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• Ft. Hood shooter's lawyers argue against beard-shaving order
• 'Bachelor' couple Jason, Molly Mesnick expecting baby
• Feds target finances of ultra-violent street gang MS-13
• Send in the clowns: Man inherits 13,000 of them
• With time running out, Biden has the bigger task tonight
• Turkey-Syria tensions ratcheting up over intercepted plane
• Lance Armstrong accusers banned after confessing
• Greek unemployment hits record high of 25.1 percent
• Mountains of evidence could delay Colo. shooting trial
• Scientists find the harshest sound in the world
• Where to see the space shuttle roll through L.A. this week
• A heartbeat away: Why you should watch tonight’s VP debate
• Turkey says Syrian plane was carrying ammunition
• Third victim dies in Fla. garage collapse; hope dims for trapped man
• 'Body shaming': Plus-size models speak out
• How Joe Biden became America’s favorite punch line
• Taliban says they will try to kill injured schoolgirl who defied them
• Gunmen kill U.S. embassy employee in Yemen
• Colorado woman shot after wandering into couple's home pleads guilty
• Russia says its arms not onboard plane seized by Turkey
• Chinese writer Mo Yan wins Nobel prize for literature
• This is it: High stakes for vice presidential debate
• Yemen security chief at U.S. Embassy killed in Sanaa
• Politicians are people, too: the tragedies that shaped Biden and Ryan
• Armstrong report includes 200 pages, 26 witnesses

Ft. Hood shooter's lawyers argue against beard-shaving order Posted: 11 Oct 2012 02:14 PM PDT FORT BELVOIR, Virginia (Reuters) - Defense lawyers for Major Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood massacre suspect, told an Army appeals court on Thursday that his court martial judge had overstepped his authority in ordering him to appear clean shaven for trial. A prosecutor, in turn, argued before the Army Court of Criminal Appeals that the court martial judge, Colonel Gregory Gross, was empowered to maintain decorum in his courtroom. Hasan is accused of shooting to death 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in November 2009. ...

'Bachelor' couple Jason, Molly Mesnick expecting baby Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:57 PM PDT One of the few couples from ABC's "The Bachelor" franchise to marry is now expecting their first child. Jason and Molly Malaney Mesnick's baby is due in March.

Feds target finances of ultra-violent street gang MS-13 Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:09 PM PDT MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, members are infamous for hacking and stabbing victims with machetes.

Send in the clowns: Man inherits 13,000 of them Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:35 PM PDT Fair warning. The article you are about to read contains multiple references to clowns and clown-related memorabilia. Many of us have fantasized about getting a nice inheritance from a departed relative. When Richard Levine's father-in-law passed away, Levine didn't inherit a million bucks or a mansion. Instead, he got clowns. About 13,000 of them. Jack [...]

With time running out, Biden has the bigger task tonight Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:19 PM PDT Biden's job, after President Obama's startlingly lackluster showing against Romney in last week's debate, is to forcefully confront Ryan.

Turkey-Syria tensions ratcheting up over intercepted plane Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:02 PM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday a Syrian passenger plane forced to land in Ankara was carrying Russian-made munitions destined for Syria's armed forces, ratcheting up tension with his country's war-torn neighbour. Damascus said the plane had been carrying legitimate cargo and described Turkey's actions as an act of "air piracy", while Moscow accused Ankara of endangering the lives of Russian passengers when it intercepted the jet late on Wednesday. ...

Lance Armstrong accusers banned after confessing Posted: 11 Oct 2012 11:46 AM PDT The five American cyclists who testified against Lance Armstrong have all been formally banned for six months after confessing to using performance enhancing drugs.

Greek unemployment hits record high of 25.1 percent Posted: 11 Oct 2012 11:29 AM PDT Unemployment in Greece hit a record high of 25.1 percent in July as the country's financial crisis continues to exact its heavy toll, official figures showed Thursday.

Mountains of evidence could delay Colo. shooting trial Posted: 11 Oct 2012 11:12 AM PDT James Holmes CENTENNIAL, Colo.—James Holmes, accused of perpetrating one of the worst mass shootings in American history, may see his trial delayed a few months due to voluminous amounts of evidence and alleged media interference, attorneys argued in court on Thursday. Defense attorney Tamara Brady said her team still needs to review 18,000 pages of [...]

