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Ron Howard's remarks played at Mayberry Days

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 01:26 PM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 1983 file photo shows actor Andy Griffith posing in Los Angeles to promote his upcoming CBS-TV film, Andy Griffith led by example on the set of his television show, teaching a 6-year-old boy that true leadership requires not only confidence and hard work but also humility, Academy Award-winning film director Ron Howard said in recorded remarks Sunday.


Canada says it took Guantanamo detainee early after U.S. pressure

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:37 PM PDT

File of a courtroom sketch of Canadian defendant Khadr attending a hearing at Guantanamo BayOTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada, which allowed Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr to be transferred to a prison in his homeland months earlier than expected, did so after pressure from the United States, Foreign Minister John Baird said on Sunday. Baird declined to comment on reports an angry Washington had insisted on Khadr's quick return after someone in Canada leaked a secret U.S. report on him. Khadr, 26, the youngest prisoner and last Westerner held in the Guantanamo military base, was sent back to Canada on Saturday to finish his sentence. ...


Paul Ryan on tax plan: 'Too long to go through all the math’

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:04 PM PDT

Exclusive: Paul Ryan on 'Fox News Sunday'Paul Ryan says "it would take me too long to go through all the math" involved in the tax plan he and Mitt Romney are proposing. The Republican vice presidential nominee said on "Fox News Sunday" that their plan--a 20 percent across-the-board income tax cut--would focus on deductions and closing tax loopholes for  the rich, [...]


USGS reports deep 7.1 earthquake in Colombia

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:59 AM PDT

Colombian authorities say there are no immediate reports of injuries or damage from an earthquake centered deep underground in the country's southwest whose magnitude the U.S. Geological Survey placed at 7.1.

Christie: Wednesday debate ‘the restart’ of Romney campaign

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 09:05 AM PDT

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie delivers the keynote address during the second day of the Republican National Convention in TampaWhile both Democrats and Republicans have downplayed the importance of the first presidential debate in recent days, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie raised the stakes on Sunday, predicting this week's duel in Denver will be a game changer for Mitt Romney. "Wednesday night's the restart of this campaign," Christie told David Gregory on NBC's "Meet [...]


Calif, woman shot, killed by border patrol agent while driving

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 08:49 AM PDT

California Woman Valeria Alvarado Fatally Shot by Border Patrol AgentAgent Said He Had No Choice But to Defend Himself and Fired at Alvarado Get Her to Stop the Car


Insight: Mom and pop investors miss out on stock market gains

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 08:00 AM PDT

By Jilian Mincer and Steven C . JohnsonNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks have more than doubled since the financial crisis and are closing in on a five-year high, but many Main Street investors have been absent ...

Obama, Romney: Rivals with little personal history

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 07:44 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2008, file photo Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, is greeted by Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., respectively second and third from left, while on stage with other Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls during a break in the debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. When they stand side by side on the presidential debate stage Wednesday night, Oct. 3, 2012, it will be one of the few times Obama and Romney have ever even met in person. Others from left are former New York City Mayor Giuliani, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Republican presidential hopeful, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C.,former Sen. Fred Thompson, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.(AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)When Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, was diagnosed with breast cancer in late 2008, one of the people who reached out to the couple was newly elected President Barack Obama.


Iran touts domestic Internet as Gmail ban rankles

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 06:07 AM PDT

Gmail iOS app gets Notification Center supportIranian officials announced that they would soon introduce local alternatives to Google and its Gmail e-mail service, even as the country's media and even some officials stepped up complaints over Tehran's decision to enact a ban on Gmail in response to an anti-Islam film, newspapers reported on Sunday.


