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• Red Cross team attacked while burying Ebola dead
• Clemson University halts fraternity activities after student death
• New Jersey weighs crumbling roads, bridges vs gas tax hike
• Grand jury decision in Tony Stewart case to be announced Wednesday
• Dutch to send fighter jets to strike at IS in Iraq
• Nigeria military claims Boko Haram leader dead
• Former Ohio congressman Traficant critical after farm accident: reports
• After fire at slain teen's memorial, protests erupt in Missouri
• Not just a feeling: Middle class majorly squeezed
• French hostage beheaded by extremists, U.S. monitoring group says
• NFL sponsors should sever ties over scandals, majority in poll say
• Massachusetts house where dead babies were found to be razed: reports
• US can't confirm death of Khorasan group leader: Rice
• Increase in train track worker deaths prompts NTSB safety study
• Ex-convict seeking comeback leads race for Providence mayor: poll
• 5 U.S. strikes hit Syria, Iraq targets
• Florida poll shows Scott and Crist neck and neck in nasty campaign
• Exclusive: Oil company rewrites its history, may aid founder's divorce case
• NATO says Russia makes significant pullback from Ukraine
• Activists: Air raids hit IS group in eastern Syria
• Obama to address UN amid new Mideast strikes
• Mission accomplished: India joins Mars explorers
• Fired UPS worker kills two supervisors, self, in Alabama shooting
• Alaska elections office ordered to expand language assistance
• Firefighters advance on blaze in California's Sierras

Red Cross team attacked while burying Ebola dead Posted: 24 Sep 2014 01:08 PM PDT Guinea incident marks the latest in a string of assaults that are hindering efforts to control the virus' spread.

Clemson University halts fraternity activities after student death Posted: 24 Sep 2014 12:22 PM PDT By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) - Clemson University has suspended activities for its 24 fraternities following the death of a student and recent reports of inappropriate behavior, school officials said. The body of Tucker Hipps, 19, was found on Monday after he did not return from a run with fraternity members. His death has sparked rampant speculation by students on social media that hazing was involved, but police said a preliminary investigation did not indicate that hazing had played a role. ...

New Jersey weighs crumbling roads, bridges vs gas tax hike Posted: 24 Sep 2014 12:04 PM PDT By Hilary Russ Montclair N.J. (Reuters) - The New York City suburb of Montclair, New Jersey, may be picturesque, but its roads are a mess. More than half of its 82 miles of roadways are in poor or fair condition. Just paving them would cost $9 million, not including curbs and other features, Montclair Mayor Robert Jackson told state lawmakers on Wednesday. "We learn to live with pot-holes, he said. "The economics are untenable." So are the politics, with elected officials reluctant to raise the state's gasoline tax, among the nation's lowest, to pay for repairs. ...

Grand jury decision in Tony Stewart case to be announced Wednesday Posted: 24 Sep 2014 11:49 AM PDT (Reuters) - A grand jury investigating a fatal dirt-track incident involving three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart has completed its review and the results will be announced on Wednesday afternoon, prosecutors said. Stewart, one of the biggest names in auto racing, struck and killed Kevin Ward, 20, during a non-NASCAR sprint car race on Aug. 9 at Canandaigua Motorsports Park. Authorities said on Sept. 16 that the incident was being referred to a grand jury. Ontario County District Attorney Michael Tantillo had said he intended to present the case to a grand jury in the near future. ...

Dutch to send fighter jets to strike at IS in Iraq Posted: 24 Sep 2014 11:33 AM PDT The Dutch government says it will send six F-16 fighter jets to strike at the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq.

Nigeria military claims Boko Haram leader dead Posted: 24 Sep 2014 11:17 AM PDT Nigeria's military on Wednesday claimed for the first time that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau was dead, saying troops had shot a lookalike who had been posing as the militant commander.

