| Newspaper report details five U.S. spying blind spots Posted: 29 Aug 2013 01:00 PM PDT  America stands to spend $52.6 billion this year on an intelligence community that includes 107,035 employees – and can't say whether Pakistan's nuclear program is secure or what North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un is up to.
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| Feds won't sue to stop marijuana use in 2 states Posted: 29 Aug 2013 12:44 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a dramatic change in drug policy, the Justice Department said Thursday that it won't sue to stop the states of Colorado and Washington from allowing recreational marijuana use as it issued a sweeping national policy statement that outlines its top priorities for pot enforcement.
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| Teary Errani gone from US Open; Williams moves on Posted: 29 Aug 2013 12:28 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Sara Errani's eyes filled with tears when describing how she felt during her lopsided loss at the U.S. Open.
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| Third friend of accused Boston bomber indicted Posted: 29 Aug 2013 11:40 AM PDT  By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) - A third college friend of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was indicted on charges he lied to federal investigators, the U.S. Attorney General for Massachusetts said in a statement on Thursday. Robel Phillipos, 19, was one of the three people who removed a laptop and a backpack full of fireworks from Tsarnaev's dormitory room at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and later lied about it, days after the April 15 attack, prosecutors claim. ...
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| UK report shows Syria case far from slam-dunk Posted: 29 Aug 2013 11:24 AM PDT  Key lawmakers will be briefed on U.S. intel later today.
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| J&J tries new cap to curb fatal Tylenol overdoses Posted: 29 Aug 2013 10:52 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bottles of Tylenol sold in the U.S. will soon bear red warnings alerting users to the potentially fatal risks of taking too much of the popular pain reliever. The unusual step, disclosed by the company that makes Tylenol, comes amid a growing number of lawsuits and pressure from the federal government that could have widespread ramifications for a medicine taken by millions of people every day.
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| Spitzer losing advantage in bid for political comeback Posted: 29 Aug 2013 10:37 AM PDT  A Quinnipiac University survey released on Thursday found the former New York governor tied with rival Scott Stringer, 46 percent to 46 percent, less than two weeks before the Sept. 10 Democratic primary.
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| Errani gone in biggest US Open upset so far Posted: 29 Aug 2013 10:05 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Flavia Pennetta ousted fourth-seeded Sara Errani 6-3, 6-1 in an all-Italian second-round match Thursday for the biggest upset so far at the U.S. Open.
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| US releases 2 Algerians from Guantanamo Posted: 29 Aug 2013 09:19 AM PDT ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Two Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay prison for more than a decade have returned to their homeland where they were interrogated by judicial authorities pending an investigation, the Algiers Court said Thursday. |
| Fast-food protests underway Posted: 29 Aug 2013 08:48 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Fast-food protests are underway in cities including New York, Chicago and Detroit, with organizers expecting the biggest national walkouts yet in a demand for higher wages.
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| Syria shows defiance; UN team tours near Damascus Posted: 29 Aug 2013 08:32 AM PDT  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said Thursday that his country "will defend itself against any aggression," signaling defiance to mounting Western warnings of a possible punitive strike over a suspected poison gas attack blamed on his regime.
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| Yosemite fire growth relatively small overnight Posted: 29 Aug 2013 08:00 AM PDT  GROVELAND, Calif. (AP) — Officials say a giant wildfire around Yosemite National Park grew by several hundred acres overnight, a relatively small increase compared to recent days.
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| Syria attack will leave Israel in flames: Iran Posted: 29 Aug 2013 07:44 AM PDT  The impact of military will reach beyond the region, says the nation's army chief.
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| Obama offers new gun control steps Posted: 29 Aug 2013 07:44 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Striving to take action where Congress would not, the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun control, curbing the import of military surplus weapons and proposing to close a little-known loophole that lets felons and others circumvent background checks by registering guns to corporations.
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| UN team tour stricken Syria areas, activists say Posted: 29 Aug 2013 04:00 AM PDT  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Activists said U.N. inspectors investigating suspected poison gas attacks toured stricken areas for a third day Thursday, ahead of a weekend departure from Syria that heightens the possibility of punitive strikes from Western countries against Syria.
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| Massive wildfire prompts new travel restrictions through Yosemite Posted: 29 Aug 2013 04:00 AM PDT  By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Firefighters determined to keep a massive blaze from raging into the heart of California's Yosemite National Park have shut down half of its main east-west corridor, just days before a holiday weekend marking the end of the peak summer tourist season. A long stretch of Tioga Road through the western half of the park was closed on Wednesday as fire crews tightened their grip on the blaze, extending containment lines around 30 percent of the wildfire's perimeter by the end of its 12th day. ...
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| Ban Ki-moon pleads for time on Syria investigation Posted: 29 Aug 2013 03:25 AM PDT  VIENNA (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that U.N. experts seeking to collect evidence from an apparent chemical attack in Syria that killed hundreds of people will report to him as soon as they leave the country Saturday.
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| Sweden's indigenous Sami in fight against miners Posted: 29 Aug 2013 02:16 AM PDT  JOKKMOKK, Sweden (AP) — On a dirt road passing through sparkling lakes and spruce woods in the wilds of northern Sweden, a woman belonging to Europe's only indigenous people — the Sami — chants a traditional, high-pitched tune.
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| Predator drone now part of Calif. wildfire battle Posted: 29 Aug 2013 02:16 AM PDT GROVELAND, Calif. (AP) — As crews made significant progress building containment lines around a giant wildfire in and around Yosemite National Park, officials said they would maintain use of a National Guard Predator drone to give them early views of any new flare-ups across in the remote and rugged landscape. |
| Before death, Fort Hood shooter faces long appeals Posted: 29 Aug 2013 01:14 AM PDT  FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — If Nidal Hasan plans to welcome a death sentence as a pathway to martyrdom, the rules of military justice won't let him go down without a fight — whether he likes it or not.
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| Sources: Intel on weapons no 'slam dunk' Posted: 29 Aug 2013 12:58 AM PDT  Doubts remain about whether Syria's Assad ordered a chemical attack, U.S. officials say.
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| Accuser testifies in Naval Academy sex assault Posted: 28 Aug 2013 10:35 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A midshipman testified Wednesday that she didn't remember being sexually assaulted by three former Navy football players after a night of heavy drinking, but she said one of the men told her she had sex with him and another accused player.
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| Yosemite-area fire now 30 percent contained Posted: 28 Aug 2013 07:25 PM PDT GROVELAND, Calif. (AP) — Crews building containment lines around the giant wildfire in the Sierra Nevada are making significant progress even as the blaze continues to grow. |
| Survivors describe horrors of suspected gas attack Posted: 28 Aug 2013 06:39 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The early-morning barrage against rebel-held areas around the Syrian capital immediately seemed different this time: The rockets made a strange, whistling noise.
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| Fast-food strikes set for cities nationwide Posted: 28 Aug 2013 03:28 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Fast-food customers in search of burgers and fries on Thursday might run into striking workers instead.
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