Scientists find the harshest sound in the world Posted: 11 Oct 2012 10:56 AM PDT Scientists studying the brain's reaction to sound have determined the piercing screech of a knife against a glass bottle to be the human ear's worst nightmare. A research team at the University of Newcastle examined brain activity in a group of volunteers, who listened to...

Where to see the space shuttle roll through L.A. this week Posted: 11 Oct 2012 10:40 AM PDT A space shuttle is set to make its first-ever parade through city streets this Friday and Saturday (Oct. 12 and 13), and anyone in the Los Angeles area can get a front-row seat.

A heartbeat away: Why you should watch tonight’s VP debate Posted: 11 Oct 2012 10:07 AM PDT DES MOINES, Iowa—It has been 77 years since Franklin Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Ga., and 49 years since John Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. This is the longest stretch of presidential health and survival since John Tyler moved into the White House following the death of William Henry Harrison just 30 days after he was inaugurated in 1841.

Turkey says Syrian plane was carrying ammunition Posted: 11 Oct 2012 09:51 AM PDT A plane intercepted by Turkish fighter jets on its way from Moscow to Damascus was carrying equipment and ammunition destined for the Syrian Defense Ministry, Turkey's prime minister said Thursday.

Third victim dies in Fla. garage collapse; hope dims for trapped man Posted: 11 Oct 2012 09:01 AM PDT Juan Samuel, the third victim, was pulled from the rubble early Thursday in a dramatic rescue, but died at a Miami trauma center.

'Body shaming': Plus-size models speak out Posted: 11 Oct 2012 08:44 AM PDT Critics proclaimed Ashley Judd's face too chubby, Jessica Simpson's baby body too big and LeAnn Rimes too thin.

How Joe Biden became America’s favorite punch line Posted: 11 Oct 2012 08:11 AM PDT The idea that Biden is cool and dumb has occasioned a whole new set of jokes about him, Virginia Heffernan writes.

Taliban says they will try to kill injured schoolgirl who defied them Posted: 11 Oct 2012 07:05 AM PDT Malala Yousufzai, 14, was unconscious in critical condition after being shot in the head and neck as she left school on Tuesday, but doctors said she had moved her arms and legs slightly the night before.

Gunmen kill U.S. embassy employee in Yemen Posted: 11 Oct 2012 06:49 AM PDT "This (assassination) operation has the fingerprints of al Qaeda which carried out similar operations before," said the source who asked not to be named.

Colorado woman shot after wandering into couple's home pleads guilty Posted: 11 Oct 2012 06:32 AM PDT Zoey Ripple's lawyer says she still has no idea how she arrived at the home and believes someone took her there.

Russia says its arms not onboard plane seized by Turkey Posted: 11 Oct 2012 05:26 AM PDT Moscow ccused Ankara of endangering Russian lives after Turkish fighter jets intercepted a Syrian airplane on route from Moscow to Damascus which Russia's arms exports agency said was not carrying any of its cargo.

Chinese writer Mo Yan wins Nobel prize for literature Posted: 11 Oct 2012 04:37 AM PDT STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Chinese writer Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel prize for literature on Thursday for works which the awarding committee said had qualities of "hallucinatory realism". The prize won by the writer is worth 8 million crowns ($1.2 million) and was given by the Swedish Academy. The literature prize is the fourth of this year's crop of prizes, which were established in the will of Swedish dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel and awarded for the first time in 1901. (Reporting by Patrick Lannin and Alistair Scrutton)

This is it: High stakes for vice presidential debate Posted: 11 Oct 2012 04:20 AM PDT Joe Biden faces the greater burden in his debate with Republican Paul Ryan as he seeks to slow Mitt Romney's momentum.

Yemen security chief at U.S. Embassy killed in Sanaa Posted: 11 Oct 2012 03:30 AM PDT Yemeni security officials say a gunman has assassinated the Yemeni chief of security at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa.

Politicians are people, too: the tragedies that shaped Biden and Ryan Posted: 11 Oct 2012 03:13 AM PDT Sometimes I suspect that at least 85 percent of our political gridlock is driven by a failure of empathy, a failure to imagine what it might be like to believe something else. And I mean that for everyone--citizen, candidate, pundit, and office-holder alike.

Armstrong report includes 200 pages, 26 witnesses Posted: 11 Oct 2012 02:09 AM PDT Page after page of damning details.

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