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• CDC reports new death in meningitis outbreak
• Farm bill failure gives Dems ammunition in House races
• 22 saved from sinking boat in San Francisco Bay
• Actor, TV host Gary Collins dies at 74
• Tropical Storm Rafael dumps rain in eastern Caribbean
• Shuttle Endeavour makes trip through Los Angeles
• Libya police colonel targeted in assassination attempt
• Missile gets makeover on 50th anniversary of Cuban crisis
• Blind Chinese activist says likely to visit China rival Taiwan
• Suicide bombing kills 14 at Pakistan market
• Obama trumpets rebound of U.S. auto industry
• War intensifies across Syria, refugee crisis deepens
• Impact of Romney, Obama tax ideas tough to figure
• Satellite left stranded by SpaceX rocket falls from space
• Al-Qaida leader urges holy war over Prophet film
• 22 rescued unharmed as wine tasting boat starts sinking during cruise of San Francisco Bay
• Blind Chinese activist says nephew could face unfair trial
• FDA regulation of pharmacies has a complicated history
• Mitt Romney: 'We need to win Ohio'
• U.S. intelligence hurt when Libya base was abandoned
• FBI in Philadelphia reports theft of new $100 notes
• Body encased in concrete identified as Fla. man
• Shot fired at Obama campaign office in Denver
• The world’s most expensive cocktail will set you back $8,824
• What experts worry about in the meningitis outbreak

CDC reports new death in meningitis outbreak Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:57 PM PDT (Reuters) - Another person has died from fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, bringing the death toll in an unprecedented outbreak to 15, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday. The new victim was in Indiana, which now has reported two deaths from the rare form of meningitis. The number of people stricken with meningitis in the outbreak reached 197 on Saturday, up 13 from Friday. In addition, there is one case of an infection after an injection in an ankle that has not been confirmed as meningitis, the CDC said. ...

Farm bill failure gives Dems ammunition in House races Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:41 PM PDT RINGSTED, Iowa (Reuters) - Democrats fighting an uphill battle to win a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives are trying to use rural angst over the failure of congressional Republicans to pass a farm bill to win some Midwestern seats in the November 6 election. The farm bill, which sets subsidies for everything from crop insurance to milk production, expired on October 1 after the Republican majority in the House could not muster enough votes to pass a new law. ...

22 saved from sinking boat in San Francisco Bay Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:24 PM PDT Nearly two dozen people who were enjoying a bachelor party on what's billed as San Francisco Bay's only "floating wine tasting room" are OK after their boat hit a shoal near Alcatraz Island and began sinking Friday night, officials said.

Actor, TV host Gary Collins dies at 74 Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:07 PM PDT Gary Collins, an actor, television show host and former master of ceremonies for the Miss America Pageant, has died. He was 74.

Tropical Storm Rafael dumps rain in eastern Caribbean Posted: 13 Oct 2012 09:25 AM PDT Tropical Storm Rafael lashed the eastern Caribbean Saturday with heavy rains that are expected to unleash floods on islands around the region.

Shuttle Endeavour makes trip through Los Angeles Posted: 13 Oct 2012 07:13 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The retired space shuttle Endeavour rolled through Los Angeles at a tortoise-like crawl on Friday, squeezing through narrow streets as it headed to its new permanent home at a local museum. Endeavour nosed out of Los Angeles International Airport before dawn on Friday to begin a two-day, 12-mile (19-km) journey atop a massive wheeled transporter to the California Science Center on the edge of downtown. The shuttle, which flew from 1992 to 2011, will become a tourist attraction at the center. Endeavour was largely built in southern California and was a workhorse of the ...

Libya police colonel targeted in assassination attempt Posted: 13 Oct 2012 05:50 AM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A police car exploded on Saturday during a failed assassination attempt on a police colonel in the eastern city of Benghazi, a Libyan police official said. The attack was the latest in a series of assassination attempts in Benghazi, the cradle of last year's uprising which ousted Muammar Gaddafi, and where U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed in a September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate. Unknown suspects placed a home-made bomb under Colonel Mohammed Ben Haleem's car which was parked outside his house, police spokesman Majed al-Obeidi said. ...

Missile gets makeover on 50th anniversary of Cuban crisis Posted: 13 Oct 2012 05:33 AM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - In October 1962, as fears of mushroom clouds and radioactive fallout gripped the United States in the midst of the Cuban missile crisis, a battery of anti-ballistic missiles near Miami stood as the nation's first line of defense against nuclear attack. Half a century later the missile base is still there, in the middle of the marshy Everglades, but the missiles are long gone. ...

Blind Chinese activist says likely to visit China rival Taiwan Posted: 13 Oct 2012 05:17 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng, whose escape from house arrest sparked a diplomatic crisis between Beijing and Washington, said on Tuesday he will "most likely" accept an invitation to visit Taiwan, a move likely to infuriate China. China considers Taiwan a breakaway province to be unified with the mainland eventually, and by force if necessary. Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou told Reuters that relations are at their most stable in 60 years. ...

Suicide bombing kills 14 at Pakistan market Posted: 13 Oct 2012 05:01 AM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in a car blew himself up at a market in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 14 people, officials said. The target of the attack in the town of Darra Adam Khel appeared to be members of a pro-government militia created to fight Taliban militants, the officials said, adding that the death toll may rise because 25 people were wounded and several were in critical condition. Pakistan's military, one of the biggest in the world, has launched several offensives against the Taliban and other militant groups seeking to topple the U.S. ...

