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Possible 2nd U.S. jihadist killed in Syria

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 02:09 PM PDT

A Syrian man looks at the rubble of a five story apartment building that was destroyed in a barrel bomb attack in Aleppo on August 27, 2014News comes after Douglas McAuthur McCain died fighting alongside Islamic State: U.S.


Girl kidnapped, sexually abused testifies against day care worker

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 03:10 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows 21-year-old Christina Regusters. The trial of Regusters, charged with abducting a kindergartner from her Philadelphia classroom and sexually assaulting her, is being delayed amid jury problems. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department)A young girl abducted from her kindergarten classroom and sexually brutalized in a 19-hour ordeal recalled bits of the crime for a jury Wednesday, but said she couldn't remember many of the details.


Ex-GOP official admits he was paid to support candidate

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:49 PM PDT

In this Dec. 28, 2011, file photo, Iowa State Senator Kent Sorenson speaks at a rally for Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, at the Iowa State Fair Grounds in Des Moines, Iowa. Sorenson resigned from office Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2013, after investigator Mark Weinhardt's report concluded Sorenson likely broke ethics rules in receiving $7,500 in monthly income from Rep. Michelle Bachmann's, R-Minn., political action committee and presidential campaign in exchange for working as Bachmann's state chair in 2011. The state senator received a $25,000 check from a high-ranking official in Ron Paul's presidential campaign days before ditching Michele Bachmann to support Paul, and eventually received $73,000 in payments that may be linked to Paul's campaign, the independent investigator has found. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, file)Former Iowa official deserted 2012 presidential candidate Bachmann to endorse rival Paul.


Missouri governor names new public safety director

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 02:59 PM PDT

Former St. Louis Police Chief Dan Isom, left, speaks after he is named the director of the Missouri Department of Public Safety during a news conference with Gov. Jay Nixon, left, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, in St. Louis. Nixon appointed Isom nearly three weeks after the police shooting of Michael Brown led to violent protests in a St. Louis suburb. Nixon did not directly say whether the leadership change was related to the events in Ferguson. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Huy Mach) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUTMissouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Wednesday appointed a new state public safety director, giving his administration its only black Cabinet member nearly three weeks after the shooting of a black 18-year-old by a white police officer led to violent protests in a St. Louis suburb.


Staffer on TV's 'Cops' fatally shot by police

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Videographer was shot and killed by police gunfire while filming armed robbery.


Russia directs new offensive in Ukraine: U.S.

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:49 PM PDT

Ukrainian soldiers park their hardware on roadside as they are waiting for the start of the march into the town of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. Heavy shelling hit a town of Novoazovsk in southeastern Ukraine on Wednesday, the third day of an assault that has forced government troops to spread their ranks thinner along the Russian border. Ukraine claimed the shelling was coming both from pro-Russian separatists and from Russia itself. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)The Obama administration accused Russia on Wednesday of orchestrating a new military campaign in Ukraine that is helping rebel forces expand their fight in the country's east and sending tanks, rocket launchers and armored vehicles toward communities elsewhere.


On Ukraine's 'other side' to the west, fears of familiar crisis brew

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 09:14 AM PDT

People wave European Union and Moldavian national flagsAnother crisis on Ukraine's borders may be brewing — this time on the west, in tiny Moldova.


Mom pleads for U.S. journalist's release

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 03:22 PM PDT

Shirley Sotloff pleads with Islamic State leader to release sonMother of Steven Sotloff, held hostage by ISIL, made plea in video aimed at his captors.


Afghans face Taliban test in 2015, U.S. military leader says

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 11:42 AM PDT

Outgoing commander of ISAF, U.S. Gen. Joseph Dunford, first left, and incoming U.S. Army Commander for International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF), Gen. John F. Campbell, first right, salute during a change of command ceremony at the ISAF Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. ISAF is a NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan that was established by the United Nations Security Council in 2001. It will end its mission at the end of 2014. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)Afghanistan's election stalemate this summer hurt progress in training the country's military, and resolving the political chaos will be key to that military's success in 2015, Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford said as he stepped down as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.


Israeli PM Netanyahu declares victory in Gaza war

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:59 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on August 24, 2014 at the Defense Ministry in the costal city of Tel AvivJERUSALEM (AP) — Both Israel's prime minister and Hamas declared victory Wednesday in the Gaza war, though their competing claims left questions over future terms of their uneasy peace still lingering.


