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• Police release video of missing Colorado girl
• BPA may worsen women's fertility problems
• Warning signs the Obama campaign shouldn’t ignore
• Official says requests for more security in Libya went unanswered
• BBC star may have abused girls over four decades
• Big gaps in Romney plan on pre-existing conditions
• Hospitals, the new Bahraini battleground
• A Nobel prize for being in two places at once
• Poll: Obama and Romney tied among likely voters in Ohio
• Afghan addicts help run daring new restaurant in Kabul
• Groom's brother charged with assault in wedding day brawl
• Suicide bombers hit Syria security complex, rebels say
• Taliban shoot 14-year old Pakistani peace campaigner
• Skydiver's supersonic jump on weather hold
• Merkel lands in Greece as protesters mass on streets
• Mexico says marines may have killed top Zetas drug lord
• Tuesday in politics: Obama and Romney in Ohio, and more
• French, U.S. scientists win Nobel prize for physics
• Long-missing Colo. Marine buried with full honors
• Is Supreme Court set to end use of race in admissions?
• Five things to watch in the U.S. vice presidential debate
• Will voters send U.S. House's "Mr. No" back to Washington?
• Mexico navy: Zetas cartel leader apparently killed
• Confident Obama encourages supporters to be "obsessive"
• Man dies after live roach-eating contest in Fla.

Police release video of missing Colorado girl Posted: 09 Oct 2012 01:37 PM PDT Authorities scoured a suburban Denver neighborhood for clues and urged people to be on the lookout Tuesday for a 10-year-old girl who disappeared days ago on her way to school.

BPA may worsen women's fertility problems Posted: 09 Oct 2012 01:20 PM PDT Exposure to the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) may reduce fertility among women who already have fertility problems, a new study suggests.

Warning signs the Obama campaign shouldn’t ignore Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:25 AM PDT From Yahoo's Jeff Greenfield: There comes a point in every campaign when I run screaming from the torrent of poll numbers and go looking for signs and portents.

Official says requests for more security in Libya went unanswered Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:08 AM PDT A U.S. security officer formerly stationed in Libya has told lawmakers he sent cables to the State Department requesting more security agents for the American mission in Benghazi but received no response.

BBC star may have abused girls over four decades Posted: 09 Oct 2012 10:19 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Jimmy Savile, the late BBC TV star at the centre of a child sex scandal that has shaken Britain's state-funded broadcaster, may have abused up to 25 victims some as young as 13 over four decades, police said on Tuesday. Detectives said they were looking into 120 lines of inquiry about Savile, the eccentric children's presenter who was a British household name for both his TV and charity work, since allegations against him were first aired just over a week ago. ...

Big gaps in Romney plan on pre-existing conditions Posted: 09 Oct 2012 10:02 AM PDT Mitt Romney says he supports some health care reforms, such as helping people with pre-existing conditions. But there's a huge catch to the GOP candidate's plan: You'd basically have to be covered already to be protected.

Hospitals, the new Bahraini battleground Posted: 09 Oct 2012 09:45 AM PDT Dan Rather Reports: It's hard to imagine that the situation in Bahrain, a small island country off the coast of Saudi Arabia, could be any more tense than it was when we were there in late March.

A Nobel prize for being in two places at once Posted: 09 Oct 2012 08:56 AM PDT NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. physicist David Wineland and France's Serge Haroche share the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics for doing what Wineland once described as a scientific parlour trick. What they did was apply one of the most successful theories in physics - quantum mechanics, which for a century has governed the micro-world where even an atom looms large - to objects in the lab. A physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, part of the U.S. ...

Poll: Obama and Romney tied among likely voters in Ohio Posted: 09 Oct 2012 08:39 AM PDT A survey of likely voters in Ohio from NBC4, the local affiliate in Columbus, shows President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney now tied in Ohio:

Afghan addicts help run daring new restaurant in Kabul Posted: 09 Oct 2012 07:32 AM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Inhaling deeply on a cigarette, Laila Haidari sits on the floor of a new Kabul restaurant wondering if it will one day allow her to repay an eye-watering $26,000 borrowed from friends to launch a daring project to aid Afghan drug addicts. Haidari plans to find staff for her Taj Begum ("Woman's Crown") restaurant through the shelters she runs, giving addicts a chance to rebuild their lives and learn new skills while helping her run a business. ...

Groom's brother charged with assault in wedding day brawl Posted: 09 Oct 2012 07:15 AM PDT The bride's uncle apparently had a heart attack outside the hotel and died.

