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• 7 charged in Chicago gang signs machete attack
• New York trial opens for mother accused of killing autistic boy
• Threatened ozone layer shows first sign of recovery: U.N.
• Colo. woman pleads guilty to conspiring to aid IS
• Severe storms forecast for Detroit, schools close early
• Tropical storm Odile forms off Mexico's Pacific Coast
• Colorado woman pleads guilty to conspiring to aid Islamist rebels
• Father to be charged with murder in deaths of his five children
• Former exotic dancer sues Cowboys' owner for sexual harassment
• Broadway to dim lights for Joan Rivers after all
• Poll: IS jihadists' actions take toll on Americans' sense of security
• U.S. groups leery of fast-track trade deals demand transparency
• Californian voters support water bond two-to-one, poll finds
• US to bid adios to hacked security clearance contractor
• U.S. mortgage applications fall in latest week: MBA
• 'Armed patriots': the private citizens out to secure the U.S. border
• Lonely sentinels keep watch over ill-fated 9/11 trial
• Obama outlining mission to fight IS militants
• Missouri executes Earl Ringo Jr amid drug controversy
• Syrian rebels to release UN peacekeepers
• Founder of Maine elephant refuge trampled to death by elephant
• Ferguson council faces calls for reform at first meeting since teen's shooting
• 5 missing S.C. children found dead in Alabama; father suspected
• In Missouri, Michael Brown memorial preserved, protected
• Orangutan that picked 7 straight Super Bowl winners dies in Utah

7 charged in Chicago gang signs machete attack Posted: 10 Sep 2014 01:05 PM PDT Seven people, including three 15-year-olds, are accused in a machete attack that left a deep wound on a man's head after he and his brother refused to flash gang signs at a Chicago train station, authorities said Wednesday.

New York trial opens for mother accused of killing autistic boy Posted: 10 Sep 2014 12:34 PM PDT Socialite Gigi Jordan murdered her autistic son to avoid dealing with his developmental disorder, prosecutors said at the start of her trial on Wednesday, but the defense said it was a mercy killing to protect the boy from being raped by his father. "She wanted to ease his suffering," Allan Brenner, lead defense attorney for Jordan, a self-made millionaire pharmaceutical executive, told a jury at the state's Supreme Court in Manhattan.  Jordan, 54, is accused of overdosing her 8-year-old son, Jude Mirra, with prescription pills in a ritzy Manhattan hotel room in 2010.

Threatened ozone layer shows first sign of recovery: U.N. Posted: 10 Sep 2014 12:18 PM PDT The ozone layer that shields life from the sun's cancer-causing ultraviolet rays is showing its first sign of thickening after years of dangerous depletion, a U.N. study said on Wednesday. Experts said it showed the success of a 1987 ban on man-made gases that damage the fragile high-altitude screen, an achievement that would help prevent millions of cases of skin cancer and other conditions. The ozone hole that appears annually over Antarctica has also stopped growing bigger every year, though it will be about a decade before it starts shrinking, said the report co-produced by the World Meteorological Organization and the U.N. Environment Program. "International action on the ozone layer is a major environmental success story ... This should encourage us to display the same level of urgency and unity to tackle the even greater challenge of tackling climate change," said WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud.

Colo. woman pleads guilty to conspiring to aid IS Posted: 10 Sep 2014 11:47 AM PDT A 19-year-old Colorado woman became the latest American to admit to attempting to join a Middle East terror group, pleading guilty on Wednesday of conspiring to provide support to the Islamic State militants in Syria.

Severe storms forecast for Detroit, schools close early Posted: 10 Sep 2014 11:14 AM PDT (Reuters) - A forecast of severe thunderstorms for the Detroit metro area on Wednesday afternoon prompted Detroit public schools to dismiss students early and city officials to warn residents of possible flooding. The National Weather Service issued a "hazardous weather outlook" for parts of southeast Michigan, with thunderstorms, the potential of localized flash flooding and wind gusts of around 60 mph (96 kph). Detroit officials asked residents to help prevent flooding by clearing storm drains of leaves and other trash in front of homes and businesses. Storms could develop through about 8 p.m. in the Detroit area south to the Ohio border, said Bryan Tilley, a National Weather Service meteorologist.