U.S. Coast Guard fires at Iranian boat in Gulf

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 10:37 AM PDT

United States Coast Guard personnel are seen on their boat as they arrive back in Miami Beach on October 17, 2012A U.S. Coast Guard vessel fired in self-defense on an Iranian boat in the Persian Gulf, the Navy said Wednesday, an encounter that could exacerbate tensions between the two countries as they work to hammer out a lasting deal over Iran's nuclear program.


McDonnell daughter: Mom had 'mild obsession' with exec

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:01 PM PDT

Former Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell, left, and her daughter Cailin YoungThe eldest daughter of former Gov. Bob McDonnell testified Wednesday that her parents' marriage had been troubled for many years and her mom developed "a mild obsession" with the Virginia businessman whose gifts to the family are at the heart of the McDonnells' corruption trial.


US F-15 fighter crashes in Va.

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 02:22 PM PDT

Photos of the day - July 15, 2014Officials say jet, based in Mass., went down near Deerfield. Va.; pilot's fate not known.


Suspect wounded in NYC shootout with US marshals

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:22 PM PDT

Queens gunman wounded, in custody after shootout with US Marshals, NYPDNEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities say a fugitive wanted for nearly two decades on drug charges was wounded during a shootout with U.S. marshals who tracked him down in Queens, New York.


Humor us: Fallon to lead Kennedy Center honors for Leno

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 09:37 AM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 13, 2013 file photo shows Jay Leno, left, and Jimmy Fallon backstage at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Fallon will lead top comedians in saluting his WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Fallon will lead top comedians in saluting his "Tonight Show" predecessor Jay Leno with the nation's top humor prize in October at the Kennedy Center in Washington.


US considers another relief operation in N. Iraq

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 11:47 AM PDT

FILE- This undated image posted by the Raqqa Media Center, a Syrian opposition group, on Monday, June 30, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State group during a parade in Raqqa, Syria. The Gulf nation of Qatar is hitting back at suggestions that it supports the Islamic State extremist group, saying that WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is considering launching a humanitarian relief operation for Shiite Turkmen in northern Iraq who have been under siege for weeks by Islamic State militants, U.S. defense officials said Wednesday.


Third top doctor in Sierra Leone succumbs to Ebola

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:20 PM PDT

During a training session participants listen as they stand over a mannequinFREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A third top doctor has died from Ebola in Sierra Leone, a government official said Wednesday, as a leading American health official warned that the outbreak sweeping West Africa would get worse.


Nine-year-old girl with Uzi accidentally kills gun instructor

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 03:21 PM PDT

9-year-old accidentally kills instructor at gun rangePHOENIX (AP) — The accidental shooting death of a firing-range instructor by a 9-year-old girl with an Uzi has set off a powerful debate over youngsters and guns, with many people wondering what sort of parents would let a child handle a submachine gun.


How 'political correctness' protected UK pedophiles

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:47 PM PDT

People walk in the town centre, in Rotherham, England, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. About 1,400 children were sexually exploited in a northern England town, a report concluded Tuesday in a damning account of "collective failures" by authorities to prevent victims as young as 11 from being beaten, raped and trafficked over a 16-year period. (AP Photo/Sylvia Hui)1,400 children feared abused in N. England while authorities' fear of appearing racist stopped action.


2 rescued as disabled boat neared Niagara Falls' edge

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 05:53 AM PDT

This May 15, 2014, photo shows a Hornblower Niagara Cruises Catamaran, foreground, and a Maid of the Mist boat, background, in the Niagara Gorge below Niagara Falls. The Maid of the Mist Steamboat Co. continues to launch from the American shore but lost its Canadian contract to rival Hornblower Niagara Cruises.(AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say two boaters were about two miles from the brink of Niagara Falls when they were rescued from their disabled vessel by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter.


Muslim extremism's appeal in UK

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:00 AM PDT

Robb Leech and Richard DartBritish filmmaker chronicles stepbrother Richard Darl's turn to jihadism in 2009.


Police chief vows to stay in wake of enormous child sex abuse scandal in UK

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 06:00 AM PDT

Authorities were blamed for failing to act after it emerged that 1,400 minors were sexually abusedSouth Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) rejected calls for his resignation Wednesday following a shocking report into the abuse of hundreds of young people in Rotherham. The report, commissioned by Rotherham Council and published Tuesday, revealed that some 1,400 minors were sexually abused in the Yorkshire town over a 16-year period. It detailed "utterly appalling" incidents of gang rape, kidnapping and trafficking of girls as young as 11, and blamed local authorities for a "blatant" failure to act over child exploitation, the full scale of which is still not known. Rotherham Borough Council leader Roger Stone resigned immediately after the report's publication and PCC Shaun Wright, who was head of children's services at the council from 2005 to 2010, faced mounting calls Wednesday to follow his lead.