Obama trumpets rebound of U.S. auto industry Posted: 13 Oct 2012 04:45 AM PDT President Barack Obama is hailing the rebound of the U.S. auto industry, pointing to progress since his administration rescued General Motors and Chrysler.

War intensifies across Syria, refugee crisis deepens Posted: 13 Oct 2012 04:28 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels battled to hold onto Syria's main north-south highway on Friday as government forces fought insurgents on several fronts across the country. The rebels captured an air defense base east of Syria's biggest city, Aleppo, and government forces unleashed air strikes and artillery bombardments on the western city of Homs, activists said. On the Turkish-Syrian border, Turkey scrambled two fighter jets after a Syrian military helicopter bombed the Syrian border town of Azmarin, the site of fierce fighting between rebels and government forces this week. ...

Impact of Romney, Obama tax ideas tough to figure Posted: 13 Oct 2012 03:07 AM PDT Good luck figuring out whether Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would cut or raise your taxes if he's elected president. President Barack Obama promises tax reform, too, but precious little detail.

Satellite left stranded by SpaceX rocket falls from space Posted: 13 Oct 2012 02:50 AM PDT PARIS — Satellite messaging service provider Orbcomm on Oct. 11 said its prototype second-generation satellite, launched Oct. 7 into a bad orbit by a Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket, had fallen out of orbit but had provided enough data to proceed with the launch of the full constellation starting next year.

Al-Qaida leader urges holy war over Prophet film Posted: 13 Oct 2012 02:33 AM PDT The leader of Al-Qaida has urged Muslims to wage holy war against the United States and Israel over a film that insulted Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

22 rescued unharmed as wine tasting boat starts sinking during cruise of San Francisco Bay Posted: 13 Oct 2012 01:12 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO - Officials say a wine tasting cruise boat carrying nearly two dozen people started sinking near Alcatraz island in San Francisco Bay, but everyone aboard was safely rescued.

Blind Chinese activist says nephew could face unfair trial Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:22 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng said on Saturday that Chinese police had sent the case of his nephew, charged with intentional infliction of injury, to the state prosecutor, paving the way for what he expects will be an unfair trial. The case of Chen Guangcheng's nephew, Chen Kegui, has renewed international focus on China's human rights and legal system. Chen has been held incommunicado by police for over five months and has been denied access to his choice of lawyers. His case is widely seen as illegitimate by Chen's family and human rights advocates. ...

FDA regulation of pharmacies has a complicated history Posted: 12 Oct 2012 10:13 PM PDT The deadly meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated pain injections has prompted calls for tighter federal regulation of compounding pharmacies, which have periodically been blamed for crippling and sometimes fatal injuries. But this isn't the first time Congress has pushed for more authority over the industry.

Mitt Romney: 'We need to win Ohio' Posted: 12 Oct 2012 08:35 PM PDT LANCASTER, Ohio--Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney emphasized the importance of the battleground state of Ohio at a Friday evening rally here, telling the crowd that the state is vital for him to secure the presidency. "We need your help. We need to win Ohio," Romney said in his closing remarks. "You've got to get your [...]

U.S. intelligence hurt when Libya base was abandoned Posted: 12 Oct 2012 08:19 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence efforts in Libya have suffered a significant setback due to the abandonment and exposure of a facility in Benghazi, Libya identified by a newspaper as a "CIA base" following a congressional hearing this week, according to U.S. government sources. The intelligence post, located 1.2 miles from the U.S. mission that was targeted by militants in a September 11 attack, was evacuated of Americans after the assault that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Three other Americans died in the attacks on U.S. ...

FBI in Philadelphia reports theft of new $100 notes Posted: 12 Oct 2012 08:03 PM PDT The FBI is reporting an unusual heist of some newly designed $100 bills that aren't going into circulation until next year.

Body encased in concrete identified as Fla. man Posted: 12 Oct 2012 07:14 PM PDT Authorities on Friday identified the body of a man who was found entombed in concrete in the backyard of a northeast Georgia home.

Shot fired at Obama campaign office in Denver Posted: 12 Oct 2012 06:58 PM PDT Denver police say someone has fired a shot through the window of President Barack Obama's Denver campaign office.

The world’s most expensive cocktail will set you back $8,824 Posted: 12 Oct 2012 05:03 PM PDT Famed cocktail bartender Salvatore Calabrese has broken the Guinness World Records mark for creating the most expensive cocktail in history. "I'm not only going to make the most expensive cocktail in the world but surely the world's oldest cocktail," Calabrese says in a video documenting the eponymous "Salvatore's Legacy" at the Playboy Club London. He [...]

What experts worry about in the meningitis outbreak Posted: 12 Oct 2012 04:47 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - The widening outbreak of fungal meningitis that has infected 184 Americans and killed 14 people is a new phenomenon for doctors, who typically only see such infections in patients with compromised immune systems. When people do develop fungal infections, they normally get them from breathing in fungal spores, which can cause infections in the lungs of vulnerable patients, such as those who have had organ transplants. From the lungs, the infection can spread to the blood, and in rare cases to the central nervous system. ...

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