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Californians hit with unprecedented gasoline price jump

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:35 PM PDT

A gas station uses upside-down number 2's as 5's to display prices of gasoline, which has jumped over five dollars a gallon, in Carlsbad, CaliforniaCalifornians awoke on Friday to yet another unprecedented spike in the price of gasoline that brought the one-week increase in the Golden State to a whopping 36 cents a gallon. Prices dropped, however, on the wholesale market, possibly signaling the end to a price spike that has blindsided the state's car-loving consumers. "It's insane," said Matt Hurd, 35, as he filled up at a San Francisco gas station near the Bay Bridge. "Especially with this thing," Hurd, who works in real estate, added, motioning toward his white SUV. ...

Turkey warns 'not far' from war after Syrian attack

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 10:20 AM PDT

Demonstrators hold a placard during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, after Friday Prayers in Kafranbel near IdlibThe speech followed a Syrian mortar barrage on a town in southeast Turkey that killed five people on Tuesday.

Boy discovers rare, nearly intact woolly mammoth

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 10:03 AM PDT

Scientists looking at a nearly intact mammoth carcass say the woolly beast may have been killed by an ice-age human. Alexei Tikhonov of the St. Petersburg Zoology Institute told the Associated Press that the mammoth found in Siberia—one of the best preserved carcasses ever found—could have been "possibly" killed by a human or a rival [...]

Lehrer's philosophy on moderator's role tested

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 09:29 AM PDT

Former PBS anchor Jim Lehrer says a debate moderator should be like a baseball umpire — get out of the way and let the candidates play. That philosophy may have compounded his troubles during the first presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney as he tried and failed to stay out of the spotlight, an increasingly impossible dream for a moderator in the age of social media.

Daring skydiver to attempt record-breaking supersonic freefall Monday

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 08:56 AM PDT

Daring Skydiver to Attempt Record-Breaking Supersonic Freefall MondayAustrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner will attempt to break the world record for highest-ever skydive, leaping from a balloon nearly 23 miles above Earth's surface.

White House on positive jobs report: More work to do

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 08:22 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis. President Barack Obama, reeling from a poor debate performance, won a valuable reprieve Friday with a reduced unemployment number in September that brought the jobless rate down to a level unseen since January 2009 when he took office. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)The White House cautiously welcomed news Friday that the unemployment rate fell from 8.1 percent to 7.8 percent in September as vindication of President Barack Obama's policies.

How to burst the college bubble

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 08:05 AM PDT

FILE- In this Oct. 6, 2011, file photo, Gan Golan, of Los Angeles, dressed as the "My '90s college education is nearly obsolete," writes Yahoo News!'s Virginia Heffernan.

S.Africa's Amplats fires 12,000 wildcat strikers

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 07:48 AM PDT

Miners gather for a march in Rustenburg in South Africa's North West ProvinceJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The world's largest platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum, fired 12,000 workers taking part in a three-week illegal strike on Friday, following through on tough talk over wildcat stoppages in South African mines. Two months of labour unrest has spread from mines to other parts of Africa's biggest economy, causing political problems for President Jacob Zuma and his ruling African National Congress (ANC), the veteran liberation movement long closely tied to unions. ...

American grounds 757s for second time

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 06:41 AM PDT

American Grounds 757s for Second TimeAmerican Airlines will make repairs to 48 757s at their next stops, the airline said in a written statement.

U.S. jobless rate falls to 7.8 pct., 44-month low

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 06:10 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 , 2012, photo, a job seeker looks over a brochure at the National Job Fair in Atlanta. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 367,000, a level consistent with only modest hiring on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. The Labor Department says applications increased last week by 4,000 from the previous week's level of 363,000. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)The rate fell because more people found work, a trend that could impact the presidential election.

Taking aim: Animal tales from the campaign trail

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 05:19 AM PDT

Jon Tester's Talking TaxidermyIt's not only campaign season; fall is also hunting season.

Parents decide not to sue in Rutgers webcam case

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 04:45 AM PDT

FILE - Joseph Clementi, right, and his wife Jane Clementi open a symposium on use and misuse of social media at Rutgers University, in this Nov. 14, 2011 file photo taken in Piscataway, N.J. The parents of a Rutgers University student who killed himself after his roommate used a webcam to see him kissing another man have decided not to sue anyone. Their family attorney Paul Mainardi told the Star-Ledger of Newark Thursday Oct. 4, 2012 they are devoting their energies to the foundation that they established in their son's name. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)The parents of a Rutgers University student who killed himself after his roommate used a webcam to see him kissing another man have decided not to sue anyone involved in the case.

Email shows State Dept. rejecting request of security team in Libya

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 04:29 AM PDT

Email Shows State Department Rejecting Request of Security Team at US Embassy in LibyaABC News has obtained an internal State Department email from May 3, 2012 indicating that the State Department denied a request from the security team at the Embassy of Libya to retain a DC-3 airplane in the country to better conduct their duties. Copied on...

L.A. police chief proposes leniency for some arrested illegal immigrants

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 02:35 AM PDT

Los Angeles Police Chief Beck addresses the Los Angeles City Council during a public discussion regarding a proposed ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in Los AngelesLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck on Thursday unveiled plans to refrain from handing over illegal immigrants arrested for low-level offenses to federal authorities for potential deportation. The move by Beck represented a victory for immigrant rights activists just days after California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed bill that would have extended statewide an approach similar to what Beck is proposing. Under a federal program launched in 2008 called Secure Communities, U.S. ...

