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• Fourth Sierra Leonean doctor dies from Ebola
• NFL's Carolina deactivates Hardy as NFL draws more fire
• Liberal Vermont Senator Sanders may seek U.S. presidency in 2016
• Several Arab countries offer to join air campaign on Islamic State, say U.S. officials
• Islamic State attracts female jihadis from U.S. heartland
• 'Dolphin Tale' hero's new home tangled in aquarium politics
• North Korea sentences American man to 6 years
• North Korea sentences U.S. citizen Matthew Todd Miller to six years hard labor
• UK's Cameron calls emergency meeting after killing
• Miss America to be crowned on Sunday in stressed Atlantic City, N.J.
• Obama condemns beheading of Briton by extremists
• Islamic State: British hostage executed
• Crews battle out-of-control wildfire as Southern California bakes
• Miss America to be crowned Sunday in stressed Atlantic City, N.J.
• Illinois man arrested on Ohio highway after alleged double murder

Fourth Sierra Leonean doctor dies from Ebola Posted: 14 Sep 2014 12:24 PM PDT A fourth Sierra Leonean doctor, a woman, died Sunday after contracting the dreaded Ebola virus, the country's chief medical officer told AFP. Doctor Olive Buck, who was in charge of Lumley Government Hospital in the capital's west end, tested positive for Ebola on Tuesday and was admitted to the Connaught Hospital in central Freetown. "It's another sad loss for the profession," Sierra Leone's chief medical officer Brima Kargbo told AFP by telephone. "The ministry of health is in deep grief to miss another devoted Ebola fighter."

NFL's Carolina deactivates Hardy as NFL draws more fire Posted: 14 Sep 2014 11:04 AM PDT The NFL's Carolina Panthers deactivated defensive end Greg Hardy for Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions, according to the team's website, in a reversal of an earlier decision to let him play while he appeals a domestic violence conviction. The move comes after a week of fierce criticism over the National Football League's handling of a domestic violence case involving three-time Pro Bowler Ray Rice. The outrage over the NFL's response to the incident has led to calls for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to step down.

Liberal Vermont Senator Sanders may seek U.S. presidency in 2016 Posted: 14 Sep 2014 10:16 AM PDT By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bernie Sanders, one of the Senate's leading liberals, said on Sunday he is thinking about running for U.S. Sanders, an independent from Vermont, could pose a challenge from the left to Clinton, widely seen as the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Sanders is serving his second six-year term in the Senate. He has cultivated a following among some American liberals, especially on economic issues like the growing income disparity between rich and poor and corporate greed.

Several Arab countries offer to join air campaign on Islamic State, say U.S. officials Posted: 14 Sep 2014 07:42 AM PDT By Jason Szep PARIS (Reuters) - Several Arab countries have offered to join the United States in air strikes against Islamic State targets, U.S. The officials declined to identify which countries had made the offers but said they were under consideration as the United States begins to identify roles for each country in its emerging coalition against jihadists who have declared a caliphate in the heart of the Middle East. "I don't want to leave you with the impression that these Arab members haven't offered to do air strikes because several of them have," a senior U.S.

Islamic State attracts female jihadis from U.S. heartland Posted: 14 Sep 2014 05:21 AM PDT At least three Somali families in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have female relatives who have gone missing in the past six weeks and may have tried to join Islamic State, said community leader Abdirizak Bihi. In a separate case, a 19-year-old American Somali woman from St. Paul snuck away from her parents on Aug. 25 saying she was going to a bridal shower. Instead, she flew to Turkey and joined IS in Syria. Home to the biggest Somali community in the United States, the Twin Cities area of Minnesota has been plagued by terrorist recruiting since the Somali group al-Shabaab began enlisting in America around 2007.

'Dolphin Tale' hero's new home tangled in aquarium politics Posted: 14 Sep 2014 04:18 AM PDT By Letitia Stein CLEARWATER Fla. (Reuters) - The family-friendly hit "Dolphin Tale," whose sequel opened in theaters this weekend, tells the true story of a dolphin who learns to swim without a tail. The movie ends with Winter, the tail-less dolphin, helping save the struggling Florida aquarium that rescued her. "Winter can't do those kind of shows, even if we wanted to, which we don't," said David Yates, chief executive officer at her home, the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. "Dolphin Tale" and its sequel, "Dolphin Tale 2," were filmed at the Clearwater aquarium, a sun-bleached former sewage treatment plant retrofitted as a marine animal hospital.

North Korea sentences American man to 6 years Posted: 14 Sep 2014 03:46 AM PDT Matthew Miller was accused of entering the country illegally and trying to commit espionage.