As race stands, Obama within reach of second term

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:51 AM PDT

FILE - In these Sept. 26, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney both campaign in the battleground state of Ohio. Fierce and determined competitors, Obama and Romney each have a specific mission for the string of three debates that starts Wednesday night, Oct. 3, 2012. Obama, no longer the fresh face of 2008, must convince skeptical Americans that he can accomplish in a second term what he couldn't in his first: restore the U.S. economy to full health. Romney, anxious to keep the race from slipping away, needs to instill confidence that he is a credible and trusted alternative to the president, with a better plan for strengthening the fragile economy. (AP Photos)Five weeks to Election Day, President Barack Obama is within reach of the 270 electoral votes needed to win a second term. Republican Mitt Romney's path to victory is narrowing.


String of Iraq car bomb blasts kill at least 32

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:34 AM PDT

Residents inspect the site of a bomb attack in the town of TajiBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombings and shootings killed more than 32 people across Iraq on Sunday, underscoring the government's struggle with a stubborn insurgency more than nine months after the last U.S. troops withdrew. In Taji, 20 km (12 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, bombs in three parked cars went off separately, killing 11 people and wounding 24, including several policemen. Reuters footage of the scene of one of the explosions showed the remains of an exploded car surrounded by several completely and partially destroyed houses and cars. ...


Muslim protesters torch Buddhist temples, homes in Bangladesh

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:18 AM PDT

A temple burnt by Muslims is seen in Cox's BazarCOX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Hundreds of Muslims in Bangladesh burned at least four Buddhist temples and 15 homes of Buddhists on Sunday after complaining that a Buddhist man had insulted Islam, police and residents said. Members of the Buddhist minority in the Cox's Bazar area in the southeast of the country said unidentified people were bent on upsetting peaceful relations between Muslims and Buddhists. Muslims took to the streets in the area late on Saturday to protest against what they said was a photograph posted on Facebook that insulted Islam. ...


Ahead of debate, Paul Ryan takes on Joe Biden

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:46 AM PDT

Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan speaks during a campaign event, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 in Derry, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)COLUMBUS, Ohio—Less than two weeks before Paul Ryan and Joe Biden face off on the debate stage, Paul Ryan took on his counterpart on the issues of Social Security and Medicare. The GOP vice presidential nominee almost always saves his rhetorical fire for the top...


Israel finance minister says Iran economy 'on verge of collapse'

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:30 AM PDT

Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu and Finance Minister Steinitz attend the weekly cabinet meeting in JerusalemJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Iran's economy is edging towards collapse due to international sanctions over its controversial nuclear program, Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz said on Sunday. Israel regards the prospect of its arch enemy developing nuclear weapons as a threat to its existence, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that, although sanctions are taking their toll, they are not yet forcing Iran to abandon work that could soon lead to a nuclear warhead. ...


Miliband: UK Labor Party to impose 'real' bank split if elected

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:14 AM PDT

The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Ed Miliband, speaks on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show during the Labour Party annual conference in ManchesterMANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Britain's Labour opposition leader launched an offensive against banks on Sunday ahead of his party's annual conference, promising a "real separation" of retail and investment banking and to raise the top rate of personal income tax. The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government has said it will implement the recommendations of an independent review by Oxford University economist John Vickers into how banks should be structured in the wake of the global credit crisis. ...


In Bo's old stronghold, fall blamed on Chinese elite intrigue

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:41 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 11, 2012 file photo, then-Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai puts on his glasses during a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. With the disgraced politician expelled from the party and facing prosecution on a slew of charges, China's ruling communists can finally focus on the crucial task of ensuring a smooth transition to a new generation of leaders. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)CHONGQING, China (Reuters) - China's campaign to bury fallen politician Bo Xilai under a litany of alleged misdeeds risks dragging down the ruling Communist Party's own standing among citizens who have already grown to assume that graft and abuse pervade it. Bo is almost surely headed for trial and jail after the party leadership on Friday accused him of multiple offences dating back to his early years in government, including taking bribes, engaging in "improper sexual relations" and meddling in an inquiry into his wife's murder of a British man. ...


Spain crisis fuels Catalan separatist sentiment

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:25 AM PDT

FILE - Demonstrators wave Catalan flags during a protest rally in Barcelona , Spain, in this Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 file photo. Thousands of people demonstrated in Barcelona on Tuesday demanding independence for Catalonia, on the Catalonia region's 'National DayThree weeks after a massive Catalan separatist march in Barcelona — the biggest since the 1970s — the independence flags still flutter from balconies across Spain's second largest city.


