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• Ex-presidential nominee George McGovern 'no longer responsive'
• Man arrested in plot to blow up Federal Reserve
• FBI arrests person in New York bomb plot: source
• Romney slams Obama: Where were the details?
• Five people found dead in Denver bar set on fire
• Winds leave 21,000 without electricity in Colorado
• Amazon makes big Kindle push in U.S. schools
• Former Maine mayor named in Zumba prostitution scandal
• Photos: Wheelchair bodybuilders muscle their way to the top
• Iran sees conspiracy in box office success of Ben Affleck's 'Argo'
• Obama and Romney don't like each other. Did we learn anything else?
• Government: Violent crimes rose 18 percent in 2011
• Tentative June trial set in Trayvon Martin case
• U.S. sailor allegedly confesses to rape
• U.S. housing construction up 15 percent in September
• Housing starts surge in positive sign for economy
• Swedish police re-open U.S. embassy, seize suspect letter
• Armstrong stepping down as Livestrong chairman
• Video: Is Congress a waste of money?
• Drug lord's daughter wanted to give birth in the U.S.
• Taliban demands unbiased coverage of after shooting 14-year-old girl
• 3 dead, 3 wounded in Ohio apartment shooting
• Feds raid Massachusetts lab tied to meningitis outbreak
• Earthquake in Maine rattles New England states
• Obama suggests he would seek to revive ban on assault weapons

Ex-presidential nominee George McGovern 'no longer responsive' Posted: 17 Oct 2012 02:17 PM PDT Former Democratic Senator George McGovern, who lost to Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential election, is "no longer responsive" and is surrounded by family and friends at a hospice center in South Dakota, his family said on Wednesday. McGovern, 90, was admitted to hospice in Sioux Falls "with a combination of medical conditions, due to age, that have worsened over recent months," his family said in a statement. "The Senator is no longer responsive. He is surrounded by his loving family and close friends," the statement added. ...

Man arrested in plot to blow up Federal Reserve Posted: 17 Oct 2012 01:29 PM PDT Federal authorities have arrested a man they say was plotting to blow up the Federal Reserve building in New York City, just blocks from the World Trade Center site.

FBI arrests person in New York bomb plot: source Posted: 17 Oct 2012 01:12 PM PDT The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday arrested a person suspected of plotting to explode a bomb in New York, a source familiar with the situation said. The person was arrested in lower Manhattan on Wednesday morning on terrorism charges, a person familiar with the matter said. The person asked not to be identified because the case was not public. The public was never in danger, the source said. ...

Romney slams Obama: Where were the details? Posted: 17 Oct 2012 12:55 PM PDT The GOP candidate criticizes the president for not laying out his plans for a second term in last night's debate.

Five people found dead in Denver bar set on fire Posted: 17 Oct 2012 12:39 PM PDT DENVER (Reuters) - Firefighters who rushed to douse an early morning fire at a Denver bar on Wednesday found the bodies of four women and a man in the charred building in what investigators described as a gruesome scene of possibly violent deaths. The fire at Fero's Bar and Grill was first spotted by a police officer who called authorities to report the blaze between 1:30 a.m. and 2 a.m., Denver police spokesman Detective John White said. "There appeared to be trauma to the bodies" that led investigators to "believe these were not natural deaths," White said. ...

Winds leave 21,000 without electricity in Colorado Posted: 17 Oct 2012 12:22 PM PDT More than 21,000 electricity customers are without power in the Denver area and northern Colorado after a powerful wind storm.

Amazon makes big Kindle push in U.S. schools Posted: 17 Oct 2012 11:00 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc announced an initiative on Wednesday to get its Kindle e-readers and tablet computers into schools, entering a market that has been particularly successful for rival Apple Inc and its iPad device. Amazon said it has been testing Kindles in recent years with hundreds of kindergarten through 12th grade schools in the United States, selling the devices at bulk discounts and helping them purchase and distribute e-books to students. ...

Former Maine mayor named in Zumba prostitution scandal Posted: 17 Oct 2012 10:44 AM PDT They are among the more than 150 men -- and reportedly one woman -- who are being investigated.