North Korea sentences U.S. citizen Matthew Todd Miller to six years hard labor Posted: 14 Sep 2014 03:15 AM PDT North Korea sentenced U.S. "He committed acts hostile to the DPRK while entering the territory of the DPRK under the guise of a tourist last April," the short statement said, without elaborating. Miller, from Bakersfield, California and in his mid-20s, entered North Korea in April this year whereupon he tore up his tourist visa and demanded Pyongyang grant him asylum, according to a release from state media at the time.

UK's Cameron calls emergency meeting after killing Posted: 14 Sep 2014 01:57 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister David Cameron is summoning military and security chiefs for an emergency meeting Sunday in response to the beheading of a British hostage and a threat against another.

Miss America to be crowned on Sunday in stressed Atlantic City, N.J. Posted: 14 Sep 2014 01:26 AM PDT By Sean Landis Sept 13 (Reuters) - The winner of the 2015 Miss America Pageant will be crowned on Sunday night in Atlantic City, and the wearer's glittering tiara will stand in contrast to the tarnished fortunes of this New Jersey beach town where yet another casino is slated to close this week. The newest Miss America is choreographed to walk the 50-foot runway to the tune of "There She Is, Miss America," in a hall next door to Trump Plaza, whose slated shutdown on Tuesday means the gambling mecca will have lost a third of its casinos since the start of the year. Atlantic City officials hope the 94-year-old beauty pageant, which returned to the casino-dotted Jersey Shore town last year after eight years in Las Vegas, will help revive the city in the wake of recent financial turmoil. The owner of the aging Trump Plaza is also threatening to close the enormous Trump Taj Mahal in November.

Obama condemns beheading of Briton by extremists Posted: 13 Sep 2014 09:57 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama condemned as a "barbaric murder" the slaying of British aid worker David Haines by Islamic State extremists.

Islamic State: British hostage executed Posted: 13 Sep 2014 04:09 PM PDT The militants release a video which purported to show the beheading of David Haines.

Crews battle out-of-control wildfire as Southern California bakes Posted: 13 Sep 2014 02:49 PM PDT By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of firefighters spent a second day on Saturday battling a wildfire burning out of control in a national forest southeast of Los Angeles, as the region baked under triple-digit temperatures that prompted authorities to issue a "heat alert." The so-called Silverado Fire, which broke out in the Cleveland National Forest on Friday morning, had charred some 1,600 acres (647 hectares) by Saturday afternoon as it burned through brush and chaparral left bone dry by California's record drought. The heat wave that has sent temperatures soaring over 100 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) in parts of Southern California on Saturday and was not expected to break until late Sunday. The sweltering heat prompted Los Angeles health officials to issue a "heat alert" for this weekend, urging residents to take special precautions. "Extreme heat such as this is not just an inconvenience, it can be dangerous and even deadly, but we can protect ourselves, our families and our neighbors if we take steps to remain cool and hydrated," Dr. Jeffrey Gunzenhauser, the city's interim health director, said in issuing the heat alert.

Miss America to be crowned Sunday in stressed Atlantic City, N.J. Posted: 13 Sep 2014 01:30 PM PDT By Sean Landis Sept 13 (Reuters) - The winner of the 2015 Miss America Pageant will be crowned on Sunday night in Atlantic City, and the wearer's glittering tiara will stand in contrast to the tarnished fortunes of this New Jersey beach town where yet another casino is slated to close this week. The newest Miss America is choreographed to walk the 50-foot runway to the tune of "There She Is, Miss America," in a hall next door to Trump Plaza, whose slated shutdown on Tuesday means the gambling mecca will have lost a third of its casinos since the start of the year. Atlantic City officials hope the 94-year-old beauty pageant, which returned to the casino-dotted Jersey Shore town last year after eight years in Las Vegas, will help revive the city in the wake of recent financial turmoil. The owner of the aging Trump Plaza is also threatening to close the enormous Trump Taj Mahal in November.

Illinois man arrested on Ohio highway after alleged double murder Posted: 13 Sep 2014 12:59 PM PDT By Steve Bittenbender LOUISVILLE (Reuters) - An Illinois man was arrested on Friday on a Ohio highway after he allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend, whose body was found in the back seat of his vehicle, and her son, police said. Terry Froman, 41, of Brookport was pulled over and taken into custody on Interstate 75, north of Cincinnati, by the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Officers found the body of 34-year-old Kimberley Thomas of Mayfield, Kentucky, in the back of his sports-utility vehicle, the Graves County Sheriff's Office in Kentucky said in a statement. ...

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