Libyans hand over their weapons in arms collection drive

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:08 AM PDT

TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Hundreds of Libyans handed in weapons left over from last year's war on Saturday, part of a drive by the North African country to rid its streets of arms and crack down on rogue militia groups. As the day went on, a trickle of people turned into longer lines in Tripoli and in the eastern city of Benghazi, where tents were set up in squares for military officials to collect arms, explosives and even rocket propelled grenade launchers. ...

Police: 19 killed in blasts across Iraq

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 02:36 AM PDT

People wait at a security checkpoint as they enter the city of TikritBombs striking Shiite neighborhoods, security forces and other targets across Iraq killed at least 19 people Sunday, officials said. It was the latest string of coordinated bombings in multiple Iraqi cities, a tactic used by insurgents apparently aimed at rekindling widespread sectarian conflict and undermining public confidence in the beleaguered government.


Afghan 'inside' attack kills 2 Americans, 2 Afghans

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 02:03 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2009 file photo, U.S. Marine squad leader Sgt. Matthew Duquette, left, of Warrenville, Ill., with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines walks with Afghan National Army Lt. Hussein, during in a joint patrol in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. U.S. military officials have noted that Afghan security forces are dying in insider attacks along with foreign troops, but so far, the Afghan government has not provided statistics on the number killed. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)An Afghan soldier turned his gun on American troops at a checkpoint in the country's east, killing two Americans and two fellow members of Afghanistan's army in a shooting that marked both the continuance of a disturbing trend of insider attacks and the 2,000th U.S. troop death in the long-running war, officials said Sunday.


LA drivers steer clear of 'Carmageddon' scenario

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:41 AM PDT

Workers continue the demolition of the center span of the Mulholland Drive bridge along Interstate 405 in Los Angeles on Saturday Sept. 29,2012. Construction crews are on schedule and traffic tie-ups are minimal in Los Angeles, making for a smooth start to Carmageddon II, the sequel to last year's shutdown of one of the nation's busiest freeways. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)Carmageddon II, the sequel to last year's shutdown of one of the nation's busiest freeways, is going according to script as many Los Angeles drivers heeded warnings to stay off the road.


Police ID man who killed self on TV after chase

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:25 AM PDT

Map shows Tonopah Arizona, where a suspected car-jacker appears to shoot himself on live television.A man who stole a car at gunpoint, shot at Phoenix police officers and then led them on a chase that ended with his suicide broadcast on national television was identified Saturday as a wanted felon with a long criminal history.


Afghan 'inside' attack puts U.S. troop deaths at 2,000

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:09 AM PDT

Welayat Khan, an Afghan army soldier who killed two U.S. soldiers Specialist Mabry Anders and Sergeant Christopher Birdwell in Afghanistan on August 27, 2012, is seen in this undated handout photograph provided by his familyAn apparent insider attack by Afghan forces has killed a U.S. service member and a foreign civilian contractor with NATO, officials said Sunday. The shooting —the latest in a string of attacks on international troops by their Afghan allies — marked the 2,000th U.S. troop death in Afghanistan over the long-running conflict.


3.4 magnitude quake rattles Dallas, Texas, suburb

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 11:52 PM PDT

A minor earthquake measuring a 3.4 magnitude rattled a suburb west of Dallas overnight, but there were no immediate reports of any damages or injuries and a major international airport nearby continued operations without disruption, authorities said.

World diaper output may take a hit from blasts at Japan plant

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 11:36 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Global diaper output is likely to take a hit from an increase in the price of acrylic acid after a chemical tank explosion at Nippon Shokubai Co's Himeji plant in Japan, a main production base of the ingredient, Japanese media reported. Nippon Shokubai is one of the world's biggest makers of acrylic acid, the main ingredient of a resin called SAP, which is used in diapers. The plant produces about 20 percent of the world's SAP and 10 percent of global output of acrylic acid. ...

