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• Hempfest organizers question marijuana legalization initiative
• Ryan makes personal appeal to Florida seniors on Medicare
• Romney steps up fundraisers ahead of convention
• China's Yu Wenxia crowned Miss World
• Russian Orthodox church forgives feminist punk band
• Patrick Ricard, who took family liquor firm global, dies at 67
• Militants attack Yemen intelligence HQ, killing 14
• 6.3-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Sulawesi
• Turkey begins aid distribution on Syrian border
• Obama urges Congress to help put teachers back to work
• Wash. residents go home near fire, still 'on edge'
• Mine "bloodbath" shocks post-apartheid S.Africa
• Ebola outbreak kills one, infects three in DR Congo
• Romney wants his risky pick to play it safe
• Suicide car bomber kills 5 Pakistani security troops at checkpoint in southwest
• Battle far from over for immigrants who get deferrals
• Police release video in Ark. patrol car shooting
• Iran: Israel's existence 'insult to all humanity'
• Nebraska will deny benefits for 'deferred action' immigrants
• Former head of Border Patrol union charged with wire fraud
• 7 arrested in probe of La. deputy shootings
• L.A. sued over crackdown on medical marijuana shops
• Fire evacuees in Wash. and California return home
• Russian punk band verdict draws criticism around globe
• Former Democrat stumps for Paul Ryan in Virginia

Hempfest organizers question marijuana legalization initiative Posted: 18 Aug 2012 01:03 PM PDT Seattle Hempfest-Goers Torn Over Ballot Initiative

Ryan makes personal appeal to Florida seniors on Medicare Posted: 18 Aug 2012 12:47 PM PDT Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan wrapped his first solo tour as Mitt Romney's running mate at the famous retirement community here Saturday, taking his message of Medicare reform to seniors in a crucial swing state. Standing between two signs that read "Protect and Strengthen Medicare," Ryan made the most personal case for [...]

Romney steps up fundraisers ahead of convention Posted: 18 Aug 2012 11:42 AM PDT Mitt Romney hasn't held a public rally since Tuesday, when he concluded his four-day battleground state bus tour in Ohio. But the presumptive Republican nominee has still been busy traveling the country in search of campaign cash. Since Wednesday, Romney has headlined at least a half a dozen fundraisers taking him through North Carolina, [...]

China's Yu Wenxia crowned Miss World Posted: 18 Aug 2012 09:01 AM PDT Miss China won the coveted title of Miss World on Saturday, triumphing on home soil in a mining city on the edge of the Gobi desert.

Russian Orthodox church forgives feminist punk band Posted: 18 Aug 2012 07:57 AM PDT Two top clerics in the Russian Orthodox Church said Saturday that it has forgiven the members of feminist punk band Pussy Riot who were convicted of hooliganism and sent to prison for briefly taking over a cathedral in a raucous prayer for deliverance from Vladimir Putin.

Patrick Ricard, who took family liquor firm global, dies at 67 Posted: 18 Aug 2012 07:41 AM PDT Patrick Ricard, who transformed a small firm based on his father's anis-flavored liquor into a global entity with some of the most famous names in alcohol, has died. He was 67.The company, Pernod Ricard, ...

Militants attack Yemen intelligence HQ, killing 14 Posted: 18 Aug 2012 06:52 AM PDT Suspected al-Qaida militants attacked a Yemeni intelligence headquarters on Saturday, killing 14 people in a bold attack in the country's main southern city of Aden, officials said.

6.3-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Sulawesi Posted: 18 Aug 2012 06:35 AM PDT A powerful 6.3-magnitude quake shook Indonesia's central Sulawesi province on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, sending terrified residents fleeing into the streets.

Turkey begins aid distribution on Syrian border Posted: 18 Aug 2012 06:19 AM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has begun handing out food and other humanitarian aid to Syrians right on their common border as the worsening conflict in Syria makes aid distribution there increasingly difficult, Turkey's disaster and emergency body said on Saturday. The move coincides with a sharp increase in the number of Syrians fleeing the fighting in the 17-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, taking the total in Turkey to nearly 70,000 and challenging its ability to cope. ...

Obama urges Congress to help put teachers back to work Posted: 18 Aug 2012 03:38 AM PDT With students heading back to school, President Obama is accusing Republicans of wanting to cut education funding to give tax breaks to the wealthy, saying their economic plan "undercuts our future." "This year, several thousand fewer educators will be going back to school," the president...

Wash. residents go home near fire, still 'on edge' Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:17 AM PDT As hundreds of residents in Washington and California were allowed to return to homes once threatened by major wildfires, people in two rural Idaho towns were told to evacuate as a massive blaze neared.

Mine "bloodbath" shocks post-apartheid S.Africa Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:01 AM PDT MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - The police killing of 34 striking platinum miners in the bloodiest security operation since the end of white rule cut to the quick of South Africa's psyche on Friday, with searching questions asked of its post-apartheid soul. Newspaper headlines screamed "Bloodbath", "Killing Field" and "Mine Slaughter", with graphic photographs of heavily armed white and black police officers walking casually past the bloodied corpses of black men lying crumpled in the dust. ...

