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• Larry Ellison steps down as CEO of Oracle
• Wanna bet? British man bets $1.5M on Scottish referendum
• U.S. court rules Navy wrongfully monitored computers in child porn probe
• JetBlue flight makes emergency landing at California airport, four hurt
• Calif. wildfires force thousands to flee homes
• The U.K.'s other 'yes' vote—at The Royal and Ancient golf club
• Cardinal running back Dwyer makes bail, released from Ariz. jail
• Officers kill armed suspect in St. Louis suburb, police say
• Federal charges for couple in Amish kidnapping case
• British journalist said shown in IS video
• Intel chief: I didn't lie about surveillance
• Whole country shuts down for 3 days hoping to delay Ebola spread
• Life, no parole sentence for newlywed couple in Craigslist killing
• Australia police: IS beheading plot thwarted
• 'It's not nice being the father of a mass murderer'
• After Pardo's death, a new voice for 'SNL'
• Australia detains 15, charges one in major anti-terrorism raid
• Chinese hacked U.S. military contractors, Senate panel finds
• Mark Sanford's oversharing problem
• Polls open in historic Scottish independence vote
• Pakistani woman embraced by Islamic State seeks to drop U.S. legal appeal
• Wildfire in California's Sierra Nevada menaces 2,000 homes
• Man charged in attempted fire bombing of Missouri congressman's office
• Dog that went missing in New York found 2 years later in Florida
• House votes to arm Syrian rebels

Larry Ellison steps down as CEO of Oracle Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:33 PM PDT Oracle said Larry Ellison, its co-founder and longtime CEO, will be stepping down, effective immediately.

Wanna bet? British man bets $1.5M on Scottish referendum Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:02 PM PDT A British businessman is betting nearly $1.5 million (£900,000) that Scotland will vote "no" to independence on Thursday.

U.S. court rules Navy wrongfully monitored computers in child porn probe Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:46 PM PDT By Victoria Cavaliere SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has thrown out evidence against a Washington state man charged with possession of child pornography, saying his conviction revealed that naval intelligence agents were improperly peering into both civilian and military computers. In a strongly worded decision made available electronically on Thursday, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. ...

JetBlue flight makes emergency landing at California airport, four hurt Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:15 PM PDT By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At least four people were injured on Thursday when a JetBlue plane made an emergency landing at the airport in Long Beach, California, on Thursday and passengers evacuated by slides, an airport spokeswoman said. JetBlue Flight 1416, which had just departed for Austin, Texas, with 142 passengers and five crew members, returned to Long Beach after pilots got an overheating warning for one of the engines, Long Beach Airport spokeswoman Stephanie Montuya-Morisky said. She said all passengers were evacuated from the plane by slides after it landed at 9:30 ...

Calif. wildfires force thousands to flee homes Posted: 18 Sep 2014 11:42 AM PDT The blaze, east of Sacramento, has burned through 111 square miles as winds surge to 25 mph.

The U.K.'s other 'yes' vote—at The Royal and Ancient golf club Posted: 18 Sep 2014 10:54 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - The Royal and Ancient golf club agreed on Thursday to open its doors to women, ending 260 years of male-only membership at one of the oldest clubs in the world and paving the way for women to play a role in the sport's governance. The club's 2,400 worldwide members voted in person and via proxy and postal votes, with 85 percent in favour of allowing women members. (Editing by Ed Osmond)

Cardinal running back Dwyer makes bail, released from Ariz. jail Posted: 18 Sep 2014 10:39 AM PDT By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer posted bond and was released from a county jail on Thursday, a day after he was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault in the latest domestic violence case involving a National Football League player. Dwyer was taken into custody on Wednesday hours after two other NFL teams placed players embroiled in domestic violence cases on leaves of absence amid intensifying criticism from corporate sponsors and politicians of America's top sports league. ...

Officers kill armed suspect in St. Louis suburb, police say Posted: 18 Sep 2014 10:09 AM PDT By Kevin Murphy (Reuters) - St. Louis County police shot dead a man who they said pointed a rifle at them after a short foot chase about two miles from an apartment complex where a white Ferguson officer killed an unarmed black teen in August, sparking protests. The county police officers, who are assigned to Jennings, Missouri, have been placed on administrative leave following the late Wednesday shooting, St. Louis County Police Sergeant Brian Schellman said. He said the officers are white and the suspect black. He did not identify them. Police recovered a loaded rifle, he said. ...

Federal charges for couple in Amish kidnapping case Posted: 18 Sep 2014 09:52 AM PDT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The couple accused of kidnapping two young Amish sisters in northern New York were charged Thursday in federal court with sexual exploitation of children and possession of child pornography.

British journalist said shown in IS video Posted: 18 Sep 2014 09:37 AM PDT Captive British journalist John Cantlie says he will soon reveal "facts" in propaganda video.

Intel chief: I didn't lie about surveillance Posted: 18 Sep 2014 09:07 AM PDT Rolling out new ethics code, James Clapper said he misspoke about US domestic spying.

Whole country shuts down for 3 days hoping to delay Ebola spread Posted: 18 Sep 2014 08:51 AM PDT FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Shoppers crowded streets and markets in Sierra Leone's capital on Thursday stocking up for a three-day shutdown that authorities will hope will slow the spread of the Ebola outbreak that is accelerating across West Africa.

