| Sergeant-at-arms hailed as hero Posted: 22 Oct 2014 12:24 PM PDT  Kevin Vickers is credited with shooting a gunman in an attack at the Canadian Parliament.
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| Koch Brothers Super PAC adds another $6.5 million in TV ads Posted: 22 Oct 2014 12:02 PM PDT  The Koch brothers-backed super PAC is adding to its TV spending over the final two weeks leading up to the midterm elections, dropping an additional $6.5 million into six competitive U.S. Senate races. The ads will link Democratic candidates to President Obama.
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| Senator blasts DEA for fake Facebook profile Posted: 22 Oct 2014 05:36 AM PDT  The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is calling on the Justice Department to condemn the actions of a DEA agent who created a fake Facebook profile using a real woman's name and photos without her consent.
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| U.S. tightens Ebola monitoring for West African visitors Posted: 22 Oct 2014 10:21 AM PDT  By Bill Berkrot NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. health officials unveiled new measures on Wednesday to carry out Ebola monitoring on anyone entering the country from the three nations at the center of a West African epidemic, increasing precautions to stop the spread of the virus. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that beginning Monday, travelers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea will be directed to check in with health officials every day and report their temperatures and any Ebola symptoms for 21 days, the period of incubation for the virus. ...
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| Autopsy of slain Missouri teen shows close-range gunshot: report Posted: 22 Oct 2014 10:00 AM PDT  By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - A government autopsy of the unarmed black teenager whose killing by a white police officer set off months of protests in Ferguson, Missouri, suggests he suffered a gunshot to the hand from close range, according to a copy of the autopsy published by the St. Louis Post Dispatch. The autopsy results could buttress claims by supporters of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson that the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown, 18, was justified. ...
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| U.S. jury convicts ex-Blackwater guards in 2007 Baghdad killings Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:23 AM PDT  By Aruna Viswanatha and Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a sweeping victory for the U.S. government, a federal jury on Wednesday found four former Blackwater guards guilty on nearly every count they faced in connection with the 2007 killing of 14 unarmed Iraqis at a Baghdad traffic circle. Jurors found three of the ex-guards guilty of manslaughter and weapons charges, and a fourth guilty of murder. The verdict comes more than seven years after the shooting incident that outraged Iraqis and inflamed anti-American sentiment around the world. ...
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| Blackwater guards found guilty in Iraq shootings Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:25 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Four former Blackwater security guards were convicted Wednesday in the 2007 shootings of more than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad, an incident that inflamed anti-American sentiment around the globe and was denounced by critics as an illustration of a war gone horribly wrong.
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| Tests return for dog belonging to nurse with Ebola Posted: 22 Oct 2014 09:20 AM PDT  Bentley, the year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel owned by Ebola-infected Texas nurse Nina Pham, has tested negative for Ebola, officials said Wednesday.
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| 2 dead in shooting at Canadian Parliament Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:26 AM PDT  Parliament remains on lockdown after a uniformed soldier and a gunman are fatally shot.
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| Latest update in Canada shootings Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:49 AM PDT  Police search for suspects near the National War Memorial in central Ottawa.
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| Man faked coma for two years Posted: 22 Oct 2014 09:35 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — He might have got away with it if it hadn't been for his supermarket loyalty card.
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| Suspected Indiana serial killer's 1st hearing postponed Posted: 22 Oct 2014 10:21 AM PDT  CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A man who allegedly confessed to killing seven women in Indiana refused to even acknowledge his name to the judge Wednesday during his initial court appearance, and a sheriff explained later that the suspect was upset his hearing was in open court before dozens of journalists.
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| Ottawa police investigate 3 shooting scenes Posted: Soldier taken to hospital; shots fired in Parliament buildings, malll. Live updates. |
| All four Blackwater guards found guilty in 2007 Iraq shootings Posted: 22 Oct 2014 11:14 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Four former Blackwater security guards were convicted Wednesday in the 2007 shootings of more than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad, an incident that inflamed anti-American sentiment around the globe and was denounced by critics as an illustration of a war gone horribly wrong.
