| Obama doubles U.S. troop levels in Iraq Posted: 07 Nov 2014 01:27 PM PST  The U.S. military will send 1,500 more soldiers to train and assist Kurdish forces.
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| Obama chooses NY prosecutor as attorney general Posted: 07 Nov 2014 04:27 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a second trail-blazing pick for the nation's top law enforcement officer, President Barack Obama intends to nominate a federal prosecutor in New York to become the next attorney general and the first black woman to lead the Justice Department.
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| Mexico: Burned remains probably are 43 missing Posted: 07 Nov 2014 03:24 PM PST  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Suspects in the disappearance of 43 college students have described a macabre and complicated mass murder and incineration of the victims carried out over an entire day and ending with their ashen remains being dumped into a river, Mexican authorities said Friday.
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| Obama to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq as campaign expands Posted: 07 Nov 2014 03:44 PM PST  By Phil Stewart and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces on the ground to advise and retrain Iraqis in their battle against the militant group Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Friday. Obama's decision greatly expands the scope of the U.S. campaign and the geographic distribution of American forces, some of whom will head into Iraq's fiercely contested western Anbar province for the first time to act as advisors. ...
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| Detroit wins court approval for plan to exit bankruptcy Posted: 07 Nov 2014 03:06 PM PST  By Lisa Lambert DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit won U.S. Bankruptcy Court approval on Friday for a road map to end its fiscal free fall and revitalize a city sinking under a huge debt load and dysfunctional government. Judge Steven Rhodes confirmed the city's plan to shed about $7 billion of its $18 billion of debt and obligations and plow $1.7 billion into improvements, finding it both fair to creditors and feasible to implement. ...
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| Man charged with killing California couple, young sons Posted: 07 Nov 2014 04:54 PM PST  By Pat Maio VICTORVILLE Calif. (Reuters) - An ex-convict was charged on Friday with four counts of murder in the slayings of a couple and their two young sons whose skeletal remains were found buried last year in the California desert, police and prosecutors said. The suspect, Charles "Chase" Merritt, 57, was described by police as a former business associate of the father, Joseph McStay, who was reported missing with his wife and two boys in February 2010 from the family's Southern California home. ...
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| Supreme Court to hear Obamacare subsidies case Posted: 07 Nov 2014 01:43 PM PST  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a legal challenge to a key part of the Obamacare health law which, if successful, would deprive millions of Americans of tax-credit subsidies to help them afford health insurance coverage. In a one-sentence order, the court said it would take up a case brought by conservative challengers of the law, the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. healthcare in decades and President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy accomplishment. ...
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| Republican Ed Gillespie concedes Va. Senate race Posted: 07 Nov 2014 12:45 PM PST  SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) — Republican Ed Gillespie on Friday conceded Virginia's Senate race to Democratic incumbent Mark Warner.
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| Grisly findings at MH17 crash site Posted: 07 Nov 2014 09:43 AM PST  Dutch investigators continue their difficult work at the MH17 crash site in Ukraine.
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| U.N. women's rights panel harsh accusation of China Posted: 07 Nov 2014 09:37 AM PST  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations women's rights watchdog has accused China of trying to silence activists and said some who had come to Geneva to testify about the country's record "fear reprisals" upon return. At least one female activist was prevented from going to the Swiss city under "travel restrictions" imposed by China, and others alleged their reports had been censored by "state agents", the panel said, calling for a halt to such practices. The U.N. ...
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| Democratic Senator leaves controversial group Posted: 07 Nov 2014 07:00 AM PST  Sen. Joe Manchin resigned a leadership position that raised many eyebrows in his party.
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| How McCain will soon take on Obama Posted: 07 Nov 2014 01:44 AM PST  The GOP Senate takeover has given McCain new means of facing off with his 2008 rival.
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| FBI defends 'ruse' it enacted 7 years ago Posted: 07 Nov 2014 04:21 PM PST  SEATTLE (AP) — The FBI's creation of a fake news story and impersonation of an Associated Press reporter during a criminal investigation undermine media credibility, blur the lines between law enforcement and the press and raise questions about whether the agency followed its own guidelines, free press advocates say.
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| Ukraine braces for more Russian artillery Posted: 07 Nov 2014 07:22 AM PST  By Natalia Zinets and Vladimir Soldatkin KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukraine's military accused Russia on Friday of sending a column of 32 tanks and truckloads of troops into the country's east to support pro-Russian separatists fighting government forces. Thursday's cross-border incursion, if confirmed, is a significant escalation of a conflict that has killed more than 4,000 people since the separatists rose up in mid-April and would call into question Russia's commitment to a two-month-old ceasefire deal. ...
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| Huge storm could bring big chill to US Posted: 07 Nov 2014 10:26 AM PST  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An explosive storm surpassing the intensity of 2012's Superstorm Sandy is expected to reach Alaska's western Aleutian Islands over the weekend and bring unseasonably frigid temperatures to much of the U.S. next week, weather forecasters said Thursday.
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| Why did Kim Jong-Un disappear? Posted: 28 Oct 2014 03:32 AM PDT  South Korea's spy agency believes North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, who recently dropped out of public view for nearly six weeks, had surgery to remove a cyst from his ankle, Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday. In a briefing for legislators, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) said it also had information that Kim had demoted around 200 military officers and that 50 executions had been carried out in the North so far this year. Citing ruling and opposition party MPs present at the briefing, Yonhap said the intelligence shared by NIS suggested a cyst had been found in Kim's ankle joint back in May. Foreign medical experts were flown to Pyongyang to carry out an operation to remove the cyst sometime in September or October, the agency said.
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| Gay marriage fight heats up Posted: 06 Nov 2014 11:07 PM PST  A month after the court declined to rule on gay marriage, the issue is headed back its way.
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| National Guard names 2 killed in copter crash Posted: 07 Nov 2014 11:36 AM PST  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two chief warrant officers were killed when their Apache attack helicopter crashed during a training mission near the Boise airport, the Idaho Army National Guard said Friday.
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