Tropical storm Odile forms off Mexico's Pacific Coast Posted: 10 Sep 2014 10:42 AM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical storm Odile formed on Wednesday off Mexico's Pacific Coast and is due to strengthen overnight as it moves toward the famous beach resort of Acapulco, which was hit hard by storms and record flooding last year. On Wednesday morning, Odile was about 220 miles (350 km) south-south-west of the port of Lazaro Cardenas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The major cargo hub of Lazaro Cardenas remained open. Odile was moving at three miles per hour (5 km per hour) with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour (65 kph), the NHC said. ...

Colorado woman pleads guilty to conspiring to aid Islamist rebels Posted: 10 Sep 2014 10:26 AM PDT By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A 19-year-old Colorado woman pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to conspiring to provide material support to Islamic State militants who have seized large parts of Syria and Iraq. Shannon Maureen Conley has been in custody since her arrest in April for allegedly planning to travel overseas and join the Sunni Muslim militant group. Federal prosecutors charged the suburban Denver teen with one count of conspiracy to provide material support to Islamic State, a designated foreign terrorist organization.

Father to be charged with murder in deaths of his five children Posted: 10 Sep 2014 09:56 AM PDT LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man killed his five children, ages 1 to 8, then dumped their bodies wrapped in trash bags in a secluded clearing along a rural road in Alabama, authorities said Wednesday.

Former exotic dancer sues Cowboys' owner for sexual harassment Posted: 10 Sep 2014 09:24 AM PDT The suit seeks at least $1 million from Jerry Jones.

Broadway to dim lights for Joan Rivers after all Posted: 10 Sep 2014 08:08 AM PDT Theater executives reversed a decision that Rivers did not deserve the honor.

Poll: IS jihadists' actions take toll on Americans' sense of security Posted: 10 Sep 2014 07:52 AM PDT On the eve of the 13th anniversary of the 9/11, nearly half of Americans feel less safe than they did before the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll finds.

U.S. groups leery of fast-track trade deals demand transparency Posted: 10 Sep 2014 06:51 AM PDT Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, the organizations said that Trade Promotion Authority, or TPA, was outdated and undercuts congressional and public oversight. The groups, led by the Sierra Club, AFL-CIO, the Communications Workers of America, the Citizens Trade Campaign, and Public Citizen, said TPA should be replaced with a new system that gives both Congress and the public a louder voice in trade negotiations.

Californian voters support water bond two-to-one, poll finds Posted: 10 Sep 2014 06:20 AM PDT (Reuters) - A two-to-one majority of California voters support the state's $7.5 billion water bond that is slated for November's ballot, according to a new poll. The bond measure, which has been contentiously debated by the legislature and Governor Jerry Brown for the past few years, would improve the water quality, supply and infrastructure in drought-stricken California, if passed by voters. The poll, conducted by the independent and non-partisan Field Research Corp, found that citizen awareness of the water bond was low. Those who were aware of the water bond showed greater support.

US to bid adios to hacked security clearance contractor Posted: 10 Sep 2014 05:48 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal Office of Personnel Management plans to terminate its massive contracts with USIS, the major security clearance contractor targeted last month by a cyberattack, agency, congressional and company officials say. The computer network intrusion compromised the personal files of as many as 25,000 government workers.

U.S. mortgage applications fall in latest week: MBA Posted: 10 Sep 2014 04:44 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Applications for U.S. home mortgages fell last week as interest rates rose for the first time in four weeks, an industry group said on Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage application activity, which includes both refinancing and home purchase demand, fell 7.2 percent in the week ended Sept. 5. The MBA's seasonally adjusted index of refinancing applications dropped 10.7 percent, while the gauge of loan requests for home purchases, a leading indicator of home sales, fell 2.6 percent. ...

'Armed patriots': the private citizens out to secure the U.S. border Posted: 10 Sep 2014 03:41 AM PDT By Lisa Maria Garza BROWNSVILLE Texas (Reuters) - With binoculars in hand, an assault rifle slung over his chest and a Glock pistol on his hip, a man named Will scans the banks of the Rio Grande looking for anyone trying to cross from Mexico into Texas. Will is a member of the Patriots, a group of heavily armed private citizens who use displays of force to intimidate people attempting to cross the border illegally. Since early summer the Patriots have patrolled an area near Brownsville, Texas. "If you spot them and shine your light on them, that lets them know that you're there," said the 25-year-old construction worker from Indiana who flew to Texas for a stint with the Patriots.

