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• Mexico to airlift tourists after Hurricane Odile
• Pennsylvania police name suspect in fatal trooper ambush
• Boeing wins large NASA 'space taxi' award: source
• Stewart fatal accident to go to grand jury
• Arizona braces for possible repeat of powerful storms
• Tropical storm Polo could become hurricane off Mexico Pacific Coast
• SpaceX must meet high standard to get rocket certified: general
• Shooting victim's parents sue ammo seller
• Children's respiratory illness spreads to a dozen U.S. states: CDC
• Edouard becomes first major hurricane of 2014 Atlantic season: NHC
• U.S. lawmakers want to curb antibiotic use on farms
• For first time in 8 years, US poverty rate drops
• NASA may reveal 'space taxi' company pick for ISS missions today
• No 'shock and awe' in Syria strikes
• St. Louis grand jury term extended as it hears Ferguson evidence
• Al-Qaida call to unite Islamic fronts
• Release the kraken! Check out this defrosted giant squid
• Democrats take aim at 'asked and answered' Benghazi questions
• Wildfires rage in California drought, hundreds forced to flee
• NATO: Bomb kills 4 foreign troops near US Embassy in Kabul
• U.S. sending 3,000 troops to join Ebola battle
• Fatal police shooting in Utah fuels racial controversy
• Ukraine to ratify EU pact, offer rebels self-rule
• Officials: First U.S. strike in expanded Iraq fight
• California state Senator Wright to resign following fraud conviction

Mexico to airlift tourists after Hurricane Odile Posted: 16 Sep 2014 01:00 PM PDT The Mexican government prepared to begin airlifting tens of thousands of stranded tourists out of the hurricane-ravaged resort area of Los Cabos on Tuesday, as residents picked up the pieces of shattered, flooded homes.

Pennsylvania police name suspect in fatal trooper ambush Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:45 PM PDT By Joe McDonald BLOOMING GROVE Pa. (Reuters) - Pennsylvania state police on Tuesday identified Matthew Eric Frein, described as an anti-law enforcement survivalist, as the prime suspect in the ambush of two troopers outside their barracks last week. An arrest warrant was issued for Frein, 31, of Canadensis, Pennsylvania, State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan told a news conference. "He's armed and extremely dangerous," said Noonan, who added Frein was believed to be on the loose with a .308-caliber rifle and scope. ...

Boeing wins large NASA 'space taxi' award: source Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:28 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co has won a large NASA contract to develop new "space taxis" that would fly astronauts to the International Space Station instead of relying on Russian spacecraft, an industry source said ahead of a NASA announcement expected on Tuesday. The source said Boeing had received a full award for the multibillion-dollar contract, but financial details were not immediately available. NASA declined comment. ...

Stewart fatal accident to go to grand jury Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:12 PM PDT A fatal dirt-track accident last month involved three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart.

Arizona braces for possible repeat of powerful storms Posted: 16 Sep 2014 11:57 AM PDT By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona residents braced for another wave of heavy rains and flooding on Tuesday as the remnants of Hurricane Odile began to sweep into the desert state. With cloudy skies above, locals began filling sandbags at fire stations and trying to shore up their homes, just eight days after powerful storms battered the southwestern state and dumped record rainfall on the Phoenix and Tucson areas. Last week's downpour turned sections of major freeways into lakes, overflowed from creeks and canals and killed two women swept away by floodwaters. ...

Tropical storm Polo could become hurricane off Mexico Pacific Coast Posted: 16 Sep 2014 11:40 AM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical storm Polo could become a hurricane off Mexico's Pacific Coast on Thursday the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday. On Tuesday morning Polo was about 275 miles (440km) south of Mexico's famous beach resort of Acapulco and moving in a northwest direction at 12 miles per hour (19 km per hour), the NHC said. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph), with some strengthening forecast as it moves almost parallel along the southwestern coast of Mexico through Thursday, the NHC said. ...

SpaceX must meet high standard to get rocket certified: general Posted: 16 Sep 2014 11:24 AM PDT By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. Air Force general on Tuesday said he favored competition for military rocket launches, but insisted the Air Force must stick to its high standards in certifying the Falcon 9 rocket, built by privately-held Space Exploration Technologies. SpaceX is working through a detailed certification process with the Air Force for its Falcon 9 satellite so it can compete with United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture of Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp, to launch a National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite. ...

Shooting victim's parents sue ammo seller Posted: 16 Sep 2014 10:52 AM PDT Four online retailers allegedly sold ammo, tear gas and equipment used in the 2012 Colo. theater shootings.

Children's respiratory illness spreads to a dozen U.S. states: CDC Posted: 16 Sep 2014 10:20 AM PDT By Letitia Stein (Reuters) - A serious respiratory illness sickening U.S. children has spread to 12 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, as it predicted that more states will report cases in coming weeks. The growing list of states with confirmed cases now includes Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania, the CDC said. ...

Edouard becomes first major hurricane of 2014 Atlantic season: NHC Posted: 16 Sep 2014 10:05 AM PDT (Reuters) - Edouard strengthened into the first major hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic season on Tuesday but posed no threat to land, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Edouard, a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, had top sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (185 km/hr) by 11 a.m. AST (1500 GMT) and was swirling 420 miles (675 km) east of Bermuda, the Miami-based agency said. (Reporting by Arpan Varghese in Bangalore, Editing by Franklin Paul)

U.S. lawmakers want to curb antibiotic use on farms Posted: 16 Sep 2014 09:49 AM PDT By Brian Grow and P.J. Huffstutter (Reuters) - Two U.S. lawmakers are calling for action to rein in antibiotic use in livestock in response to a Reuters investigation showing how top U.S. poultry firms have been administering drugs to their flocks. U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, (D-NY), said she plans to introduce new legislation authorizing the Food and Drug Administration to collect data on "farm-level antibiotic use." The pledge was part of a letter Gillibrand sent Tuesday to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg. ...

