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• Gunmen kill 15 at college in north Nigeria's Kano
• French doctor sick with Ebola in Liberia
• Obama could deploy U.S. military advisers to forward positions in Iraq: White House
• Snowden: NSA shared Americans' private communications with Israel
• R&A Golf Club set for historic vote on women members
• 3 arraigned in disappearance, death of Mass. 5-year-old
• Intense Iraqi military engagement with IS
• Top U.S. general urges Congress to think again on defense cuts
• Heavy rainfall, flash flooding threaten Arizona, New Mexico
• Woman's execution for child's starving death appealed to Supreme Court
• No foreign troops needed, says Iraq prime minister
• U.S. attorney general to propose more rewards, agents to fight Wall St crime
• What is about North Korea that's so attractive to Americans?
• Quebec separatists closely watch Scotland's independence vote
• Obama speech boosts Islamic State's recruiting drive in Syria
• Gay marriage activist, cartoonist, mathematician win 2014 'genius' grants
• Jewish group: Biden comment 'offensive'
• Los Angeles schools police to return grenade launchers to U.S.: L.A. Times newspaper
• Vikings change mind, suspend Adrian Peterson
• Vikings place Adrian Peterson on exempt list
• South Korea arrests American trying to swim to North Korea: report
• Wildfire rips through 150 homes in Northern California
• U.S. cools talk of combat role in Iraq
• Seventh Los Angeles sheriff's official found guilty in jail probe
• Rochester, N.Y., man charged with trying to help Islamic State

Gunmen kill 15 at college in north Nigeria's Kano Posted: 17 Sep 2014 12:48 PM PDT By Nneluke Ikemfuna KANO Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a higher education college in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, firing on fleeing students and setting off an explosion in an attack that killed at least 15 people and wounded 35, police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in the region's main city of Kano, but the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has repeatedly targeted civilians in the north, is likely to be a prime suspect. A police spokesman added that officers arrived on the scene and killed two of the attackers. ...

French doctor sick with Ebola in Liberia Posted: 17 Sep 2014 12:33 PM PDT Liberia's president has welcomed U.S. troops and treatment centers, but said more is needed.

Obama could deploy U.S. military advisers to forward positions in Iraq: White House Posted: 17 Sep 2014 12:00 PM PDT ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama would consider requests to "forward deploy" U.S. military advisers with Iraqi troops "on a case-by-case basis" if they are needed, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Wednesday. "They would not be personally or directly engaging the enemy," Earnest told reporters traveling back from Tampa with Obama. (Reporting by Jeff Mason, Steve Holland and Roberta Rampton; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Snowden: NSA shared Americans' private communications with Israel Posted: 17 Sep 2014 11:31 AM PDT Former U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden has accused the U.S. National Security Agency of routinely passing private, unedited communications of Americans to Israel, an expert on the intelligence agency said Wednesday.

R&A Golf Club set for historic vote on women members Posted: 17 Sep 2014 10:45 AM PDT The ''Home of Golf'' is about to find out if its doors are open to women.

3 arraigned in disappearance, death of Mass. 5-year-old Posted: 17 Sep 2014 09:42 AM PDT WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Three Massachusetts residents charged with hindering the investigation into the disappearance and death of a 5-year-old boy have been arraigned in Superior Court.

Intense Iraqi military engagement with IS Posted: 17 Sep 2014 09:27 AM PDT Offensives in Ramadi, Falluja and Haditha against Islamic State insurgents started before dawn.

Top U.S. general urges Congress to think again on defense cuts Posted: 17 Sep 2014 08:55 AM PDT By Adrian Croft WIESBADEN Germany (Reuters) - Congress should look hard at whether to continue automatic budget cuts that weaken the U.S. military at a time when security around the world is deteriorating, a top U.S. general said on Wednesday. The rapid advance of Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria and Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region has fueled calls by current and former military chiefs and the U.S. defense industry for a rethink of the hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic cuts, known as "sequestration". ...

Heavy rainfall, flash flooding threaten Arizona, New Mexico Posted: 17 Sep 2014 08:09 AM PDT (Reuters) - Heavy rainfall could bring flash flooding to Arizona and New Mexico, the National Weather Service said on Wednesday, as severe weather associated with weakening Tropical Storm Odile sweeps across the drought-stricken U.S. Southwest. Weather forecasters warned that as much as 9 inches (23 cm) of rain could fall on some communities by Thursday night, with 3 to 6 inches (8-16 cm) expected across much of the desert region. "This could be one of the wetter tropical cyclones they have ever had in that area," said David Roth, a forecaster with the NWS Weather Prediction Center in ...

Woman's execution for child's starving death appealed to Supreme Court Posted: 17 Sep 2014 07:39 AM PDT HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for a 38-year-old Texas woman are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block her scheduled execution for the starvation and torture death of her girlfriend's 9-year-old son a decade ago.

No foreign troops needed, says Iraq prime minister Posted: 17 Sep 2014 07:23 AM PDT Plus, fight against Islamic State needs to extend to Syria, Haider al-Abadi says.

U.S. attorney general to propose more rewards, agents to fight Wall St crime Posted: 17 Sep 2014 06:51 AM PDT By Aruna Viswanatha WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wall Street whistleblowers who provide U.S. prosecutors with evidence of financial fraud should get larger rewards for their efforts, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder plans to say in a speech on Wednesday, according to a Justice Department official. The FBI also needs more agents, including those with expertise in forensic accounting, to better pursue complicated financial crime investigations, Holder will say, said the person, who declined to be named. ...