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Biden blames Bush administration for deficit

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 12:42 PM PDT

Biden Blames Bush Administration for DeficitFORT MYERS, Fla. — Vice President Joe Biden placed the blame for the ballooning deficit on the Bush administration today, arguing that the previous administration saddled the country with the burden of trillions of dollars in debt. "Let's get serious here! How did we get...


Questions linger about Rep. Jackson's future

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 12:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 20, 2012 file photo, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill. speaks in Chicago. With the November election only five weeks away, Jackson's absence from work and the campaign trail is testing patience in Chicago. His GOP opponent is now criticizing him for it after pledging not to. Friendly editorial writers are now urging he come forward and finally explain himself. And Jackson's alderman wife, Sandi, is having to deny in public that she might step in to replace him. The Jackson camp says only that the congressman is still on the ballot and will only return to work when cleared for that by a doctor, but the uncertainty and mystery is feeding talk of what happens if he resigns and needs to be replaced, a process with a sordid history in Chicago and Illinois. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)His home in Washington is for sale. His wife says he'll come back to work only when a doctor approves. He vowed to return to the campaign by Labor Day, and then didn't.


Paul Ryan Gives a Personal Pitch to New Hampshire Voters

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 09:41 AM PDT

Republican vice-presidential candidate Ryan answers a question at a campaign stop in DoverDerry, N.H.–Paul Ryan pitched his ticket to voters in this swing state saying they have an "enormous responsibility" and an "enormous opportunity" to help his ticket to victory in November. "A handful of states will settle this. You understand it. You're the Granite state. You've...


Minneapolis shooting victims remembered, mourned

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 09:23 AM PDT

A prideful entrepreneur, known at City Hall and recognized by federal leaders for his ingenuity and business spirit. A package deliveryman known for his devotion to his children and the Green Bay Packers. The promising artist with a young family. A quiet outdoorsman who had a big sense of humor.

With charts and charm, Paul Ryan aims to steady a shaken ticket

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 09:07 AM PDT

Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Paul Ryan gestures as he speaks to supporters during a campaign event in DerryVANDALIA, Ohio (Reuters) - Trailing in the must-win state of Ohio, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney asked his running mate Paul Ryan to meet him here this week. After 24 days apart, Romney and Ryan reunited on an airport tarmac on Tuesday amid grumbling from some Republicans that the campaign has grown complacent, leaving Ryan, its strongest advocate, off the national stage. "Wow, that's quite a guy, Paul Ryan," Romney shouted to the crowd. "Isn't that something?" Romney's many conservative critics share that assessment. ...


Obama, Netanyahu seek to get past Iran differences

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 08:51 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally at Eden Park in CincinnatiWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a show of unity on Friday on preventing a nuclear-armed Iran, seeking to tone down the acrimony between the two leaders that has become an issue in the final stretch of the U.S. presidential race. Obama, widely seen as having snubbed Netanyahu by not meeting face to face with him during his U.S. visit, spoke instead by phone to the Israeli prime minister amid signs of movement toward a truce in their war of words over how to confront Tehran. Netanyahu used his U.N. ...


Will Ohio's economic uptick be a boon for Obama?

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 08:18 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, June 3, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama tours Chrysler Group's Toledo Supplier Park in Toledo, Ohio. Will voters in Ohio focus on the revitalized auto industry and unemployment below the U.S. average and regard Obama as the architect of a hopeful but not yet robust economy? Or will they see government as an obstacle, hundreds of thousands of people still out of work and look to Mitt Romney for the answers? (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)Will auto bailout and uptick in Ohio economy be a boon to Obama's re-election chances?


Ex-NY Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger dies

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 08:03 AM PDT

FILE - This March 2, 1973 file photo shows New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger in his office in New York. Sulzberger has died at age 86. The newspaper reports that his family says Sulzberger died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at his home in Southampton, N.Y., after a long illness. He had retired in 1992 after three decades at the paper's helm and was succeeded by his son, Arthur Jr. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano, File)Former New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, who led the newspaper to new levels of influence and profit amid some of the most significant moments in 20th-century journalism, died Saturday. He was 86.