For first time in 8 years, US poverty rate drops Posted: 16 Sep 2014 09:33 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The poverty rate in the United States has dropped for the first time since 2006, bringing a bit of encouraging news about the nation's economy as President Barack Obama and Congress gear up for midterm elections.

NASA may reveal 'space taxi' company pick for ISS missions today Posted: 16 Sep 2014 09:02 AM PDT NASA will make a major announcement on the future of U.S. Space agency officials will hold a press conference at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT), and could unveil the selection of one or more private space taxis by aerospace companies to move forward on the path toward providing astronaut transportation services to International Space Station for NASA.  You can watch NASA's commercial crew announcement live on Space.com, courtesy of NASA TV. According to a NASA statement, today's announcement will discuss "the return of human spaceflight launches to the United States.

No 'shock and awe' in Syria strikes Posted: 16 Sep 2014 08:45 AM PDT Targets will be precise, on jihadist strongholds, logistics, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel told lawmakers.

St. Louis grand jury term extended as it hears Ferguson evidence Posted: 16 Sep 2014 07:39 AM PDT By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - The St. Louis grand jury hearing evidence in the case of the white police officer who fatally shot unarmed black teenager Michael Brown last month has been given an extra four months to weigh possible criminal charges against the officer, officials said on Tuesday. The prosecutor's office still hopes to conclude its presentation of evidence to the grand jury in October but now has until Jan. 7 to do, said Edward Magee, a spokesman for St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch. ...

Al-Qaida call to unite Islamic fronts Posted: 16 Sep 2014 07:09 AM PDT Two al Qaeda branches urged warring militant factions in Iraq and Syria to stop fighting each other and unite against a U.S.-led alliance.

Release the kraken! Check out this defrosted giant squid Posted: 16 Sep 2014 05:32 AM PDT WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It was a calm morning in Antarctica's remote Ross Sea, during the season when the sun never sets, when Capt. John Bennett and his crew hauled up a creature with tentacles like fire hoses and eyes like dinner plates from a mile below the surface.

Democrats take aim at 'asked and answered' Benghazi questions Posted: 16 Sep 2014 02:36 AM PDT On the eve of the House Select Committee on Benghazi's first open hearing, the panel's Democrats on Tuesday will unveil a website dismissing some recurring Republican questions about the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack as "asked and answered."

Wildfires rage in California drought, hundreds forced to flee Posted: 16 Sep 2014 02:04 AM PDT By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Crews were battling about a dozen major wildfires across California on Tuesday that have forced thousands of people to flee, damaged or destroyed more than 100 buildings, and charred thousands of acres of drought-stricken forest. Three years of drought in the most populous U.S. state has forced farmers to let fields lie fallow and left communities reliant on well water, with bone-dry brush fueling wildfires in temperatures of more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius). ...

NATO: Bomb kills 4 foreign troops near US Embassy in Kabul Posted: 15 Sep 2014 11:24 PM PDT By Mirwais Harooni and Kay Johnson KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed at least three foreign troops in an attack on a convoy near the U.S. embassy in Kabul on Tuesday, the NATO-led coalition said, one of the worst attacks on international forces in the Afghan capital in months. The attack near the heavily fortified embassy comes amid a months-long political stalemate and an emboldened insurgency, with a presidential election still unresolved as most foreign combat troops prepare to leave by the end of the year. ...

U.S. sending 3,000 troops to join Ebola battle Posted: 15 Sep 2014 11:09 PM PDT President Obama is set to announce a major effort to "turn the tide" against the epidemic.

Fatal police shooting in Utah fuels racial controversy Posted: 15 Sep 2014 10:36 PM PDT By Alex Dobuzinskis (Reuters) - A private autopsy has found a 22-year-old black man shot dead by police in Utah was fired at from behind six times, said a lawyer for the man's family. Authorities say the man was shot dead when he lunged at officers with a sword. The fatal shooting of Darrien Hunt in Saratoga Springs last Wednesday has raised tensions in the mostly white, fast-growing community 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. Last month police shot dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, leading to a wave of violent protests in the community. ...

Ukraine to ratify EU pact, offer rebels self-rule Posted: 15 Sep 2014 08:00 PM PDT Ukraine moves to turn the page on the bloodiest chapter of its post-Soviet history.

Officials: First U.S. strike in expanded Iraq fight Posted: 15 Sep 2014 06:26 PM PDT Warplanes target the Islamic State group near Baghdad.

California state Senator Wright to resign following fraud conviction Posted: 15 Sep 2014 05:54 PM PDT By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California state Senator Roderick Wright plans to resign from office later this month following a perjury and voter fraud conviction that saw him sentenced to 90 days in jail, he said in a letter sent on Monday. Wright, who was convicted in January of lying about whether he lived in the district he sought to represent, was the first of three California Senate Democrats to face criminal proceedings this year. This effectively cost the party a cherished two-thirds majority in the California Senate. ...

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