What is about North Korea that's so attractive to Americans? Posted: 17 Sep 2014 06:19 AM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — One shouted about God's love as he crossed a frozen river, clutching a Bible. Another swam, drunk and naked. Several U.S. soldiers dashed around land mines.

Quebec separatists closely watch Scotland's independence vote Posted: 17 Sep 2014 06:03 AM PDT MONTREAL (AP) — Quebec's separatists are watching closely this week to see if the Scottish independence movement has learned from their failed attempts to break away from Canada. And they could be rejuvenated if Scotland breaks away from the United Kingdom.

Obama speech boosts Islamic State's recruiting drive in Syria Posted: 17 Sep 2014 05:31 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State has won new recruits in Syria since President Barack Obama signaled last week that air strikes against the group will be expanded from Iraq to its strongholds in northern and eastern Syria, a group monitoring the war said on Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 162 people had joined Islamic State training camps in Aleppo province since Sept 10, when Obama said he would not hesitate to strike Islamic State in Syria. ...

Gay marriage activist, cartoonist, mathematician win 2014 'genius' grants Posted: 17 Sep 2014 05:00 AM PDT (Reuters) - A gay marriage advocate, a physicist modeling brain activity, a psychologist studying racial bias in policing, and a cartoonist exploring family life were among 21 winners of $625,000 "genius" grants, the U.S. organization awarding them said. Saxophonist Steve Coleman, renowned for "infusing iconic spontaneous music idioms" to forge a new sound, and physicist Danielle Bassett, who has applied mathematics to the modeling of brain connectivity, were also named on Tuesday as fellows by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. ...

Jewish group: Biden comment 'offensive' Posted: 17 Sep 2014 04:27 AM PDT A description of bankers in the VP's recent speech drew fire from the Anti-Defamation League.

Los Angeles schools police to return grenade launchers to U.S.: L.A. Times newspaper Posted: 17 Sep 2014 02:04 AM PDT (Reuters) - Los Angeles schools' police said on Tuesday it would give up three grenade launchers it acquired for free through a federal program now facing mounting scrutiny for supplying local agencies with military-grade equipment, the L.A Times newspaper reported. The move follows scrutiny over the Department of Defense's program, begun in 1991, which gives unused equipment to police forces across the U.S., including ones that serve school districts. ...

Vikings change mind, suspend Adrian Peterson Posted: 17 Sep 2014 12:31 AM PDT Sep 17 (Reuters) - The Minnesota Vikings have placed star running back Adrian Peterson on the NFL exempt list, suspending him from all team activities until his child-abuse case is resolved, the franchise said on Wednesday. The Vikings, who initially reactivated Peterson for week three of the NFL, had a change of heart after reconsidering their position in the domestic violence scandal. "After giving the situation additional thought, we have decided this is the appropriate course of action for the organization and for Adrian," Vikings owners Zygi Wilf and Mark Wilf said in a team news release. ...

Vikings place Adrian Peterson on exempt list Posted: 16 Sep 2014 11:58 PM PDT MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After a day of public pressure from angry fans and concerned sponsors, the Minnesota Vikings have reversed course and placed star running back Adrian Peterson on the exempt-commissioner's permission list, a move that will require him to stay away from the team while he addresses child abuse charges in Texas.

South Korea arrests American trying to swim to North Korea: report Posted: 16 Sep 2014 11:12 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean marines arrested an American man late on Tuesday who had been swimming in a river that flows towards North Korea and said he had been trying to go to the North to meet its leader, Korean media reported. South Korean marines guarding the Han river, which flows into an estuary and meets the North's Imjin river, found the man lying on the river bank, apparently suffering from exhaustion, the South's Yonhap news agency said, citing a South Korean government official. ...

Wildfire rips through 150 homes in Northern California Posted: 16 Sep 2014 09:54 PM PDT By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fire crews in California battled on Tuesday to halt the advance of wildfire that has already destroyed about 150 homes, lapped at rural schools and caused power outages that left an evacuation shelter without electricity, authorities said. The day-old blaze, one of about a dozen major fires raging across the drought-parched state, prompted authorities to order the evacuation of about 1,000 households in and around the Northern California town of Weed, which has a population of about 3,000. ...

U.S. cools talk of combat role in Iraq Posted: 16 Sep 2014 08:21 PM PDT The White House and U.S. military scrambled to play down a suggestion that deploying ground forces in Iraq was an option.

Seventh Los Angeles sheriff's official found guilty in jail probe Posted: 16 Sep 2014 07:49 PM PDT By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was found guilty on Tuesday of obstruction of justice and conspiracy for his role in trying to thwart a federal probe into prisoner abuse and other misconduct inside the United States' largest jail system. A U.S. District Court jury convicted James Sexton of charges he helped hide an inmate informant from federal investigators after the inmate's cover was blown, altering computer records to make it appear the informant had been released, then re-booking him under false names. ...

Rochester, N.Y., man charged with trying to help Islamic State Posted: 16 Sep 2014 05:45 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Rochester, New York, man has been indicted on charges of trying to provide material support to the Islamic State militant group and attempting to murder U.S. soldiers, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. A federal grand jury in Rochester handed down a seven-count indictment against Mufid Elfgeeh, 30, following an investigation by the FBI's Rochester Joint Terrorism Task Force, a Justice Department statement said. ...

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