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| CDC: 21-day Ebola monitoring for W. African travelers to U.S. Posted: 22 Oct 2014 09:01 AM PDT  (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday announced new measures to monitor for Ebola anyone entering the United States from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea for a 21-day period. Under the measures starting Monday, travelers from the three West African countries will be expected to check in with health officials every day and report their temperatures and any Ebola symptoms through the 21-day period, the CDC said. (Reporting by Bill Berkrot; Editing by Grant McCool)
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| U.S. airdrop to Kurdish fighters was wrong, says Turkey's president Posted: 22 Oct 2014 07:03 AM PDT  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday it was wrong of the United States to air drop military supplies to Kurdish fighters defending the Syrian border town of Kobani, as some weapons were seized by Islamic State militants besieging it. The Pentagon said on Tuesday the vast majority of the U.S. supplies dropped on Sunday had reached the Kurdish fighters despite an online video showing Islamic State jihadists with a bundle. "What was done here on this subject turned out to be wrong. ...
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| 3 Denver teens possibly tried to join Islamic State Posted: 22 Oct 2014 06:42 AM PDT  Girls headed for Turkey, stopped in Germany; authorities now looking at friends for similar sentiments.
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| Care for a little 'Hitler' in your coffee? Posted: 22 Oct 2014 09:54 AM PDT  Geneva (AFP) - Swiss retailer Migros apologised on Wednesday for putting cream capsules with the faces of Hitler and Mussolini on them in cafes in the Alpine country.
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| What we don't know about 2014's political rising star Posted: 22 Oct 2014 02:30 AM PDT  Many questions surround Iowa GOP Senate candidate Joni Ernst.
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| Three Denver teens may have tried to join Islamic State: FBI Posted: 22 Oct 2014 06:57 AM PDT  DENVER (AP) — Three teenage girls from Colorado flew to Europe in a possible bid to join Islamic State militants in Syria, and now authorities are looking at their friends to see if any have similar intentions.
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| Family reunion for N. Korean detainee Posted: 22 Oct 2014 10:50 AM PDT  Ohio man, held nearly half a year for leaving a bible behind in a bar, on home ground.
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| Toys R Us responds to 'Breaking Bad' controversy Posted: 22 Oct 2014 04:42 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Toys R Us is pulling its four collectible dolls based on characters from AMC's hit series "Breaking Bad" after taking heat from a Florida mom who launched a petition campaign last week.
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| From Bedouin Israeli doctor to jihadist Posted: 22 Oct 2014 03:38 AM PDT  HURA, Israel (AP) — He was a quiet whiz kid at the top of his class in Israel, who overcame tough odds in this minority Arab village to become a star medical student and hospital intern.
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| Massive finds off coast of North Carolina Posted: 21 Oct 2014 01:57 PM PDT  Washington (AFP) - Two sunken ships from World War II -- a German U-boat and an American merchant vessel -- have been found deep in the ocean off the coast of North Carolina, officials said Tuesday.
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| Giants stun in World Series opener Posted:  The Giants snapped Kansas City's eight-game postseason winning streak, riding a Hunter Pence home run, another sublime Madison Bumgarner performance and a mistake-filled Royals showing to a 7-1 victory at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday.
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| CDC debuts new safety steps in Ebola training for thousands Posted: 21 Oct 2014 06:53 PM PDT  Thousands of New York City health care workers — from nurses to janitors — learned how to safely put on and take off a full suit of protective equipment to treat a patient with Ebola at an upbeat Centers for Disease Control and Prevention event in Manhattan on Tuesday morning.
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| The Ben Bradlee mystique Posted: 21 Oct 2014 05:02 PM PDT  The famed Washington Post editor was a one-of-a kind newsman from an age gone by.
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| Former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee dies Posted: 21 Oct 2014 05:37 PM PDT  In a charmed life of newspapering, Bradlee seemed always to be in just the right place.
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| Indiana man was violent long before 7 killings Posted: 21 Oct 2014 06:25 PM PDT  GARY, Ind. (AP) — With hindsight, there were signs years ago of increasing violence against women by Darren Vann, who police said Tuesday has confessed to killing seven women in northwestern Indiana.
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