| Kerry: U.N. council must act on Syria next week Posted: 19 Sep 2013 01:04 PM PDT  He asks the international community to speak out "in the strongest possible terms."
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| Conviction of ex-US House leader DeLay's tossed Posted: 19 Sep 2013 12:48 PM PDT  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court tossed the criminal conviction of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Thursday, saying there was insufficient evidence for a jury in 2010 to have found him guilty of illegally funneling money to Republican candidates.
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| NASA rover finds no hint of methane in Mars air Posted: 19 Sep 2013 12:32 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA's Curiosity rover hasn't discovered any signs of methane in the atmosphere of Mars, a finding that does not bode well for the possibility that microbes capable of producing the gas could be living below the planet's surface, scientists said Thursday.
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| Mexico victims recount horror; toll rises to 97 Posted: 19 Sep 2013 12:16 PM PDT  ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — With a low, rumbling roar, an arc of dirt, rock and mud swept down the hillside in the remote mountain village of La Pintada, sweeping houses in its path, burying half the hamlet and leaving 58 people missing in its mad race to the river bed below.
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| 5.3-magnitude quake hits near Japan's Fukushima plant Posted: 19 Sep 2013 12:02 PM PDT  DENVER (AP) — A 5.3-magnitude earthquake has hit the Japanese prefecture that is home to the nuclear power plant crippled in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
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| Mexico storm victims recount horror of mudslide Posted: 19 Sep 2013 11:46 AM PDT  ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — With a low, rumbling roar, an arc of dirt, rock and mud swept down the hillside in the remote mountain village of La Pintada, sweeping houses in its path, burying half the hamlet and leaving 58 people missing in its mad race to the river bed below.
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| AP PHOTOS: Egypt police officer shot by militants Posted: 19 Sep 2013 11:30 AM PDT  KERDASA, Egypt (AP) — "Let's go, men! Go in, toward martyrdom," police Gen. Nabil Farrag, a pistol in one hand and a walkie-talkie in the other, exhorted his men Thursday morning as they prepared to storm a town held by Islamic militants outside Cairo.
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| Greece moves to crack down on far-right party Posted: 19 Sep 2013 10:59 AM PDT  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's government moved Thursday to crack down on the ultranationalist Golden Dawn party after the fatal stabbing of an anti-fascist rapper, as Europe's top human rights official warned in an interview that Greece was the most worrying example of a wider European drift toward radicalization.
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| French president says war on terror won in Mali Posted: 19 Sep 2013 10:42 AM PDT  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — French President Francois Hollande declared Thursday that the war on terror had been won in the West African nation of Mali, listing the towns that French and Malian troops liberated from al-Qaida's local fighters earlier this year.
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| Texas overturns ex-House leader DeLay's convictions Posted: 19 Sep 2013 10:10 AM PDT  By Karen Brooks AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas appeals court on Thursday overturned the 2010 convictions of former House of Representatives Majority Leader Tom DeLay for money laundering and conspiracy, citing "insufficient evidence." Dubbed "the Hammer" for his hard-driving and partisan style, DeLay had been accused of conspiring to illegally funnel $190,000 in corporate campaign donations to Republican candidates for the Texas Legislature in the 2002 elections. The decision, by the Third Court of Appeals in Austin, threw out the 2010 conviction of DeLay in a 2-to-1 ruling. ...
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| Iran's top leader opens way for Rouhani outreach Posted: 19 Sep 2013 09:53 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — There's no mistaking the desire of Iran's new president and his allies to open greater contacts with Washington over nuclear talks and possibly other regional crises such as Syria. The messages that really matter, though, come from the ultimate decision-maker in Tehran: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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| Here's the truth: The government doesn't shut down Posted: 19 Sep 2013 09:37 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Here's the truth about a government "shutdown." The government doesn't shut down.
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| Syria chemical attack a 'sly' rebel provocation, says Putin Posted: 19 Sep 2013 09:19 AM PDT  VALDAI, Russia (AP) — Russia has strong grounds to believe that Syrian rebels were responsible for the country's chemical attack, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.