Photos: Wheelchair bodybuilders muscle their way to the top Posted: 17 Oct 2012 10:28 AM PDT

Iran sees conspiracy in box office success of Ben Affleck's 'Argo' Posted: 17 Oct 2012 09:56 AM PDT The state-run IRNA news agency called Argo "Hollywood's latest failed attempt to confront the Islamic Revolution."

Obama and Romney don't like each other. Did we learn anything else? Posted: 17 Oct 2012 08:50 AM PDT It is hard to envision Obama and Romney ever becoming secret chums like Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

Government: Violent crimes rose 18 percent in 2011 Posted: 17 Oct 2012 08:34 AM PDT The number of violent crimes rose by 18 percent in the United States last year while property crimes went up by 11 percent, the government reported Wednesday.

Tentative June trial set in Trayvon Martin case Posted: 17 Oct 2012 08:16 AM PDT A judge has set a tentative trial date next year for a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer charged with fatally shooting an unarmed teenager.

U.S. sailor allegedly confesses to rape Posted: 17 Oct 2012 07:26 AM PDT A woman alleged she had been sexually assaulted and robbed.

U.S. housing construction up 15 percent in September Posted: 17 Oct 2012 06:36 AM PDT Sales of new and previously owned homes have been slowly improving this year, and home prices are starting to show consistent gains.

Housing starts surge in positive sign for economy Posted: 17 Oct 2012 06:19 AM PDT Groundbreaking on new U.S. homes surged in September to its fastest pace in more than four years, a sign the housing sector's budding recovery is gaining traction.

Swedish police re-open U.S. embassy, seize suspect letter Posted: 17 Oct 2012 06:02 AM PDT A spokeswoman for the fire service said she had been told by police that a white powder had leaked out in the building, but neither she nor the police had further details.

Armstrong stepping down as Livestrong chairman Posted: 17 Oct 2012 05:30 AM PDT Lance Armstrong has been damaged by a vast doping scandal that included much of his team.

Video: Is Congress a waste of money? Posted: 17 Oct 2012 05:13 AM PDT "The waste is unbelievable," says Senator Tom Coburn. "We're bankrupt, this country is bankrupt, and people just don't want to admit it."

Drug lord's daughter wanted to give birth in the U.S. Posted: 17 Oct 2012 04:40 AM PDT The pregnant daughter of Mexico's most famous and elusive drug lord was caught trying to use false papers to sneak into the U.S.

Taliban demands unbiased coverage of after shooting 14-year-old girl Posted: 17 Oct 2012 04:24 AM PDT the Taliban are plotting terror strikes on TV stations and other media organizations, but local newspapers refuse to stay silent.

3 dead, 3 wounded in Ohio apartment shooting Posted: 17 Oct 2012 03:20 AM PDT Police say three people are dead — including a 3-year-old child — after a shooting at an apartment complex in northwest Ohio.

Feds raid Massachusetts lab tied to meningitis outbreak Posted: 17 Oct 2012 02:30 AM PDT BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal agents on Tuesday raided the Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a widespread meningitis outbreak that has killed 16 people and sickened more than 200 others, federal prosecutors said. Agents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration searched the New England Compounding Center, or NECC, in the Boston suburb of Framingham, with officers from the local police department providing support, Framingham police said. ...

Earthquake in Maine rattles New England states Posted: 17 Oct 2012 02:14 AM PDT Patrons of a pizza parlor near the epicenter of an earthquake in southern Maine may not have known what was happening. But the shaking building was enough to send all 20 of them skedaddling outside.

Obama suggests he would seek to revive ban on assault weapons Posted: 17 Oct 2012 01:24 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney engaged in a rare tussle over gun control on Tuesday, and Obama opened the door to pushing for a ban on assault weapons if he wins a second term. During their second election debate, both men largely danced around a gun-control question, a reflection of how they are wary of offending voters who support gun rights. However, Obama did say that he would back an assault-weapons ban like the one President Bill Clinton signed in 1994. That law expired in 2004 without being renewed by Congress. ...

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