Journalist held captive in Syria arrives in U.S.

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 10:47 AM PDT

A screen grab from an Al-Jazeera video shows Peter Theo Curtis, a 45-year-old a freelance journalist, during his detention by Al-Qaeda militants in SyriaAmerican journalist Peter Theo Curtis has returned home to the United States, two days after being freed by a Syrian extremist group.


AP PHOTOS: Storm-roiled waves hit beach towns

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:34 PM PDT

Surf watchers are splashed at the pier in Malibu, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. Southern California beachgoers experienced much higher than normal surf, brought by Hurricane Marie spinning off the coast of Mexico. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)SEAL BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Massive waves turned into floodwaters Wednesday along the Southern California shore as Hurricane Marie stirred up the surf from afar.


Egypt probes Morsi for 'giving security papers to Qatar': MENA

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:32 PM PDT

Egypt's deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi sits inside the defendant's cage during his trial at the police academy in Cairo on August 18, 2014Egypt has opened an investigation into deposed president Mohamed Morsi for allegedly handing over to Qatar "documents relevant to national security," state news agency MENA reported on Wednesday. Morsi is already facing the death penalty in several trials and his supporters have been the target of a bloody crackdown by the authorities that has left more than 1,400 dead since he was turfed out in July 2013. The former leader is suspected of providing "documents relevant to national security to Qatar via the Qatari Al-Jazeera chain when he was president of the republic (...), damaging the country's national security", said MENA.


It Came From Craigslist: Ridiculously Tiny Shack in Los Feliz Trying to Rent For $950

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:31 PM PDT

It Came From Craigslist: Ridiculously Tiny Shack in Los Feliz Trying to Rent For $950Peeking shyly out from behind the curtain on Craigslist today is an itty-bitty guest house now being offered for rent in Los Feliz. As the ad notes at the top, "THIS IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY," so adjust your expectations...


Benched: Big Blue Bus Won't Have Benches Because People Sit on Them

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:31 PM PDT

Benched: Big Blue Bus Won't Have Benches Because People Sit on ThemThe Big Blue Bus system updated its stops a few months ago with fancy designs by Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects and riders responded immediately with intense hatred, directing a lot of the negativity at the stops' tiny, backless, individual seats;...


Here are all the free PS4, PS3 and PS Vita games you can download in September

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:30 PM PDT

Here are all the free PS4, PS3 and PS Vita games you can download in SeptemberAs the holiday season draws closer, the game release schedule is going to pick up to a pace that might not be safe for your wallet. Call of Duty, Halo, Battlefield, Dragon Age, Super Smash Bros. — that vacation you were planning may have to wait until next year. Thankfully, Sony is taking a little bit of the pressure off with its latest collection of free games for PS Plus members on the PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. PS4 owners in search of manic 2D fun are in luck: Velocity 2X and Sportsfriends are free on PlayStation 4 this September. Velocity 2X is the brand new sequel to the well-received Velocity Ultra, a 2D shoot 'em up with a few unique mechanics. 2X


Qantas posts record annual loss of US$2.65 billion

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:28 PM PDT

A Qantas aircraft takes off from Sydney Airport on October 26, 2007Struggling Australian flag carrier Qantas on Thursday posted a huge annual net loss of Aus$2.84 billion (US$2.65 billion), but chief executive Alan Joyce insisted better days lie ahead. Qantas' underlying loss before tax in the 12 months to June 30 -- its preferred measure of financial performance which excludes one-off costs and writedowns -- was Aus$646 million. Qantas in February announced it was axing 5,000 jobs, deferring aircraft deliveries and freezing growth at Asian offshoot Jetstar, and Joyce said the worst was now behind the airline. With our accelerated Qantas Transformation programme we are already emerging as a leaner, more focused and more sustainable Qantas Group.


Dad acquitted in slaying of driver who killed sons

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:27 PM PDT

David Barajas stands between his wife Cindy and his attorney Sam Cammack after a jury acquitted him of murder at the Brazoria County Courthouse on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, Angleton, Texas. Barajas was accused of fatally shooting Jose Banda in December 2012 near Alvin, minutes after Banda hit a truck Barajas and his two sons were pushing after it ran out of gas. Twelve-year-old David Jr. and 11-year-old Caleb were killed. He could have been sentenced to up to life in prison, if he had been convicted. (AP Photo/Patric Schneider)ANGLETON, Texas (AP) — A southeast Texas man says that despite his acquittal Wednesday for the shooting death of the drunken driver who caused a crash that killed his two sons, there are no winners.