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| Hurricane Manuel hits land in northern Mexico Posted: 19 Sep 2013 08:36 AM PDT  ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Mexico's government said 58 people were missing after a massive landslide smashed through a tiny coffee-growing village deep in the country's southern mountains, where fresh waves of rain threatened more danger for rescue workers trying to evacuate the last residents from the isolated hamlet on Thursday.
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| Egypt troops storm Islamist stronghold near Cairo Posted: 19 Sep 2013 08:15 AM PDT  KERDASA, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian security forces backed by armored fighting vehicles and helicopters stormed a tourist town near the Great Pyramids that became an Islamist stronghold on Thursday, the latest in a stepped up campaign by the military-backed government to put down armed supporters of the ousted president.
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| Caroline Kennedy humbled to carry father's legacy Posted: 19 Sep 2013 07:56 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former first daughter Caroline Kennedy said Thursday that she would be humbled to carry forward her father's legacy if confirmed by the Senate to be the next U.S. ambassador to Japan.
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| Held by militia, Gadhafi son misses Libya hearing Posted: 19 Sep 2013 07:40 AM PDT  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The son of Libya's former dictator Moammar Gadhafi missed a court hearing Thursday after the militia holding him refused to send him to the capital, underscoring the continued weakness of the central government after the country's civil war.
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| JPMorgan paying $920M in London Whale case Posted: 19 Sep 2013 07:08 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. is paying $920 million in penalties and admitting wrongdoing over a $6 billion trading loss last year that tarnished the bank's reputation. |
| JPMorgan to pay $920 million for 'Whale' probes Posted: 19 Sep 2013 06:35 AM PDT  The biggest U.S. bank will settle some of its potential liabilities from its $6.2 billion derivatives loss last year.
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| Russia has no plans yet to destroy Syrian chemical arms on its own soil Posted: 19 Sep 2013 06:22 AM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has no current plans to destroy Syrian chemical weapons on its own territory under a Russia-U.S. deal to eliminate President Bashar al-Assad's stockpiles, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Thursday. Asked whether Russia had such plans, Shoigu told Interfax news agency, "No. A decision needs to be taken for this." "We have factories for the destruction of chemical weapons, but there is a big difference between 'ready' and 'willing'. ...
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| McCain slams Putin in opinion piece for Pravda Posted: 19 Sep 2013 06:07 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain insisted he is "more pro-Russian" than President Vladimir Putin, accusing Putin of corruption, repression and self-serving rule in an opinion piece for Pravda newspaper answering the Russian leader's broadside last week in The New York Times.
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| Warming lull haunts authors of key climate report Posted: 19 Sep 2013 05:36 AM PDT  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Scientists working on a landmark U.N. report on climate change are struggling to explain why global warming appears to have slowed down in the past 15 years even as greenhouse gas emissions keep rising.
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| Iran's Rouhani: People should be 'completely free' Posted: 19 Sep 2013 05:21 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Iranian President Hasan Rouhani says his people should be free to think, speak and seek information on the Internet, subject to "the protection of our national identity." |
| Austrian hunter's obsession turns to murder Posted: 19 Sep 2013 04:18 AM PDT  GROSSPRIEL, Austria (AP) — In Austria, hunting game such as deer and wild boar is a hallowed way of life, one that follows age-old codes of honor and requires a license bestowed only after passing rigorous exams. In that exalted world, Alois Huber was a brazen outlaw even before he went on a murderous rampage that left four people dead.
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| Colorado rainfall was a once-in-a-millennium event Posted: 19 Sep 2013 04:02 AM PDT  By Alex Dobuzinskis (Reuters) - The downpour that inundated parts of Colorado this month was a once-in-a-millennium event for those areas, according to an analysis by the National Weather Service. Colorado residents are coping with widespread destruction from floods unleashed by torrential rains that began on September 9 and lasted for several days. The flooding killed at least eight people, forced thousands from their homes and caused nearly $2 billion in property damage. ...
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