Suicide bombers hit Syria security complex, rebels say Posted: 09 Oct 2012 06:11 AM PDT Rebel suicide bombers struck overnight at an Air Force Intelligence compound on the edge of the Syrian capital Damascus overnight, killing or wounding at least 100 people, insurgents and activists said on Tuesday.

Taliban shoot 14-year old Pakistani peace campaigner Posted: 09 Oct 2012 05:54 AM PDT 14-year-old Yousufzai became famous for speaking out against the Pakistani Taliban at a time when even the government seemed to be appeasing the hardline Islamists.

Skydiver's supersonic jump on weather hold Posted: 09 Oct 2012 05:22 AM PDT Plans for extreme athlete and skydiver Felix Baumgartner to make a death-defying, 23-mile free fall into the southeastern New Mexico desert were on hold Tuesday morning due to winds, but his team was still hoping the weather would clear in time to make the jump.

Merkel lands in Greece as protesters mass on streets Posted: 09 Oct 2012 04:33 AM PDT Thousands of Greeks defied a ban on protests, gathering in Syntagma square in central Athens as Merkel's plane touched down.

Mexico says marines may have killed top Zetas drug lord Posted: 09 Oct 2012 04:17 AM PDT If the death of Lazcano, alias "The Executioner," is confirmed, he would be the most powerful capo to fall in President Felipe Calderon's military offensive on the gangs.

Tuesday in politics: Obama and Romney in Ohio, and more Posted: 09 Oct 2012 04:00 AM PDT It's the battle for the Buckeye State. President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both will campaign Tuesday in Ohio. Obama will come with will.i.am; Romney with N.J. Gov. Chris Christie. And Romney, energized by last week's debate and a bump in the polls, plans to stay in Ohio on Wednesday, and keep the hard-charging, blunt-talking [...]

French, U.S. scientists win Nobel prize for physics Posted: 09 Oct 2012 03:11 AM PDT STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - French scientist Serge Haroche and American David Wineland won the 2012 Nobel Prize for physics for work in quantum physics, the prize committee said on Tuesday. "The Nobel laureates have opened the door to a new era of experimentation with quantum physics by demonstrating the direct observation of individual quantum particles without destroying them," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in a statement on the award of the 8 million crown ($1.2 million) prize. Physics is the second of this year's crop of awards. ...

Long-missing Colo. Marine buried with full honors Posted: 09 Oct 2012 02:38 AM PDT For 37 years, Delouise Guerra never knew for certain what happened to the young man she called her baby brother, an 18-year-old Marine from Colorado who was missing and presumed dead after a helicopter crash on the other side of the world.

Is Supreme Court set to end use of race in admissions? Posted: 08 Oct 2012 11:53 PM PDT The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to hear arguments on whether colleges and universities can continue to favor minority candidates in admissions policies.

Five things to watch in the U.S. vice presidential debate Posted: 08 Oct 2012 11:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. vice presidential debates usually don't matter much, but the October 11 showdown between Democratic incumbent Joe Biden and Republican challenger Paul Ryan could be an exception. Democrats are counting on Biden to blunt the momentum of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who has gained ground after a strong debate performance against President Barack Obama last week. Opinion polls show the race for the White House virtually tied with four weeks to go until the election. ...

Will voters send U.S. House's "Mr. No" back to Washington? Posted: 08 Oct 2012 10:47 PM PDT GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (Reuters) - U.S. freshman Republican Congressman Justin Amash has not been afraid to rub his party - and sometimes his western Michigan constituents - the wrong way. And he makes no excuses about the many things he has cast votes against. He voted against the budget bill authored by Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan this year because it did not cut deeply enough for him. ...

Mexico navy: Zetas cartel leader apparently killed Posted: 08 Oct 2012 09:58 PM PDT Top Zetas drug cartel leader Heriberto Lazcano has apparently been killed in a firefight with marines in the northern border state of Coahuila, the Mexican navy said Monday.

Confident Obama encourages supporters to be "obsessive" Posted: 08 Oct 2012 09:25 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama encouraged supporters on Monday to be "obsessive" about working for his re-election in the final weeks of the campaign, declaring himself confident that he would win on November 6. Polls have narrowed in the race between the Democratic incumbent and Republican rival Mitt Romney since their debate last week, which most observers said the former Massachusetts governor won handily. During a fundraising trip in California, the president sought to reassure his supporters about his chances, despite his debate performance. ...

Man dies after live roach-eating contest in Fla. Posted: 08 Oct 2012 09:08 PM PDT The winner of a roach-eating contest in South Florida died shortly after downing dozens of the live bugs as well as worms, authorities said Monday.

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