EaterWire: Miyabi 45th Goes Hawaiian; W.O.P. Pop-Up at Bar Sue

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:27 PM PDT

EaterWire: Miyabi 45th Goes Hawaiian; W.O.P. Pop-Up at Bar SueWALLINGFORD—If you thought Miyabi 45th's Hawaiian Nights were as good, it gets better. Chef Mutsuko Soma is planning an entire Hawaiian Week next Tuesday, September 2, through Saturday, September 6. The soba spot will present a menu stuffed with Hawaiian-inspired...


Arsenal in 17th straight Champions group stage

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:27 PM PDT

Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez, second right, scores a goal during a second leg Champions League qualifying soccer match between Arsenal and Besiktas at Emirates Stadium in London Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)LONDON (AP) — Alexis Sanchez scored his first Arsenal goal, and the Gunners beat Besiktas 1-0 Wednesday night to reach the Champions League group stage for the 17th consecutive season.


U.S. judge rejects Apple bid for injunction against Samsung

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:24 PM PDT

Picture illustration of Apple's iPhone 5 and Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S4 taken in SeoulApple won a $120 million jury verdict against Samsung earlier this year over three Apple patents. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, on Wednesday denied Apple's request to stop Samsung from selling infringing features on its smartphones related to those patents. An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment.


Sharapova into US Open third round

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:23 PM PDT

Maria Sharapova of Russia waves to the crowd after defeating Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania during their 2014 US Open women's singles match on August 27, 2014 in New YorkNew York (AFP) - Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova survived 46 unforced errors Wednesday to beat Alexandra Dulgheru and reach the US Open third round.


Shaky Ground: The San Francisco Business Times created...

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:22 PM PDT

Shaky Ground: The San Francisco Business Times created...The San Francisco Business Times created this infographic that compares the size of the Bay Areas most notable earthquakes. Along with known fatalities and injuries, the paper also tallied up each quake's damage bill in today's dollars. The 1906 earthquake...


RV outside family courts offers child support help

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:22 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, Project Child Support founder Kai Patterson, center, invites Joseph Tobio, right, to discuss his case with an attorney after Tobio had a panic attack leaving Essex County Family Courthouse in Newark, N.J. Project Child Support is a new program that offers low-cost legal advice to parents from a refurbished RV parked outside courthouses in New York and New Jersey. (AP Photo/Rachelle Blidner)NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Forget going to the food truck for lunch. Now you can get free legal advice on collecting child support from a nonprofit on wheels.


Fedora: No. 23 UNC suspends 4 players for opener

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 21, 2014, file photo, North Carolina coach Larry Fedora answers a question during a news conference at the Atlantic Coast Conference football kickoff in Greensboro, N.C. Fedora says the team has suspended four players for this weekend's season opener, a day after a report of an alleged hazing altercation left a walk-on receiver with a possible concussion. Fedora said Wednesday, Aug. 27, the four players were suspended for a "violation of team policy," but offered no other details about what rules were broken. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina coach Larry Fedora said Wednesday the team has suspended four players for this weekend's season opener, a day after a report of an alleged hazing altercation that left a redshirt freshman walk-on receiver with a possible concussion.


Utah approves winery in town with polygamous sect

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 20, 2006, file photo, Hildale, Utah, sits at the base of Red Rock Cliff mountains with its sister city, Colorado City, Ariz., in the foreground. Utah's liquor commission has approved a winemaking license for a new winery in the town of Hildale, home to a polygamous sect. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A town on the Utah-Arizona border largely controlled by Warren Jeffs' polygamous sect moved closer to opening its first commercial winery, a new venture and a signal of yet another lifestyle choice that separates the sect from mainstream Mormon teachings.


Dogs get blues when youngsters go back to school

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:18 PM PDT

This Aug. 19, 2014 photo provided by Jill Williams shows kindergartner Harry Williams, 7, with his dogs Flora and Gandalf on his way to the bus stop on first day of school in Kanab, Utah. For millions of dogs across the country, summer is gone and so are their best buddies. Most dogs object for a while but eventually adjust to the new hours. But millions of others will feel abandoned, panicky, sad and unable to cope as they look for ways to lash out. (AP Photo/Jill Williams)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Young people aren't the only ones who get back-to-school blues. Pooches used to months of constant playtime can get upset when their best buddies disappear with the dog days of summer.


Sharapova rallies to outlast Dulgheru at US Open

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:43 PM PDT

Maria Sharapova, of Russia, reacts after a point against Alexandra Dulgheru, of Romania, during the second round of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)NEW YORK (AP) — Maria Sharapova's serve and her groundstrokes were abandoning her. What she had was her conditioning.


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