NFL refs approve deal, scramble for Sunday return

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 07:46 AM PDT

Cheers as NFL refs return: 'It's good to be back' The Associated Press Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty ImagesIRVING, Texas (AP) -- NFL referees voted and approved a new eight-year deal with the league on Saturday. Now they all can get back to the business of calling games.


NFL refs approve deal, scramble for Sunday return

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 07:29 AM PDT

IRVING, Texas (AP) -- NFL referees voted and approved a new eight-year deal with the league on Saturday. Now they all can get back to the business of calling games.

Asteroid Dust Could Fight Climate Change on Earth

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 07:13 AM PDT

Asteroid Dust Could Fight Climate Change on EarthTo combat global warming, scientists in Scotland now suggest an out-of-this-world solution — a giant dust cloud in space, blasted off an asteroid, which would act like a sunshade for Earth.


Another big Supreme Court term kicks off Monday

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 06:34 AM PDT

Workers cover the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, with a protective scrim, as work continues on the facade. The Supreme Court is embarking on a new term beginning Monday that could be as consequential as the last one with the prospect for major rulings about affirmative action, gay marriage and voting rights. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)When last we saw the chief justice of the United States on the bench, John Roberts was joining with the Supreme Court's liberals in an unlikely lineup that upheld President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.


Samsung wins reconsideration of Galaxy Tab sales ban

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 04:55 AM PDT

A visitor looks around behind Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet displayed for customers at a registration desk at KT's headquarters in SeoulSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that a lower court should reconsider a sales ban against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 won by Apple in a patent dispute with the South Korean electronics maker. The injunction was put in place ahead of a month-long trial that pitted iPhone maker Apple Inc against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in a closely watched legal battle that ended with a resounding victory for Apple last month on many of its patent violation claims. ...


Chemist in Mass. lab scandal could see new charges

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 04:05 AM PDT

Annie Dookhan, center, is escorted to a cruiser outside her home in Franklin, Mass., Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. Dookhan is accused of faking drug results, forging signatures and mixing samples a state police lab. State police say Dookhan tested more than 60,000 drug samples involving 34,000 defendants during her nine years at the lab. Defense lawyers and prosecutors are scrambling to figure out how to deal with the fallout. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)A chemist accused of lying about drug samples she tested at a state lab could face additional charges as prosecutors and defense attorneys sift through thousands of criminal cases that could be upended by her actions.


'Carmageddon' the sequel begins on LA freeways

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 03:48 AM PDT

File photo of 405 freeway standing vacant during the demolition of the Mulholland Drive bridge in Los Angeles, California.The sequel to Carmageddon has had its midnight premiere, and Los Angeles transportation officials are hoping the weekend proves as successful as last year's first edition.


Libya thwarts planned anti-militia protests

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 03:32 AM PDT

Security forces stand guard outside a building that was attacked by a crowd of protesters in BenghaziTRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Authorities in Libya thwarted plans for a huge demonstration against militia in the capital Tripoli on Friday, while in Benghazi, scene of mass anti-militia protests last week, supporters of an ousted Islamist group returned to the streets. Activists had hoped that a planned demonstration in the capital would be as successful as a giant anti-militia protest held in Benghazi last week, but only about 400 protesters turned up on Friday after the country's mufti and mosque preachers warned people not to attend. ...


Fighting in Syria starts fire in medieval souks

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 03:16 AM PDT

In this image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian rebels are seen during an operation in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. Fighting over Syria's largest city intensified Friday, with the most widespread battles reported there in two months as rebel forces launched a new offensive to rout President Bashar Assad's forces from Aleppo, activists said.(AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)Raging battles between Syrian government forces and rebels in the historic districts of central Aleppo have started a major fire that threatens to destroy the city's medieval souks, or markets, activists said Saturday.


