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• Florida girl was bullied for months before suicide
• Taliban attack on US Consulate kills 4 Afghans
• United Airlines says it will honor mistake fares
• Taliban attack on US Consulate kills 2 Afghans
• Floodwaters cascade downstream as more rain falls
• Friends of Boston bomber plead not guilty to cover-up charges
• 3 police officers hurt after boardwalk fire
• Syria deliberately targeting hospitals
• Spotlight to shine on birthplace of night football
• Some employers see perks of hiring older workers
• Balloonist's Atlantic bid ends in failure
• After fires, Jersey towns hit by Sandy must rebuild—again
• Man using cluster balloons lands in Newfoundland
• Colo. flooding leads to thousands more evacuations
• Mop-up, probe underway at huge NJ boardwalk fire
• Embers remain a problem in N.J. boardwalk fire
• Liberal activists developing Syria envy?
• Three dead as Colorado floods worsen, smashing rainfall records
• 37 dead in fire at Russian psychiatric hospital
• 4 men given death sentences in India gang rape
• Status of Pa. same-sex licenses murky after ruling
• Boulder area calls for thousands more evacuations
• Boulder calls for thousands more evacuations
• Dunes save boardwalk from fire not flood this time
• 3 dead, over 30 missing in Russian clinic fire

Florida girl was bullied for months before suicide Posted: 13 Sep 2013 12:44 PM PDT TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — For nearly a year, as many as 15 girls ganged up on 12-year-old Rebecca Ann Sedwick and picked on her, authorities say, bombarding her with online messages such as "You should die" and "Why don't you go kill yourself."

Taliban attack on US Consulate kills 4 Afghans Posted: 13 Sep 2013 12:12 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban attacked a U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan with car bombs and guns on Friday, killing at least four Afghans but failing to enter the compound or hurt any Americans.

United Airlines says it will honor mistake fares Posted: 13 Sep 2013 11:56 AM PDT United Airlines says it will honor the tickets it accidentally gave away for free.

Taliban attack on US Consulate kills 2 Afghans Posted: 13 Sep 2013 11:09 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban attacked a U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan with car bombs and guns on Friday, killing at least two Afghans but failing to enter the compound or hurt any Americans.

Floodwaters cascade downstream as more rain falls Posted: 13 Sep 2013 10:22 AM PDT LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — Coffee-colored floodwaters cascaded downstream from the Colorado Rockies on Friday, spilling normally scenic mountain rivers and creeks over their banks and forcing thousands more evacuations in water-logged communities beset by days of steady rain.

Friends of Boston bomber plead not guilty to cover-up charges Posted: 13 Sep 2013 09:50 AM PDT By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Two college friends of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges that they helped cover his tracks when the FBI was trying to find the people responsible for the April 15 attack. The appearance in federal court in Boston of a third man charged in the same case was postponed until later on Friday. ...

3 police officers hurt after boardwalk fire Posted: 13 Sep 2013 09:34 AM PDT SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) — Three police officers are being treated for injuries they received falling out of the back of a pickup truck after spending all night doing security patrols while firefighters worked on a massive blaze on a Jersey shore boardwalk.

Syria deliberately targeting hospitals Posted: 13 Sep 2013 08:48 AM PDT Assad is committing war crimes with such attacks, says a U.N. report.

Spotlight to shine on birthplace of night football Posted: 13 Sep 2013 08:32 AM PDT MANSFIELD, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Mansfield University hosted the first-ever night football game in 1892, a contest that ended at halftime when the ref declared it "inconvenient to continue."

Some employers see perks of hiring older workers Posted: 13 Sep 2013 08:01 AM PDT Older people searching for jobs have long fought back stereotypes that they lack the speed, technology skills and dynamism of younger applicants. But as a wave of baby boomers seeks to stay on the job later in life, some employers are finding older workers are precisely what they need.

Balloonist's Atlantic bid ends in failure Posted: 13 Sep 2013 07:14 AM PDT An American adventurer's bid to float across the Atlantic to Europe in a rowboat suspended by 370 helium balloons failed when he was forced to land in the Canadian province of Newfoundland, he said Friday.

