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• 225 victims of MH17 identified
• NFL's Goodell signals major shift in personal conduct policy
• Suspect in Bali suitcase murder confesses
• Ex-governor convicted in finance scheme
• Vienna's Jewish Museum returns painting seized by Nazis to heirs
• Unemployment rises in 24 U.S. states
• Scots' 'No' doesn't stop secession push in Spain
• White House anti-assault campaign uses stars, sports to reach campuses
• Sex assault on campuses an 'affront to our basic humanity,' Obama says
• Alibaba shares jump 46 percent on NYSE debut
• Scottish nationalist leader quits
• Egyptian to plead guilty over U.S. embassy bombings
• Exclusive: Angry with Washington, 1 in 4 Americans open to secession
• Alibaba IPO a Wall Street ‘feeding frenzy’
• Police search for answers in grisly Florida murder-suicide
• New evacuations ordered as California wildfire doubles in size
• From gangsta rapper to Islamist militant
• Congress backs Obama on aid to Syrian rebels
• In shift, U.S. officials fight release on bond of migrants: lawyers
• Results suggest Scots reject independence
• Florida granddad who killed family had also fatally shot son years before
• Man kills daughter, six grandchildren in Florida murder-suicide
• 6 children, 2 adults dead in Florida shooting
• Fatal police shooting near St. Louis — 2nd since Ferguson
• U.S. Congress approves arming Syrian rebels, funding government

225 victims of MH17 identified Posted: 19 Sep 2014 01:38 PM PDT Forensic experts have identified a total of 225 victims of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, with 14 new names released to families, Dutch authorities said on Friday.

NFL's Goodell signals major shift in personal conduct policy Posted: 19 Sep 2014 01:21 PM PDT By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Friday that rules governing personal conduct will change, signaling a major shift in policy in the wake of the league's poor handling of domestic abuse cases. Goodell said a committee will be established by the NFL to review policy but he avoided commenting on what the change will mean for his overriding power in the disciplinary process. ...

Suspect in Bali suitcase murder confesses Posted: 19 Sep 2014 12:51 PM PDT A U.S. man detained in Bali has confessed to killing his girlfriend's mother and stuffing her body into a suitcase, police confirmed on Friday. Tommy Schaefer, 21, and Heather Mack, 19, both from Chicago, were arrested on Aug. 13 after the battered body of Sheila von Weise-Mack was found in a bloody suitcase outside a luxury hotel on the resort island in Indonesia. Police said the suspects made separate confessions in which Schaefer admitted to killing Wiese-Mack, 62, and Mack, who is three months pregnant, admitted to helping him stuff her body into the suitcase. ...

Ex-governor convicted in finance scheme Posted: 19 Sep 2014 12:21 PM PDT A jury has convicted former Conn. Gov. John Rowland of crimes in a campaign finance scheme.

Vienna's Jewish Museum returns painting seized by Nazis to heirs Posted: 19 Sep 2014 12:05 PM PDT A Jewish museum in Vienna returned a painting that was seized by the Nazis in 1938 to the artist's grandnieces on Friday, part of a wider move in Austria to deal with art illegally acquired after Germany annexed the country in 1938. The 1922 work "The coffee hour. Fanny, the sister of the artist" by Jewish artist Jehudo Epstein, was handed to the granddaughter of the woman in the painting, Anne Starkey, who traveled from Britain to receive the piece, the museum said.

Unemployment rises in 24 U.S. states Posted: 19 Sep 2014 11:19 AM PDT Unemployment rates rose in nearly half of U.S. states in August, even as employers in two-thirds of the states added jobs.

Scots' 'No' doesn't stop secession push in Spain Posted: 19 Sep 2014 10:48 AM PDT The parliament in Spain's Catalonia region has given its leader power to call a secession referendum.

White House anti-assault campaign uses stars, sports to reach campuses Posted: 19 Sep 2014 10:33 AM PDT By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, who have long talked about the need to curb sexual assault at universities, will get some help on Friday from some people who young adults actually listen to: celebrities and athletes. In its latest effort to help college campuses tackle the issue, the White House is relying on a combination of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, social media and star power to spread its message aimed at preventing and coping with such assaults. ...

Sex assault on campuses an 'affront to our basic humanity,' Obama says Posted: 19 Sep 2014 10:18 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says campus sexual assault is "an affront to our basic humanity."

Alibaba shares jump 46 percent on NYSE debut Posted: 19 Sep 2014 09:30 AM PDT (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's shares rose as much as 46 percent in their first day of trading on Friday, lifting the Chinese online retailer's value to $244 billion. The company's initial public offering, on track to be the biggest ever if underwriters exercise their option to sell more shares, will help fund Alibaba's expansion in the United States and elsewhere. The sale raised more than $8.2 billion for the company after fees for underwriters, and about $13 billion for major shareholders. Alibaba's shares were trading at $99 on the New York Stock Exchange at 11:58 a.m. ...

Scottish nationalist leader quits Posted: 19 Sep 2014 08:40 AM PDT Alex Salmond resigned as leader of his party Friday, will quit as First Minister after losing independence referendum.

