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GOP ad brings back Watergate slogan
Chicago-area air traffic center fire grounds 1,750 flights
Modern airpower versus tribal warriors
U.S. Attorney General Holder to step down, successor faces array of challenges
Secret Service director briefed Obama on review: White House
Colorado detective accused of tipping off suspect in luring case
Suspect in trooper shooting tracked to old Poconos resort
Homeless man helped solve loud music killing case
Okla. woman beheaded by co-worker at food distribution center
N. Koreans in Pyongyang suddenly get fashion-conscious
The real 'Mystic Pizza' restaurant really ripped off workers, state says
Europe's space agency plans Nov. comet landing
Lawsuit hangs over India leader's 1st US visit
Employee set air traffic center fire that halted Chicago flights, police say
Somali pirates kill each other over US journalist's ransom
Chicago air traffic control site fire snarls flights nationwide
Why China stays on sidelines in Islamic State fight
Derek Jeter's magical Yankee Stadium finale
Police, protesters scuffle after Ferguson apology
Tracking would-be global jihadists
Airstrikes generate new Syrian IS recruits
US-led strikes hit IS oil sites for 2nd day

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:56 AM PDT

The new Republican ad campaign is meant to soften the image of the party.

Chicago-area air traffic center fire grounds 1,750 flights

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 03:59 PM PDT

By Mary Wisniewski and Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) - A fire apparently set by an employee at a Chicago-area air traffic control center led to the cancellation of more than 1,700 flights at the city's two major airports, snarling air traffic across the United States, officials said. Flights resumed at O'Hare International Airport, one of the world's busiest, after a delay of about four hours, but there were bottlenecks across the entire air system that carriers expect to last through the weekend. ...

Modern airpower versus tribal warriors

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 09:59 AM PDT

In the annals of warfare there have been few conflicts as asymmetric as the United States against the Islamic State, which pits a global superpower at the head of an international coalition against an ambitious terrorist group.

U.S. Attorney General Holder to step down, successor faces array of challenges

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 08:28 AM PDT

By Julia Edwards and David Ingram WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eric Holder said on Thursday he would step down as U.S. attorney general, setting up a potentially bruising Senate fight to confirm a successor who can tackle a long list of pending challenges at the Justice Department. Holder, an unapologetic liberal voice and one of President Barack Obama's closest allies, will remain in office until a successor is nominated and confirmed. His nearly six-year term, marked by civil rights advances and frequent fights with Congress, made him one of the nation's longest serving attorneys ...

Secret Service director briefed Obama on review: White House

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:29 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama received an update Thursday on a review of the Secret Service's response after an intruder climbed the White House fence and entered the executive mansion last week, the White House said on Friday. Spokesman Josh Earnest said Secret Service Director Julia Pierson briefed Obama in the Oval Office on the investigation. Earnest said the White House would likely review the service's eventual recommendations on how to change security procedures. ...

Colorado detective accused of tipping off suspect in luring case

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 03:11 PM PDT

By Daniel Wallis DENVER (Reuters) - A police detective in Colorado has been arrested on charges that he tipped off a suspect in a sex crimes investigation that the 13-year-old girl he had been emailing was actually an undercover officer, prosecutors said on Friday. The detective, Jack Gardner, 56, who investigates Internet crimes against children, is accused of having emailed the suspect from a laptop at the Boulder Police Department, warning him not to attend a meeting with the "girl" because he faced arrest. ...

Suspect in trooper shooting tracked to old Poconos resort

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 02:37 PM PDT

Search for Eric Matthew Frein, who police said killed one officer, wounded second at Pa. state police barracks Sept. 12, turned to Inn at Buck Hill Falls.

Homeless man helped solve loud music killing case

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 08:17 AM PDT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — According to testimony, a homeless man living in his truck helped police solve the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white man during an argument over loud music outside a Jacksonville convenience store.

Okla. woman beheaded by co-worker at food distribution center

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 03:19 PM PDT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A man fired from an Oklahoma food processing plant beheaded a woman with a knife and was attacking another worker when he was shot and wounded by a company official, police said Friday.

N. Koreans in Pyongyang suddenly get fashion-conscious

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 07:43 AM PDT

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — High heels, with sequins. Brightly colored, tight-fitting dresses. Hairstyles and makeup that are almost like what you would expect on streets of Beijing or Seoul.

The real 'Mystic Pizza' restaurant really ripped off workers, state says

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 08:45 AM PDT

By Richard Weizel MILFORD Conn. (Reuters) - The Connecticut restaurant that was the setting of the 1988 movie "Mystic Pizza," which helped launched Julia Roberts' career, has been cited by state labor authorities who found it owed employees $105,000 in back pay and unpaid overtime. Located in the touristy port town of Mystic, the restaurant which has long capitalized on its role in the film about the lives of three waitresses was also ordered to pay $23,000 in civil penalties for the wage-law violations. ...

Europe's space agency plans Nov. comet landing

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 09:10 AM PDT

The ESA wants to be the first to land a spacecraft on a comet, and set Nov. 12 as the date.

Lawsuit hangs over India leader's 1st US visit

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 01:52 PM PDT

Federal court in NYC summons Indian PM Narendra Modi to respond to human rights abuse allegations.

Employee set air traffic center fire that halted Chicago flights, police say

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 04:24 PM PDT

A fire at a suburban Chicago air traffic control facility Friday halted to all flights in and out of the city's two airports.

Somali pirates kill each other over US journalist's ransom

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 08:18 AM PDT

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Three Somali pirates were killed in a fight over the ransom paid to free the German-American journalist who was released this week after two years and eight months of captivity, a police official said Friday.

Chicago air traffic control site fire snarls flights nationwide

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 05:56 AM PDT

(Reuters) - All flights into and out of Chicago's O'Hare and Midway international airports were grounded early on Friday due to a fire at an air traffic control facility, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Employees at the facility in Aurora, Illinois, were evacuated and a fire department was on the scene, the FAA said. More than 300 flights into and out of the two airports had been canceled by 7:30 a.m. CT (1230 GMT) on Friday, according to the tracking website FlightAware.com. ...

Why China stays on sidelines in Islamic State fight

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 06:19 AM PDT

Among the reasons: Beijing isn't certain of U.S. intentions, and it doesn't have the military mobility.

Derek Jeter's magical Yankee Stadium finale

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Derek Jeter hits a walk-off single in his final Yankee Stadium game.

Police, protesters scuffle after Ferguson apology

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 04:24 AM PDT

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police and protesters clashed briefly in Ferguson just hours after the St. Louis suburb's police chief issued an apology to the family of Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer last month.