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• Who's advising Mitt Romney on foreign policy?
• State Dept. official killed in Libya was influential online gamer
• L.A. police capture bank robbers after high-speed chase
• UK museum revives first-ever film shot in color
• Portland, Ore., approves adding fluoride to water
• Number of U.S. poor halts sharp rise, stays steady in 2011
• U.S. officials believe Libya attack was planned: Report
• Runner who first questioned Paul Ryan’s marathon time speaks out
• Live blog: The Apple iPhone 5 event
• 'Miracle pine tree' temoved in tsunami-ravaged city in Japan
• Romney attacks Obama for sending ‘mixed signals’ on Middle East violence
• Number of U.S. poor halts sharp rise, stays steady in 2011
• Romney: White House gave 'mixed signals'
• ‘Innocence of Muslims’: The film that sparked deadly U.S. embassy attacks
• Battle-bruised skeleton may be King Richard III
• Somali president, Kenyan FM escape bomb attack
• If Romney loses Ohio, Obama wins big
• Obama, Netanyahu both find themselves in a tight spot on Iran
• NYC mom charging parents $350 to let kids play in unsupervised park
• U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens killed in consulate attack
• U.S. ambassador to Libya killed in attack: Libya official
• Europe unveils banking union plan to tackle crisis
• German court backs euro rescue fund with conditions
• Deaths in factory fires in Pakistan up to 128
• Dutch vote could affect how EU tackles debt crisis

Who's advising Mitt Romney on foreign policy? Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:43 PM PDT With Mitt Romney's comments on Libya drawing attention today–specifically, his criticism of Obama–it's worth examining whom Romney listens to on such matters. Dan Senor is one of Romney's closest advisers on foreign policy. Since Paul Ryan has been selected as the GOP's vice presidential candidate,...

State Dept. official killed in Libya was influential online gamer Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:27 PM PDT Today, the U.S. is recoiling from the tragic news that Sean Smith, a State Department official, was one of four individuals killed in a rocket attack in Libya.

L.A. police capture bank robbers after high-speed chase Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:54 AM PDT A wild pursuit of bank robbers across Southern California has come to an end with the capture of two men who had hurled cash out the windows during the chase.

UK museum revives first-ever film shot in color Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:37 AM PDT The earliest movies known to be shot in color have been revived by film archivists, who on Wednesday gave an audience at London's Science Museum a glimpse at cinema's first attempts to show us the world as we see it.

Portland, Ore., approves adding fluoride to water Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:21 AM PDT The City Council has voted to add fluoride to Portland's water, meaning Oregon's largest city is no longer the biggest holdout in the U.S.

Number of U.S. poor halts sharp rise, stays steady in 2011 Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:04 AM PDT The share of Americans living in poverty last year held steady after three years of hefty increases, according to government data released on Wednesday that could ease pressure on President Barack Obama as he seeks reelection in November.

U.S. officials believe Libya attack was planned: Report Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:48 AM PDT The deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya may have been a planned operation and not a spontaneous protest that turned violent, U.S. officials told the New York Times and CNN on Wednesday. Initial reports suggested that protesters in Benghazi, Libya, were angry about an online video that mocked the Muslim Prophet Muhammad, and then [...]

Runner who first questioned Paul Ryan’s marathon time speaks out Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:26 AM PDT When Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan said during an August radio interview that he once ran a marathon in less than three hours, North Carolina runner Bill Walker was impressed, but wanted more details. The 63-year-old attorney, who has run four sub-three-hour marathons since college, posted a simple question on a message board for [...]

Live blog: The Apple iPhone 5 event Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:11 AM PDT Are you ready for the iPhone 5? Join Joanna Stern of ABC News and Yahoo's Oliver Libaw, Jason Sickles and Scott Ard for live coverage of the unveiling.

'Miracle pine tree' temoved in tsunami-ravaged city in Japan Posted: 12 Sep 2012 08:54 AM PDT The tsunami-ravaged city of Rikuzentakata cut down the lone pine tree that survived the disaster 18 months ago and came to symbolize hope, but there are plans to keep the preserved tree on display. Crews began the delicate process of cutting the 270-year-old tree into...

Romney attacks Obama for sending ‘mixed signals’ on Middle East violence Posted: 12 Sep 2012 08:37 AM PDT Mitt Romney stood by his criticism of President Barack Obama's response to the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Egypt and Libya, accusing the White House of sending "mixed signals" in the aftermath of violence that claimed the life of the United States ambassador to Libya and three other foreign aide workers. Speaking at an [...]

