 PM PDT  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado city is standing by its decision to turn away a Muslim woman from its recreation center pool for wearing an Islamic dress over a shirt and pants.
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| Trial date set for Adrian Peterson Posted:  Trial date set for Adrian Peterson
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| Cops mistake teen for burglar, make wrong move Posted: 08 Oct 2014 04:11 PM PDT  FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. (AP) — Police mistook a black teenager for a burglar and pepper-sprayed him inside the home of his white foster parents.
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| Islamic State's downs second aircraft, raising fears Posted: 08 Oct 2014 01:00 PM PDT  BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants with the Islamic State group on Wednesday shot down an Iraqi military attack helicopter, killing the two pilots on board in the second such incident in a week and raising concerns about the extremists' ability to attack aircraft amid ongoing U.S.-led airstrikes.
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| Ebola patient dies at Dallas hospital Posted: 08 Oct 2014 08:18 AM PDT  Thomas Eric Duncan was the first person to be diagnosed in the U.S. with the deadly virus.
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| NFL owners approve $1.4 billion sale of Buffalo Bills Posted: 08 Oct 2014 08:26 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Admitting it was a dream come true, Terry Pegula and wife Kim were unanimously approved by NFL owners Wednesday as new owners of the Buffalo Bills.
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| Kennedy halts gay marriage in Nevada, Idaho Posted: 08 Oct 2014 12:51 PM PDT  The Supreme Court justice has blocked a decision that declared same-sex unions legal.
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| U.S. orders agents to monitor travelers for Ebola Posted: 08 Oct 2014 01:42 PM PDT  The Homeland Security Department has ordered agents at airports and other ports of entry to observe everyone coming into the United States for potential signs of Ebola infection, officials said Wednesday. ...
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| 331 dead: Despite cease-fire, killing persists in Ukraine, U.N. says Posted: 08 Oct 2014 06:39 AM PDT  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — At least 331 deaths have been reported in eastern Ukraine since last month's cease-fire deal between Russian-backed separatists and government troops, the United Nations said Wednesday.
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| U.S. military hits six IS targets near Kobani Posted: 08 Oct 2014 09:15 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday reported six airstrikes that helped stop Islamic State militants from taking over the Syrian town of Kobani, but played down the significance of the battle in the long-term U.S. strategy to defeat the Islamist group. The airstrikes destroyed an armored personnel carrier, armed vehicles and artillery belonging to the militant group, which had threatened to overrun the town on the Turkish border, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement. ...
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| Animal lovers rally for Ebola nurse's dog Posted: 08 Oct 2014 05:00 AM PDT  Thousands plead for the canine's life after a judge orders it be put down.
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| Cop's $50-good deed for MIch. mom and daughter Posted: 08 Oct 2014 06:09 AM PDT  EMMETT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan officer who pulled over a vehicle because a 5-year-old girl wasn't secured in a booster seat decided a ticket wouldn't cut it.
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| The GOP's surprising predicament Posted: 08 Oct 2014 01:31 AM PDT  Republicans will hold the House; they're even favored to win the Senate. But turn your attention to the gubernatorial contests, and a different picture emerges.
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| Ebola's jaw-dropping cost to economy Posted: 08 Oct 2014 04:58 AM PDT The World Bank warns that the deadly epidemic could deal a stunning financial hit. |
| Panhandler's cringeworthy truth exposed Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:18 PM PDT  It's pretty hard to get away with scamming the public in a time when everyone has a cell phone with a camera. A woman in Oklahoma City found that out while begging for money on the street. The 78-year-old was holding a sign claiming she needed cash for food. According to Daniel Ayala, he had given her money on a few occasions even when he didn't have enough money to pay for his own lunch. The story could have ended there, but then one day Ayala noticed the woman sitting in the driver's seat of a bright red 2013 Fiat — not exactly what you would expect of a woman who begged for money. He couldn't contain himself and let the woman know how he felt by screaming at her in the parking lot.
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| Americans living longer than ever before Posted: 07 Oct 2014 09:55 PM PDT  U.S. life expectancy rose and most death rates fell, with one notable exception.
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| Syria border town 'about to fall,' UN envoy urges action Posted: 07 Oct 2014 07:35 PM PDT  Jihadists are on the verge of seizing the key town of Kobane, Turkey has warned.
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| California grounds air tankers after deadly crash Posted: 08 Oct 2014 09:25 AM PDT  YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Air tankers were grounded Wednesday in California after one of the aircraft crashed into a steep canyon wall while fighting a blaze in Yosemite National Park, killing the pilot, officials said.
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| Police sued for tasing passenger during traffic stop Posted: 07 Oct 2014 10:10 AM PDT  A federal lawsuit filed Monday accuses Indiana police of excessive force after officers smashed a woman's car window with children inside, tased an unarmed passenger and dragged him out of the vehicle during a routine traffic stop last month.
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