U.S. tourist opens fire in Israeli hotel, one dead

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:45 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A U.S. tourist opened fire in an Israeli hotel in the Red Sea resort city of Eilat on Friday, killing at least one person, in an attack whose motives were not immediately clear, a police spokesman said. Police have surrounded the hotel and have called in "a large number of units to deal with the situation", spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. Israel Radio said the gunman had grabbed the weapon from a security guard, shot a hotel employee, then fled and barricaded himself inside his room. (Writing by Allyn Fisher-Ilan; Editing by Alison Williams)

Romney says he was 'completely wrong' about '47 percent' comments

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 10:46 PM PDT

Romney Says He was 'Completely Wrong' About '47 Percent' CommentsMitt Romney for the first time characterized his comments during a fundraiser that were surreptitiously filmed and caught the candidate essentially writing off 47 percent of Americans as "completely wrong." "

Archaeologists find likely queen tomb in Guatemala

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 09:57 PM PDT

In this June 17, 2012 photo released by the El Peru-Waka Archaeological Project shows a ceramic pot found in a burial chamber at the El Peru-Waka archaeological site in Laguna del Tigre National Park in Peten, north of Guatemala City. Archaeologists say a stone jar found at burial chamber in northern Guatemala leads them to believe it is the tomb of a great Maya queen. The team of U.S. and Guatemalan experts led by anthropologist David Freidel has also found other evidence, such as ceramic vessels and a large stone with carvings referring it as the burial site of Lady K'abel, considered the military governor of an ancient Maya city during the seventh century. (AP Photo/El Peru-Waka' Archaeological Project)The discovery of a tomb that experts believe might be that of a great Maya queen could redefine the understanding of women's political roles during the Classic Maya period, experts said Thursday.

Romney shifts to center as his confidence grows

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 09:41 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns with vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan in Fishersville, Va., Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is shifting sharply to the political center as he begins to deliver a closing argument aimed at a slice of moderate, undecided voters a month before Election Day.

Actress Daryl Hannah arrested in Keystone pipeline protest

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 09:25 PM PDT

Actress and environmental activist Daryl Hannah is shown in this Wood County, Texas, Sheriff's Office photographActress Daryl Hannah was arrested in Texas on Thursday after she stood in front of an earth-moving machine clearing ground for the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, her representative said. The protest took place outside Winnsboro, Texas, about 80 miles east of Dallas, said Hannah's agent, Paul Bassis. Hannah, 51, a longtime environmental activist, was arrested last year outside the White House in another protest against the pipeline. ...

Son of prominent Mexican politician shot dead

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 09:08 PM PDT

In this Oct. 15, 2007 photo, Jose Eduardo Moreira Rodriguez poses for photographers in Saltillo, Mexico. Moreira Rodriguez, son of an embattled former Mexican governor and political party leader, was found shot to death Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. A relative of Humberto Moreira, who was president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and governor of Coahuila state, says the body of Humberto Moreira son was found Wednesday night in a rural area near Ciudad Acuna, across the border from Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Alberto Puente)A son of the former chairman of Mexico's most powerful political party was found shot dead in a town south of the U.S. border notorious for drug traffickers, as the violence dogging the country struck the ruling establishment. The body of Jose Eduardo Moreira, son of the embattled ex-chairman of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and former Coahuila state governor Humberto Moreira, was discovered near Ciudad Acuna, across the Rio Grande river from Texas, late on Wednesday, the state's government said on Thursday. ...

Kennedy unveils Picasso painting at JFK Library

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 08:35 PM PDT

Caroline Kennedy, president of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, unveils Pablo Picasso's painting A Picasso painting the famous artist created in denouncing war has come to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis.

Lawmaker cites new cyber threats to financial networks

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 08:02 PM PDT

The logo of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is reflected in the spectacles of an analyst working in a watch and warning center of a cyber security defense lab at the Idaho National LaboratoryThe head of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Thursday that significant new cyber threats to U.S. financial networks appeared to be emerging from an "unusual" source. Committee Chairman Mike Rogers did not specifically identify the purported new threat nor its origin but referred several times to what he described as Iran's growing cyber espionage capabilities. ...

SF archbishop jokes about recent DUI arrest

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 06:57 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 27, 2012 file photo Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone speaks during a press conference held at St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco. The installation of a new Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco, a backer of California's same-sex marriage ban, is drawing support and concern as the 56-year-old priest assumes the ceremonial seat at St. Mary's Cathedral during a Mass Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Salvatore Joseph Cordileone, a native Californian who served as bishop of neighboring Oakland for the past three-and-a-half years, has a nationwide reputation as a fierce defender of the Catholic Church's positions on homosexuality in general and same-sex marriage in particular. (AP Photo/Michael Short, File)Amid heavy security and the splendor of his faith's most sacred rites, the new Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco assumed office Thursday without referring to the distress his appointment has aroused in this gay-friendly city, but offering self-deprecating jokes about his recent drunken driving arrest.

Federal judge approves scaled-down Florida voter purge

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 06:41 PM PDT

A voter leaves a polling station after casting his ballot in the Florida Republican presidential primary election in SarasotaTALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a challenge to Florida's recent voter purge efforts, clearing the way for the removal of about 200 suspected non-U.S. citizens from state voter rolls before the November 6 presidential election. District Judge William Zloch dismissed the remaining challenges from voter advocacy groups, including the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights and the Florida Immigrant Coalition. ...

Deciphering Romney's body language

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 06:08 PM PDT

Romney's Body Language DecipheredMitt Romney looked a little uneasy firing Big Bird during Wednesday night's presidential debate, said body language expert Chris Kowal.
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