Number of U.S. poor halts sharp rise, stays steady in 2011 Posted: 12 Sep 2012 08:21 AM PDT The share of Americans living in poverty last year held steady after three years of hefty increases, according to government data released on Wednesday that could ease pressure on President Barack Obama as he seeks reelection in November.

Romney: White House gave 'mixed signals' Posted: 12 Sep 2012 08:05 AM PDT Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says it's never too early for America to condemn attacks on its sovereignty and says the White House gave "mixed signals" in its response to the breach of the American embassy in Egypt.

‘Innocence of Muslims’: The film that sparked deadly U.S. embassy attacks Posted: 12 Sep 2012 07:48 AM PDT A low-quality film mocking the Muslim prophet Muhammad sparked some Libyan Islamist extremists to attack the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, killing U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other diplomats. Earlier on Tuesday, a group of ultraconservative Egyptians scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo and tore down the American flag, angry over the same [...]

Battle-bruised skeleton may be King Richard III Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:27 AM PDT A human skeleton with a cleaved skull discovered beneath a parking lot in England may belong to King Richard III, researchers announced today (Sept. 12), though they have a long way to go in analyzing the bones to determine the identity.

Somali president, Kenyan FM escape bomb attack Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:37 AM PDT Somalia's new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the visiting Kenyan foreign minister escaped unharmed on Wednesday from an apparent suicide bomb attack on a Mogadishu hotel where they were holding a news conference, witnesses said.

If Romney loses Ohio, Obama wins big Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:21 AM PDT For all the talk of polls, and where President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney stand nationally, the 2012 presidential election will be decided in eight battleground states: Nevada, Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, Virginia, New Hampshire, and Florida.

Obama, Netanyahu both find themselves in a tight spot on Iran Posted: 12 Sep 2012 04:49 AM PDT Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu appear to have landed in a place neither wanted to be: squabbling about Iran, in public, ahead of a U.S. presidential election. =

NYC mom charging parents $350 to let kids play in unsupervised park Posted: 12 Sep 2012 04:33 AM PDT Lenore Skenazy Says Parents Need to Let Kids Play Outdoors Alone

U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens killed in consulate attack Posted: 12 Sep 2012 04:16 AM PDT The death of Christopher Stevens, 52, on Tuesday came as two American State Department employees were also killed in Benghazi as an 20 gun-wielding attackers stormed the U.S. consulate, angry about an American made film that depicts Prophet Mohammad as a fraud and womanizer.

U.S. ambassador to Libya killed in attack: Libya official Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:28 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other embassy staff were killed in a rocket attack on Tuesday night that targeted his car in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, a Libyan official said on Wednesday. "The American ambassador and three staff members were killed when gunmen fired rockets at them," the official in Benghazi told Reuters. Asked about the deaths, a U.S. Embassy employee in Tripoli said: "We have no information regarding this." The employee said the embassy could confirm the death of one person. The Libyan official said the U.S. ...

Europe unveils banking union plan to tackle crisis Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:11 AM PDT STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Europe moved a step closer to a banking union on Wednesday with a plan for the European Central Bank to supervise all euro zone banks, a cornerstone of closer fiscal integration designed to end years of financial turmoil in the region. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso outlined the proposal in his annual "state of the union" address, laying out a path to further economic integration that he said he hoped would underpin the future of the euro currency. ...

German court backs euro rescue fund with conditions Posted: 12 Sep 2012 02:22 AM PDT KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's Constitutional Court gave a green light on Wednesday for the country to ratify the euro zone's new rescue fund and budget pact but gave parliament veto powers over any future increases in the size of the fund. The eagerly anticipated verdict by the court in Karlsruhe, southern Germany, boosted global stocks and the euro currency as investors breathed a sigh of relief that the euro zone's rescue fund could take effect after months of delay. ...

Deaths in factory fires in Pakistan up to 128 Posted: 12 Sep 2012 01:34 AM PDT The death toll from a pair of devastating factory fires that broke out in Pakistan's two biggest cities rose to 128 people on Wednesday, many of whom perished because they were unable to escape buildings that lacked emergency exits and basic safety equipment such as alarms and sprinklers.

Dutch vote could affect how EU tackles debt crisis Posted: 12 Sep 2012 01:01 AM PDT Dutch voters could change their country's course in tackling the debt crisis when they elect a new parliament Wednesday in a test of whether European voters have the stomach to continue with stringent austerity measures.

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