Masked Conn. teen killed by dad called a good kid

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 02:10 AM PDT

State Trooper Matt Losh emerges from the backyard of a home in New Fairfield, Conn., where a fatal shooting took place, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Police say Jeffrey Giuliano shot a masked teenager in self-defense during what appeared to be an attempted burglary early Thursday morning, then discovered that he had killed his son, Tyler. (AP Photo/The News-Times, Carol Kaliff)Tyler Giuliano had no trouble with the law. The teenager loved flying small planes as a Civil Air Patrol cadet and seemed happy as he played an online game with friends Wednesday night. But hours later, authorities say, Tyler was outside wearing a black ski mask and wielding a knife when he was shot by his father, who thought he was a prowler.


Authorities: Retired Pa. pastor killed both wives

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 01:54 AM PDT

Retired Pennsylvania pastor Arthur "A.B." Schirmer was a serial philanderer, preying on women in his church who were having trouble in their own marriages, court documents say.

Vatican opens public butler leaks trial

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 01:05 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, May, 23, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by his butler Paolo Gabiele, delivers his blessing as he arrives at St.Peter's square at the Vatican for a general audience. Pope Benedict XVI's trusted butler, who dressed the pontiff each morning, attended his daily Mass and helped serve him his meals, stands accused of stealing the pope's private correspondence and giving it to a journalist who wrote a blockbuster book about the secrets of one of the most secretive institutions in the world. Paolo Gabriele, a 46-year-old father of three, goes on trial Saturday Sept. 29, 2012 in the most sensational crime committed on Vatican territory since the 1998 double murder of the Swiss Guard commander and his wife. That case never came to trial because the suspect killed himself. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)The Vatican opened the public trial of the pope's butler for allegedly stealing and leaking papal correspondence to a journalist, the most embarrassing scandal of Pope Benedict XVI's papacy.


Minneapolis office gunman was fired day of attack

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 11:44 PM PDT

This July 2012 photo shows Andrew Engeldinger working at Accent Signage in Minneapolis. Police say the gunman who killed four people inside a Minneapolis sign company had been fired hours before the attack. Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan told a Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, news conference that the gunman in Thursday's attack was 36-year-old Engeldinger of Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Finance and Commerce, Bill Klotz) MANDATORY CREDITA man fired from his job at a Minneapolis sign-making business pulled out a handgun and began shooting up its offices, fatally wounding the owner and four others before turning the gun on himself, police said Friday.


U.S. jury convicts Mexico's Gulf Cartel manager in drug case

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 11:28 PM PDT

McAllen, Texas (Reuters) - A U.S. federal jury on Friday convicted a high-ranking member of Mexico's Gulf Cartel of conspiring to possess and import marijuana and cocaine to the United States, the latest blow to Mexican drug bosses in recent weeks. Juan Roberto Rincon-Rincon, a so-called plaza boss for the cartel, was convicted on all counts in the drug trafficking conspiracy case following a week-long trial in Brownsville, Texas, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson said. ...

No sign of remains in new Mich. search for Hoffa

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 11:12 PM PDT

Roseville Police Department detectives carry soil samples removed from a shed floor of a Roseville, Mich., home Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. Police have been told by a source that former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa may be buried beneath a driveway. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)Jimmy Hoffa is presumed dead, cocooned in mystery and innuendo and missing for the past 37 years. Patricia Szpunar just hopes that if the former Teamsters boss' remains do turn up, they're not in her backyard.


California governor signs bills to make textbooks lighter on wallets and backpacks

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 10:55 PM PDT

The younger generations may one day never need to lug around heavy and expensive textbooks for their classes. California Governor Jerry Brown signed two bills yesterday that will fund the creation of 50 open source digital textbooks and will launch … Continue reading →

6 teens arrested in taped beating of Pa. woman

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 10:39 PM PDT

Six teenagers were in custody Friday on charges they brutally beat a neighbor on her stoop "just for fun" and then posted cellphone video of the attack on Facebook, authorities said.