After fires, Jersey towns hit by Sandy must rebuild—again Posted: 13 Sep 2013 06:58 AM PDT By Dave Warner SEASIDE PARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Two New Jersey beach towns devastated by Superstorm Sandy will once again need to rebuild, after a fast-moving fire reduced dozens of businesses along the towns' boardwalk to rubble. About 100 firefighters remained on the scene on Friday, putting out remaining hot spots after containing a fire that started at a frozen custard stand in Seaside Park on Thursday and blazed out of control for hours, moving several blocks into neighboring Seaside Heights. ...

Man using cluster balloons lands in Newfoundland Posted: 13 Sep 2013 06:42 AM PDT YORK HARBOR, Newfoundland (AP) — A balloonist who was trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean using hundreds of helium-filled balloons has landed short of his goal in Newfoundland.

Colo. flooding leads to thousands more evacuations Posted: 13 Sep 2013 06:26 AM PDT LYONS, Colo. (AP) — With rain still falling and the flood threat still real, authorities called on thousands more people in the inundated city of Boulder and nearby towns to evacuate as rivers and creeks rose to dangerous levels.

Mop-up, probe underway at huge NJ boardwalk fire Posted: 13 Sep 2013 06:12 AM PDT SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters poured thousands of gallons of water Friday on the smoldering remnants of a massive fire that destroyed part of an iconic Jersey shore boardwalk as officials began counting the cost of once again rebuilding a walkway that had been wrecked less than a year ago by Superstorm Sandy.

Embers remain a problem in N.J. boardwalk fire Posted: 13 Sep 2013 05:24 AM PDT SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) — About 100 firefighters are on the boardwalk in two Jersey shore towns trying to control hot spots after a boardwalk rebuilt after Superstorm Sandy was reduced to smoldering remains by a fire.

Liberal activists developing Syria envy? Posted: 13 Sep 2013 04:35 AM PDT Some wonder if Obama can be as intense with hot-button domestic issues.

Three dead as Colorado floods worsen, smashing rainfall records Posted: 13 Sep 2013 03:00 AM PDT By Keith Coffman BOULDER, Colo (Reuters) - Flooding that killed at least three people in Colorado, toppling buildings and stranding drivers, worsened overnight as record rains pounded the state, forcing thousands more residents to flee to higher ground, officials said. The unusual late-summer downpours drenched Colorado's biggest urban centers, stretching 130 miles along the eastern slopes of the Rockies from Fort Collins near the Wyoming border south through Boulder, Denver and Colorado Springs. ...

37 dead in fire at Russian psychiatric hospital Posted: 13 Sep 2013 02:44 AM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top investigative agency says 37 people have died in a fire in a Russian psychiatric hospital.

4 men given death sentences in India gang rape Posted: 13 Sep 2013 02:28 AM PDT NEW DELHI (AP) — A judge Friday sentenced to death the four men convicted in the December gang rape and murder of a young New Delhi woman, ordering them to the gallows for a brutal attack on a moving bus that left the young woman with such severe internal injuries that she died two weeks later.

Status of Pa. same-sex licenses murky after ruling Posted: 13 Sep 2013 01:56 AM PDT HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge's order stopping a suburban Philadelphia court clerk from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples leaves their legal status unclear, with an appeal possible and other legal actions pending or in the works.

Boulder area calls for thousands more evacuations Posted: 13 Sep 2013 01:22 AM PDT LYONS, Colo. (AP) — With rain still falling and the flood threat still real, authorities called on thousands more people in the inundated city of Boulder and a mountain hamlet to evacuate as a nearby creeks rose to dangerous levels.

Boulder calls for thousands more evacuations Posted: 13 Sep 2013 12:54 AM PDT LYONS, Colo. (AP) — With rain still falling and the flood threat still real, authorities called on thousands more people in the inundated city of Boulder to evacuate as a nearby creek began rising to dangerous levels.

Dunes save boardwalk from fire not flood this time Posted: 13 Sep 2013 12:38 AM PDT SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) — Despite its destruction, Superstorm Sandy proved one thing at the Jersey shore: sand dunes save boardwalks from deadly storms.

3 dead, over 30 missing in Russian clinic fire Posted: 13 Sep 2013 12:08 AM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — A fire swept through a Russian psychiatric hospital overnight, killing at least three people and leaving more than 30 others feared dead, officials said Friday. Authorities had long warned that the building was unsafe and called for its closure.

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