Ebola outbreak kills one, infects three in DR Congo Posted: 18 Aug 2012 01:45 AM PDT KINSHASA (Reuters) - An outbreak of Ebola has killed one person and is believed to have infected three others over the last week in northeastern Congo, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday. The outbreak is in Isiro, a busy town in Democratic Republic of Congo's Oriental province, which shares a border with Uganda, but the strain of the deadly disease is different to the one that killed 16 there last month, MSF said. Ebola is transmitted to humans from monkeys and birds and causes massive bleeding in victims, with mortality rates as high as 90 percent. ...

Romney wants his risky pick to play it safe Posted: 18 Aug 2012 01:28 AM PDT Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney wants running mate Paul Ryan to play it safe.

Suicide car bomber kills 5 Pakistani security troops at checkpoint in southwest Posted: 18 Aug 2012 12:08 AM PDT QUETTA, Pakistan - A Pakistani official says a suicide car bomber has killed five security troops at a road checkpoint in the country's volatile southwest.

Battle far from over for immigrants who get deferrals Posted: 17 Aug 2012 11:36 PM PDT MIAMI/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Obama administration's new policy to grant temporary legal status to millions of young illegal immigrants will end the immediate threat of deportation but may not give them the same privileges as legal residents. Within hours of the policy's going into effect on Wednesday, Arizona's Republican governor, Jan Brewer, issued an executive order denying public benefits such as driver's licenses to illegal immigrants who are given temporary legal status. ...

Police release video in Ark. patrol car shooting Posted: 17 Aug 2012 10:46 PM PDT Police video recorded the night a young man was fatally shot in a northeast Arkansas patrol car while his hands were cuffed behind his back hasn't resolved questions about whether he shot himself in the head as officers said.

Iran: Israel's existence 'insult to all humanity' Posted: 17 Aug 2012 09:43 PM PDT Israel's existence is an "insult to all humanity," Iran's president said Friday in one of his sharpest attacks yet against the Jewish state, as Israel openly debates whether to attack Iran over its nuclear program.

Nebraska will deny benefits for 'deferred action' immigrants Posted: 17 Aug 2012 09:27 PM PDT (Reuters) - Illegal immigrants sheltered from deportation under a new federal program still won't be eligible for state services such as driver's licenses in Nebraska, the state's Republican governor said on Friday. Governor Dave Heineman, in making the announcement, joined Arizona Governor Jan Brewer in challenging the federal government on immigration policy. Two days ago, Brewer issued an executive order barring illegal immigrants from getting state benefits. ...

Former head of Border Patrol union charged with wire fraud Posted: 17 Aug 2012 08:22 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A former head of the U.S. Border Patrol union has been charged with misusing union and government funds to enrich himself, maintain a mistress in Chicago and pay for pornography, a federal indictment said. The indictment handed down by a federal grand jury late on Thursday charges Terence "T.J." Bonner, who for 22 years served as head of the National Border Patrol Council, with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and 11 counts of wire fraud over a period of five years. ...

7 arrested in probe of La. deputy shootings Posted: 17 Aug 2012 07:50 PM PDT A man accused of making threatening comments about law officers in Nebraska was one of seven people arrested in connection with the shootings of four Louisiana sheriff's deputies, including two who were killed, state police said Friday.

L.A. sued over crackdown on medical marijuana shops Posted: 17 Aug 2012 07:18 PM PDT A medical marijuana trade group and 11 patients sued the city of Los Angeles on Friday, seeking to block enforcement of an ordinance that would shut down most of the city's storefront pot dispensaries in three weeks. The lawsuit, which says users are protected by California's 1996 legalization of medical marijuana and the U.S. Constitution, seeks an immediate injunction to keep Los Angeles officials from shuttering dispensaries starting on September 6. The plaintiffs also hope to ultimately overturn the ban in Los Angeles, home to more pot shops than any other U.S. ...

Fire evacuees in Wash. and California return home Posted: 17 Aug 2012 06:13 PM PDT Hundreds of people in Washington and California who fled encroaching flames from wildfires were allowed to return to their homes Friday, and in Washington many were to find out whether their property was spared by a huge blaze that burned out of control for much of the week.

Russian punk band verdict draws criticism around globe Posted: 17 Aug 2012 05:41 PM PDT European nations and the United States, as well as some celebrities, voiced sharp criticism of Russia on Friday over jail sentences handed to three members of the punk band Pussy Riot who protested against President Vladimir Putin in a church. Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, said the two-year sentences give to the women were "disproportionate" to the crime and added to the intimidation of opposition activists in Russia. The United States expressed disappointment over the verdict and also called the sentences disproportionate. ...

Former Democrat stumps for Paul Ryan in Virginia Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:05 PM PDT SPRINGFIELD, Va. -- Former Alabama Democratic Rep. Artur Davis, who defected to the Republican Party earlier this year, appeared with Paul Ryan at a rally here Friday. Davis, who now lives in Virginia and will be a featured speaker at the Republican Party convention later this month, spoke before Ryan and focused partially on how [...]

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