| Ferguson officer Darren Wilson resigns Posted: 29 Nov 2014 04:21 PM PST  The officer who fatally shot Michael Brown will leave the force, his attorney says.
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| Boy missing four years found alive, hidden behind wall Posted: 29 Nov 2014 01:52 PM PST  A 13-year-old boy who had been reported missing four years ago was discovered alive, hidden behind a fake wall of a home near Atlanta, Georgia, and reunited with his mother early on Saturday, police said. Five people living in the home in Jonesboro, 17 miles south of Atlanta, were taken into custody, among them two adults who face charges of false imprisonment and cruelty to children, said Sgt. Kevin Hughes of the Clayton County police.
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| Surgeon who died of Ebola eulogized at Maryland service Posted: 29 Nov 2014 02:24 PM PST  By Tom Ramstack LANDOVER HILLS, Md. (Reuters) - Martin Salia, a surgeon from Sierra Leone who died in a Nebraska hospital earlier this month after contracting Ebola in his homeland, was remembered as a humanitarian and a hero at his funeral in Maryland on Saturday. The 44-year-old doctor was born and raised in Sierra Leone and lived as a permanent resident of the United States with his wife and two sons in New Carrollton, Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C. ...
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| Missouri police officer who killed black teen resigns: report Posted: 29 Nov 2014 04:35 PM PST  (Reuters) - The Missouri police officer who killed an unarmed black teenager has resigned from the force, nearly four months after the fatal shooting and about a week after a grand jury decided not to indict him, according to media reports citing the officer's lawyer. The Aug. 9 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson has led to sometimes violent protests in the St. Louis suburb and ignited a national debate over race relations and the use of police force in the United States. Attorneys for Wilson were not immediately available for comment. ...
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| Missouri governor seeks more money for Ferguson security Posted: 29 Nov 2014 01:32 PM PST  (Reuters) - Missouri Governor Jay Nixon on Saturday called for more funding to maintain security in Ferguson after months of violent protests over the shooting of a black teenager by a white policeman depleted emergency appropriations. The state assembly needs to approve more money to pay salaries for the National Guard by Dec. 15, Nixon said in a statement. Dec. 15 is the date of the next payroll, said Scott Holste, a spokesman for Nixon. Dec. 15 is the date of the next National Guard payroll, Holste said. ...
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| At Portland's Ferguson protest, boy hugs officer Posted: 29 Nov 2014 11:27 AM PST  A touching photo of a white police officer hugging an African-American boy at a Portland protest this week has drawn heavy attention on social media.
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| Nigeria: Kano mosque blasts death toll above 102 Posted: 29 Nov 2014 08:36 AM PST  Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan vowed to track down the perpetrators of the bomb blasts that killed more than 100 people at the central mosque in the city of Kano.
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| U.S. CEOs threaten to pull tacit Obamacare support Posted: 29 Nov 2014 04:05 AM PST  Leading U.S. CEOs, angered by the Obama administration's challenge to certain "workplace wellness" programs, are threatening to side with anti-Obamacare forces unless the government backs off, according to people familiar with the matter.
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| Beekeepers eye Appalachian surface mines for hives Posted: 29 Nov 2014 08:33 AM PST  Up a tree-lined trail still marked "no blastin on Sundays," swarms of bees now patrol a mountain once partially broken apart for coal.
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| Taliban hit Kabul aid workers' compound, breach Camp Bastion in south Posted: 29 Nov 2014 09:18 AM PST  Taliban gunmen stormed a guest house for aid workers in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday and were fighting Afghan soldiers inside former U.S. and British base Camp Bastion in the south, just a month after foreign troops left.
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| Murder charges against Egypt's Mubarak dismissed Posted: 29 Nov 2014 01:49 PM PST  Former president Hosni Mubarak had been imprisoned over the killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising.
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| New York boys buried in snow pile heard rescuers calling Posted: 28 Nov 2014 05:56 PM PST  Two boys were trapped in a snow pile for about seven hours after a plow buried them.
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| A glance at protests, cleanup in Ferguson Posted: 29 Nov 2014 12:33 PM PST  ST. LOUIS (AP) — For a second day, some protests over a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, have focused on disrupting commerce.
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| 15 arrested as demonstrations return to Ferguson Posted: 29 Nov 2014 12:30 PM PST  FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Life won't return to normal in Ferguson for a long time, but there are signs that people in the community are trying to move on after days of intense unrest over the grand jury decision in the Michael Brown case.
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| Christie vetoes politically charged pig crate bill Posted: 28 Nov 2014 03:48 PM PST  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed a politically charged bill that would have banned the use of certain pig cages in his state, a move many observers see as aimed at appeasing Iowa voters ahead of a potential 2016 presidential run.
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