Egyptian to plead guilty over U.S. embassy bombings Posted: 19 Sep 2014 07:51 AM PDT By Joseph Ax and Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Egyptian man said on Friday he would plead guilty in New York to charges connected with the deadly 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Adel Abdul Bary, 54, said in court he would plead guilty to conspiracy to make a threat to use an explosive device, making a threat to use an explosive device, and conspiracy to murder Americans. His guilty plea comes two months before he was set to face trial in federal court alongside two co-defendants, Libyan Anas al-Liby and Saudi Khalid al-Fawwaz. ...

Exclusive: Angry with Washington, 1 in 4 Americans open to secession Posted: 19 Sep 2014 07:36 AM PDT By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - The failed Scottish vote to pull out from the United Kingdom stirred secessionist hopes for some in the United States, where almost a quarter of people are open to their states leaving the union, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Some 23.9 percent of Americans polled from Aug. 23 through Sept. 16 said they strongly supported or tended to support the idea of their state breaking away, while 53.3 percent of the 8,952 respondents strongly opposed or tended to oppose the notion. ...

Alibaba IPO a Wall Street ‘feeding frenzy’ Posted: 19 Sep 2014 07:19 AM PDT From Yahoo Finance: Pro looks at anticipated offering. PLUS: Live show 10:15 ET.

Police search for answers in grisly Florida murder-suicide Posted: 19 Sep 2014 04:24 AM PDT (Reuters) - Florida police will search on Friday for clues to why 51-year-old Don Spirit shot dead his daughter and her six children before turning the gun on himself. Deputies were scouring the scene of the murder-suicide that left eight people dead on Thursday, but no motive had yet been identified. Gilchrist County Sheriff Robert Schultz said Spirit called the 911 emergency line and killed himself after deputies arrived at the house. Everyone in the home was dead, including Sarah Spirit, 28, and her six children aged between 11 years old and younger than three months. ...

New evacuations ordered as California wildfire doubles in size Posted: 19 Sep 2014 02:50 AM PDT By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More residents of Northern California mountain communities were told to leave their homes on Thursday after an out-of-control wildfire doubled in size, scorching more than 100 sq m (259 sq km) of drought-parched timber and brush. More than 3,800 firefighters battled to stop the march of the King Fire, the largest and most dangerous of 11 major wildfires raging across California, but had managed to cut containment lines around just 10 percent of the flames, officials said. ...

From gangsta rapper to Islamist militant Posted: 19 Sep 2014 02:19 AM PDT As war in Syria and Iraq attracts a growing number of Muslim extremists from Europe, intelligence officials in Germany believe a former gangsta rapper has joined the inner circle of Islamists fighting there.

Congress backs Obama on aid to Syrian rebels Posted: 19 Sep 2014 01:00 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation requested by President Barack Obama authorizing the military to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels fighting Islamic State militants in the Middle East is headed for his signature after a sweeping Senate vote.

In shift, U.S. officials fight release on bond of migrants: lawyers Posted: 18 Sep 2014 10:25 PM PDT By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is routinely arguing against the release on bond of Central American women and children at a New Mexico detention center in a policy shift meant to discourage others like them from entering the United States, say lawyers for the detainees. The lawyers, representing women and children being held at the detention center in Artesia, 170 miles (275 km) from El Paso, Texas, say the government has for the last two months routinely argued against granting bond. ...

Results suggest Scots reject independence Posted: 18 Sep 2014 09:54 PM PDT Early results suggested they wanted to keep Scotland's 307-year union with England.

Florida granddad who killed family had also fatally shot son years before Posted: 18 Sep 2014 09:39 PM PDT The Florida man who police say gunned down his daughter and six grandchildren Thursday had been to prison for fatally shooting his young son during a hunting trip 13 years ago, according to court records.

Man kills daughter, six grandchildren in Florida murder-suicide Posted: 18 Sep 2014 06:49 PM PDT TAMPA (Reuters) - A 51-year-old Florida man shot dead his daughter and six grandchildren in his home before killing himself on Thursday, authorities said. Don Spirit, identified by authorities as the suspect, called 911 and killed himself after a sheriff's deputy arrived at the scene, Gilchrist County Sheriff Robert Schultz said. Everyone in the house was killed, Schultz said. The eldest of the children was 10, he said. "We're all family here. What can you say?" Schultz said. The incident occurred near Bell, a town of about 500 located roughly 35 miles (56 km) west of Gainesville. ...

6 children, 2 adults dead in Florida shooting Posted: 18 Sep 2014 06:18 PM PDT BELL, Fla. (AP) — A sheriff says a man killed six of his grandchildren, his adult daughter and himself at a home in a small town in North Florida.

Fatal police shooting near St. Louis — 2nd since Ferguson Posted: 18 Sep 2014 06:02 PM PDT Officers shot and killed a man after he allegedly pointed a rifle at them in suburban St. Louis, the second fatal police shooting of a black suspect in the region since the August shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson.

U.S. Congress approves arming Syrian rebels, funding government Posted: 18 Sep 2014 05:30 PM PDT By Patricia Zengerle and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress gave final approval on Thursday to President Barack Obama's plan for training and arming moderate Syrian rebels to battle Islamic State, a major part of his military campaign to "degrade and destroy" the militant group. The Senate voted 78-22, in a rare bipartisan show of support for one of Obama's high-profile initiatives. With the House of Representatives approving the legislation on Wednesday, the measure now goes to Obama to sign into law. Ten Senate Democrats and 12 Republicans voted no. ...

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