Former Ohio congressman Traficant critical after farm accident: reports Posted: 24 Sep 2014 10:45 AM PDT (Reuters) - Former U.S. congressman James Traficant of Ohio, who served seven years in prison for bribery, tax evasion and other crimes, was hospitalized in critical condition on Wednesday after a tractor he was riding rolled over on him, local media reported. The accident happened just before 8 p.m. Tuesday and Traficant, 73, was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center. His wife, Tish Traficant, told Youngstown's The Vindicator newspaper that he was in critical condition. ...

After fire at slain teen's memorial, protests erupt in Missouri Posted: 24 Sep 2014 10:13 AM PDT By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - Five people were arrested and two police officers injured in renewed violence overnight on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, sparked by a fire that destroyed a shrine to a black teenager killed by a police officer last month. Shots were fired and rocks and bottles thrown at officers in clashes between police and more than 100 protesters, which took place late Tuesday into the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning. One area business was looted and vandalized, and a restaurant was set on fire, officials said. ...

Not just a feeling: Middle class majorly squeezed Posted: 24 Sep 2014 09:25 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Three years ago, Jason Prosser was stunned to discover the cost of child care for his newborn son — so much so that he and his wife postponed having a second child.

French hostage beheaded by extremists, U.S. monitoring group says Posted: 24 Sep 2014 09:08 AM PDT PARIS (AP) — Algerian extremists allied with the Islamic State group have decapitated a French hostage after France ignored their demand to stop airstrikes in Iraq, according to a video released by a U.S. terrorism watchdog.

NFL sponsors should sever ties over scandals, majority in poll say Posted: 24 Sep 2014 08:52 AM PDT By Jennifer Saba NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than half of Americans believe that brands should drop their sponsorship deals with the National Football League over its handling of players accused of domestic violence, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Among those surveyed, 30 percent said that the NFL's largest sponsors should sever their ties permanently with the league, while 24 percent said they should end their sponsorship for this season. ...

Massachusetts house where dead babies were found to be razed: reports Posted: 24 Sep 2014 08:05 AM PDT BOSTON (Reuters) - Officials in Blackstone, Massachusetts, ordered the owner of a home where a 31-year-old woman was found living with the bodies of three of her dead children to tear the structure down, local media reported on Wednesday. The town's board of health voted at a meeting late Tuesday to order the destruction of the beige, one-story house. Investigators had found it filled with refuse a foot high in places, including dirty diapers and dead animals, and infested with vermin. The chairman of the board of health did not respond to requests for comment on Wednesday. ...

US can't confirm death of Khorasan group leader: Rice Posted: 24 Sep 2014 07:49 AM PDT Washington (AFP) - US airstrikes in Syria have had an "important impact," US national security adviser Susan Rice said Wednesday, but it is unclear if they have killed the head of the Khorasan group, an Al-Qaeda offshoot.

Increase in train track worker deaths prompts NTSB safety study Posted: 24 Sep 2014 07:17 AM PDT An investigation into last year's spike in the number of deaths among track workers has concluded that some federal workplace safety standards should be extended to railroads.

Ex-convict seeking comeback leads race for Providence mayor: poll Posted: 24 Sep 2014 07:00 AM PDT BOSTON (Reuters) - Former Providence, Rhode Island, mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci, who served five years in prison after being convicted of racketeering, is leading in his bid to reclaim the job he held for 22 of the past 50 years, a poll released on Wednesday found. The 73-year-old candidate, running as an independent, has a narrow lead in a three-way race, though many voters said they remain undecided with six weeks to go until Election Day, according to the Providence Journal/WPRI-12 poll. Some 38 percent of 503 registered voters polled Sept. ...

5 U.S. strikes hit Syria, Iraq targets Posted: 24 Sep 2014 06:44 AM PDT Pentagon says U.S. forces destroyed two Islamic State armed vehicles, 8 other vehicles, weapons cache.