Lonely sentinels keep watch over ill-fated 9/11 trial Posted: 10 Sep 2014 02:08 AM PDT On a May morning more than two years ago, Rita Lasar and Debra Burlingame waited in silence as the lights dimmed in a movie theater on an Army base deep in Brooklyn. The hundreds of seats in the Fort Hamilton theater are, on other occasions, filled with soldiers and their families watching blockbusters. But today, the nearly empty theater has been repurposed to show close family members of 9/11 victims the opening day of the long-awaited trial of the five men accused of masterminding the attacks that killed their loved ones.

Obama outlining mission to fight IS militants Posted: 10 Sep 2014 01:07 AM PDT The president will discuss his plan during a prime-time address Wednesday night.

Missouri executes Earl Ringo Jr amid drug controversy Posted: 09 Sep 2014 11:33 PM PDT Missouri on Wednesday executed a man convicted of the murders of two people at a restaurant in 1998 after the denial of an attorney's last-minute appeal for a court-ordered stay based on a controversy over Missouri's execution protocols. Earl Ringo Jr., 40, was pronounced dead at 12:31 a.m. Central Time at a Missouri prison in Bonne Terre, state corrections department spokesman Mike O'Connell said. Ringo was the eighth prisoner executed in Missouri in 2014 and the 28th person executed in the United States this year, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. "It should not be lost in the national debate over the death penalty that Earl Ringo Jr. was responsible for the murders of two innocent Missourians.

Syrian rebels to release UN peacekeepers Posted: 09 Sep 2014 11:03 PM PDT Syrian insurgents will release 45 UN peacekeepers held captive since Aug. 28, Fiji said.

Founder of Maine elephant refuge trampled to death by elephant Posted: 09 Sep 2014 10:14 PM PDT (Reuters) - The founder of a Maine sanctuary for old and injured elephants was trampled to death by one of the elephants under his care, the company, Hope Elephants, and local media said on Tuesday. Jim Laurita, 56, was found dead inside the animals' enclosure at his Hope Elephant facility in Hope, Maine, on Tuesday, the Bangor Daily News reported. The Maine medical examiner's office said Laurita died of asphyxiation after his chest was crushed and that his death was accidental, the Daily News said. ...

Ferguson council faces calls for reform at first meeting since teen's shooting Posted: 09 Sep 2014 07:22 PM PDT By Carey Gillam FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - City leaders in Ferguson, Missouri, confronted demands for reform by several hundred people on Tuesday night at their first public meeting since last month's fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen by a white police officer ignited weeks of protests. The atmosphere was charged from the start, with members of a largely black audience at a church in the St. Louis suburb shouting down City Council members, rising out of their seats and chanting in solidarity. As council leaders attempted to discuss routine city business, one man shouted: "What about Mike Brown?" Tension remains high in the mostly black community of 21,000 people after the Aug. 9 shooting. Protesters are demanding the arrest of the officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown, as well as the ouster of Mayor James Knowles III and Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson.

5 missing S.C. children found dead in Alabama; father suspected Posted: 09 Sep 2014 05:17 PM PDT The bodies of five children aged between 2 and 8 were found stuffed into garbage bags on Tuesday near a logging road in Alabama after their father confessed to killing them and led police to the scene, authorities said. Timothy Ray Jones, the father of the children, did not reveal a motive for the killings, which he confessed to authorities in Mississippi, Smith County Sheriff Charlie Crumpton said. "I'm a father of two, and I can't imagine what goes through a man's head when he does this," Crumpton said. "It was a horrible, horrible crime." The children, whose names have not been released, were reported missing from their home near Lexington, South Carolina, by their mother on Sept. 3, the Lexington County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.

In Missouri, Michael Brown memorial preserved, protected Posted: 09 Sep 2014 04:45 PM PDT By Carey Gillam FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - It's still there. The stuffed animals, flowers, and candles mounded into a memorial in the middle of the street where 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer changes almost daily. It has been a month since the unarmed Brown was shot at least six times in an altercation with Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Crowds no longer gather daily at the site where Brown died, a quiet street that runs between the Canfield Green apartment buildings.

Orangutan that picked 7 straight Super Bowl winners dies in Utah Posted: 09 Sep 2014 04:15 PM PDT An orangutan who became famous by correctly predicting the winner of the Super Bowl for the last seven straight years has died at a zoo in Utah, its keepers reported.

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