Life, no parole sentence for newlywed couple in Craigslist killing Posted: 18 Sep 2014 08:36 AM PDT SUNBURY, Pa. (AP) — A newlywed couple who lured a stranger to his death through a Craigslist ad were sentenced to life without parole by a judge who said they must be permanently removed from society.

Australia police: IS beheading plot thwarted Posted: 18 Sep 2014 07:49 AM PDT More than a dozen properties across Sydney raided; six held including suspected ringleader.

'It's not nice being the father of a mass murderer' Posted: 18 Sep 2014 07:33 AM PDT By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - The father of Anders Behring Breivik, who massacred 77 people in central Oslo and at an island summer camp in 2011, said on Thursday his son's fascist, anti-immigrant views seemed to be getting ever more extreme in jail. "It's not nice being the father of a mass murderer," former diplomat Jens Breivik, 78, told a news conference to launch an autobiography entitled "My Fault?". He said the discovery that his son was the killer exceeded a parent's worst nightmares. ...

After Pardo's death, a new voice for 'SNL' Posted: 18 Sep 2014 07:01 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A familiar face is taking over for a familiar voice at "Saturday Night Live."

Australia detains 15, charges one in major anti-terrorism raid Posted: 18 Sep 2014 06:01 AM PDT Australian police detained 15 people and charged one on Thursday, September 18, in what they described as the biggest anti-terrorism operation in the country's history. More than 800 officers, from the New South Wales and Australian Federal Police forces, took part in the operation in Sydney and Brisbane. According to a statement issued by the Australian Federal Police, "The operation follows the Joint Counter Terrorism Team investigation of a group of people located in Sydney alleged to have the intent to carry out random attacks on individuals here in Australia. Police believe this group was actively preparing for the attacks however there is no information regarding a specific attack, including dates, time or location. The warrants were undertaken today to prevent the group's planning activities at the earliest opportunity, and collect further evidence." Credit: Courtesy of the Australian Federal Police

Chinese hacked U.S. military contractors, Senate panel finds Posted: 18 Sep 2014 03:37 AM PDT By Ros Krasny WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hackers associated with the Chinese government have repeatedly infiltrated the computer systems of U.S. airlines, technology companies and other contractors involved in the movement of U.S. troops and military equipment, a U.S. Senate panel has found. The Senate Armed Services Committee's year-long probe, concluded in March but made public on Wednesday, found the military's U.S. Transportation Command, or Transcom, was aware of only two out of at least 20 such cyber intrusions within a single year. ...

Mark Sanford's oversharing problem Posted: 18 Sep 2014 02:50 AM PDT The South Carolina congressman's Facebook post about his broken engagement is bad news for his colleagues and the rest of us

Polls open in historic Scottish independence vote Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:57 AM PDT EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Polls have opened across Scotland in a referendum that will decide whether the country leaves its 307-year-old union with England and becomes an independent state.

Pakistani woman embraced by Islamic State seeks to drop U.S. legal appeal Posted: 17 Sep 2014 10:22 PM PDT By David Ingram NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Pakistan-born neuroscientist has become a rallying cry for militant groups demanding her release from a U.S. prison. But in a little-noticed move she is trying to abandon her legal fight for freedom, saying the U.S. court system is unjust. Islamic militants in Syria, Algeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan have made Aafia Siddiqui's release a condition for freeing certain foreign hostages. Islamic State, for example, proposed swapping American journalist James Foley for her, but he was executed after their demands, which also included an end to U.S. ...

Wildfire in California's Sierra Nevada menaces 2,000 homes Posted: 17 Sep 2014 09:19 PM PDT By Alex Dobuzinskis and Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fire crews in California's rugged Sierra Nevada battled to gain the upper hand on Wednesday against a blaze that threatened at least 2,000 homes and has displaced hundreds of residents as flames roared for a fifth day through dry timber and brush west of Lake Tahoe. The so-called King Fire, the most menacing of 11 major wildfires across the drought-parched state, has scorched nearly 28,000 acres (11,331 hectares) of state land and the El Dorado National Forest since it erupted Saturday, fire officials said. ...

Man charged in attempted fire bombing of Missouri congressman's office Posted: 17 Sep 2014 07:29 PM PDT By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY Mo. (Reuters) - A Kansas City man was charged on Wednesday with trying to fire-bomb the local office of Missouri U.S. Democratic Representative Emanuel Cleaver using two bottles filled with charcoal lighter fluid, prosecutors said. Eric King, 28, is accused of breaking windows and tossing the bottles at Cleaver's central Kansas City office shortly before 3 a.m. on Sept. 11 in an incident captured on security video, authorities said. ...

Dog that went missing in New York found 2 years later in Florida Posted: 17 Sep 2014 05:52 PM PDT A dog that went missing in New York more than two years ago turned up alive and well this week — in Florida.

House votes to arm Syrian rebels Posted: 17 Sep 2014 05:36 PM PDT By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved President Barack Obama's plan on Wednesday to train and arm moderate Syrian rebels, but questions remain over whether it will give them the advanced weapons they say they need to defeat Islamic State militants. ...

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