Florida poll shows Scott and Crist neck and neck in nasty campaign Posted: 24 Sep 2014 06:28 AM PDT By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) - Months of mud-slinging by Florida Governor Rick Scott and former Governor Charlie Crist have made voters distrust both men in a hot race that is too close to call, according to a new poll released Wednesday. Six weeks before election day, the Quinnipiac University Poll found Republican Scott with support of 44 percent of likely voters, while 42 percent said they would vote for Crist, a former Republican now running as a Democrat after he switched parties in 2012. ...

Exclusive: Oil company rewrites its history, may aid founder's divorce case Posted: 24 Sep 2014 05:40 AM PDT By Joshua Schneyer and Brian Grow OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oil driller Continental Resources Inc has been revising its corporate history in ways that diminish the publicly traded company's accomplishments under CEO Harold Hamm, part of a legal strategy that might help Hamm avoid the largest divorce award in U.S. history. Downplaying his role in Continental's success is central to Hamm's chances of minimizing the financial blow from his divorce, lawyers say. ...

NATO says Russia makes significant pullback from Ukraine Posted: 24 Sep 2014 05:25 AM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO has observed a significant withdrawal of Russian forces from inside Ukraine, but many Russian troops remain stationed nearby, an alliance military spokesman said on Wednesday. "There has been a significant pullback of Russian conventional forces from inside Ukraine, but many thousands are still deployed in the vicinity of the border," Lieutenant-Colonel Jay Janzen said in an e-mailed response to a request from Reuters for comment. "Some Russian troops remain inside Ukraine. ...

Activists: Air raids hit IS group in eastern Syria Posted: 24 Sep 2014 02:47 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — At least 10 airstrikes hit suspected Islamic State positions on Wednesday in an eastern Syrian town near the Iraqi border, activists said.

Obama to address UN amid new Mideast strikes Posted: 24 Sep 2014 12:44 AM PDT The president will cast the U.S. as the linchpin in efforts to defeat IS militants in Iraq and Syria.

Mission accomplished: India joins Mars explorers Posted: 24 Sep 2014 12:13 AM PDT NEW DELHI (AP) — India triumphed in its first interplanetary mission, placing a satellite into orbit around Mars on Wednesday and catapulting the country into an elite club of deep-space explorers.

Fired UPS worker kills two supervisors, self, in Alabama shooting Posted: 23 Sep 2014 08:35 PM PDT By Sherrel Wheeler Stewart BIRMINGHAM Ala. (Reuters) - A recently-fired UPS employee on Tuesday shot dead two supervisors at the company facility where he had worked in Birmingham, Alabama, before turning the gun on himself, police said. The gunman, identified by authorities as Kerry Joe Tesney, 45, was fired earlier this month and had recently received a letter in the mail with the news that he had lost his appeal to get his job back, police said. Police had earlier said that Tesney, a resident of Trussville, a Birmingham suburb, was fired on Monday. ...

Alaska elections office ordered to expand language assistance Posted: 23 Sep 2014 07:34 PM PDT By Steve Quinn JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) - A federal judge has ordered Alaska election officials to go further in offering translation assistance to native-language voters in a ruling that one civil rights lawyer said on Tuesday may have implications for non-English speakers in other states. The decision, issued on Monday, gives the state the six weeks that remain before the Nov. 4 elections to comply with a list of remedies designed to accommodate Yup'ik- and Giwch'in-speaking voters in several rural Alaska Native villages. The eight-page order by U.S. ...

Firefighters advance on blaze in California's Sierras Posted: 23 Sep 2014 05:28 PM PDT By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fire crews in California's rugged Sierra Nevada tightened their grip on Tuesday on a fierce blaze that has destroyed a dozen homes and threatened thousands more as it raged for an 11th day through drought-parched timber west of Lake Tahoe. The so-called King Fire, which authorities say was deliberately set on Sept. 13, has charred more than 89,500 acres in two national forests, but officials said crews had managed to carve containment lines around 35 percent of its perimeter as of midday Tuesday. ...

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