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• Space tourism rocket explodes in desert
• Appeals court clears way for N.Y. police stop-and-frisk reforms
• NYC to pay $2.25 million over Rikers Island inmate's death
• 1 dead, 1 hurt in Virgin Galactic space ship crash
• Wife of Arkansas murder suspect faces murder charge in realtor's death
• Bodies of 3 young U.S. citizens identified in northern Mexico
• U.S. rocket explosion investigation suspects main engine failure
• Obama invokes 'Mad Men' to get women's votes
• Crews work to recover bodies of 4 at Wichita airport
• Judge issues order enforcing Ebola isolation of defiant Maine nurse
• Samantha Power defends Ebola guidelines; praises airlines
• Pa. trooper ambush suspect jeered at court appearance
• Following violent protests, president of Burkina Faso steps down
• For nurse in Ebola quarantine, life goes on
• Apologies demanded for senator's comments on race
• U.S. Congress to revisit Islamic State war debate after election
• Mexico police questioned in killing of 3 Americans
• Penn. trooper ambush suspect captured
• Lack of mechanics threatens U.S. Air Force target date for F-35
• Nurse defies Ebola quarantine with bike ride; negotiations fail
• Elusive Pennsylvania ambush suspect captured, ending manhunt
• Alleged Pa. cop killer captured
• Pennsylvania fugitive Eric Frein is captured: ABC
• Relatives suspect poison in deaths of Utah family
• Oklahoma teen arrested for threatening shooting spree at school

Space tourism rocket explodes in desert Posted: 31 Oct 2014 01:19 PM PDT Pilot of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo ejected, suffered serious injuries; co-pilot died.

Appeals court clears way for N.Y. police stop-and-frisk reforms Posted: 31 Oct 2014 01:04 PM PDT By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City can finally begin to implement court-ordered reforms to its controversial stop-and-frisk police tactic, after a U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected a last-ditch challenge brought by several police unions. The decision from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York came exactly one year after it put the reforms on hold while the city pursued an appeal of a U.S. judge's finding that the practice amounted to a form of racial profiling. Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg was a staunch defender of the strategy. ...

NYC to pay $2.25 million over Rikers Island inmate's death Posted: 31 Oct 2014 12:48 PM PDT By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City will pay $2.25 million to resolve a wrongful death claim by the family of a mentally ill, homeless Marine Corps veteran who died at the Rikers Island jail complex eight days after his arrest, the city's comptroller announced on Friday. Jerome Murdough, 56, was found dead in his cell at Rikers Island on Feb. 15. The city medical examiner's office later said his death was accidental and due to hyperthermia caused by exposure to heat. ...

1 dead, 1 hurt in Virgin Galactic space ship crash Posted: 31 Oct 2014 12:33 PM PDT Witness says SpaceShipTwo exploded during test flight over California's Mojave Desert.

Wife of Arkansas murder suspect faces murder charge in realtor's death Posted: 31 Oct 2014 12:15 PM PDT By Steve Barnes LITTLE ROCK Ark. (Reuters) - The wife of a man charged a month ago with the kidnapping and murder of a suburban Little Rock, Arkansas, realtor was ordered held without bond by a district judge on Friday, less than a day after her arrest in the case. Crystal Lowery, 41, pleaded not guilty to charges of capital murder and kidnapping in the death of Beverly Carter, whose body was found in a shallow grave in an industrial area east of Little Rock on Sept. 30. Carter, 50, had disappeared five days earlier after agreeing to show a house to a person she believed was a potential buyer. ...

Bodies of 3 young U.S. citizens identified in northern Mexico Posted: 31 Oct 2014 10:55 AM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The bodies of three people, tied-up and with gunshot wounds to the head, have been identified as siblings from Texas reported missing earlier this month, a northeastern Mexico state prosecutor said on Friday. The siblings' suspected abduction might have been orchestrated by local security officials, said the office of Ismael Quintanilla, attorney general of the border state of Tamaulipas. ...

U.S. rocket explosion investigation suspects main engine failure Posted: 31 Oct 2014 10:39 AM PDT By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. (Reuters) - As Orbital Sciences picks up the pieces, literally and figuratively, after its high-profile rocket launch explosion, accident investigators are looking closely at a potential first-stage engine problem. Technical data relayed from Orbital's Antares rocket before and after Tuesday's liftoff from Wallops Island, Virginia, show everything was fine until the rocket's ascent stopped 15 seconds into the flight, the company said in a status report issued late Thursday. ...

Obama invokes 'Mad Men' to get women's votes Posted: 31 Oct 2014 10:24 AM PDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — With an election four days away, President Barack Obama urged women to raise their voices in favor of economic policies that benefit them and against politicians that he said belong in a "Mad Men" episode from a bygone era. Citing his own experiences as the son of a single mom and the father of two girls, he declared: "Some of this is personal."

Crews work to recover bodies of 4 at Wichita airport Posted: 31 Oct 2014 09:36 AM PDT WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The bodies of four people who died when a small plane crashed into a flight training facility at a Kansas airport remain at the site as authorities assess what needs to be done to make the building safe to enter.

Judge issues order enforcing Ebola isolation of defiant Maine nurse Posted: 31 Oct 2014 08:34 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The confrontation between the state of Maine and a nurse who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone heated up on Friday when a judge issued a temporary order enforcing a quarantine after she defied state officials and took a bike ride. The order from Charles LaVerdiere, chief judge of the Maine District Court, instructs nurse Kaci Hickox to submit to "direct active monitoring," and "not to be present in public places" like shopping centers, movie theaters or workplaces except to receive necessary healthcare. ...

Samantha Power defends Ebola guidelines; praises airlines Posted: 31 Oct 2014 08:18 AM PDT By Louis Charbonneau and Bill Berkrot NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power on Friday defended federal guidelines for monitoring health workers returning from three Ebola-stricken West African countries and praised the airlines still flying there. "Let me commend Air Brussels, Air France and Moroccan Airways for keeping their flights going. Those flights are a lifeline," Powers said at a Reuters Newsmaker event in New York hours after returning from a four-day trip to Ebola-hit Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, with a quick stop to drop her son off at ...

Pa. trooper ambush suspect jeered at court appearance Posted: 31 Oct 2014 07:28 AM PDT MILFORD, Pa. (AP) — Onlookers shouted "Are you sorry?" and "Why did you do it?" as state troopers led a suspect in a fatal police barracks ambush from his first court appearance following a seven-week manhunt.

Following violent protests, president of Burkina Faso steps down Posted: 31 Oct 2014 07:12 AM PDT OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — President Blaise Compaore stepped down Friday after 27 years in power following a wave of protests against his rule. He said elections for a new leader will be held in 90 days.

For nurse in Ebola quarantine, life goes on Posted: 31 Oct 2014 06:24 AM PDT FORT KENT, Maine (AP) — In between going on a bike ride and taking delivery of a pizza, nurse Kaci Hickox and her boyfriend did chores and watched a movie while state officials struggled to reach a compromise in a standoff that has become the nation's most closely watched clash between personal freedom and fear of Ebola.

Apologies demanded for senator's comments on race Posted: 31 Oct 2014 04:47 AM PDT NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Republicans are calling on Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu to apologize after she suggested Thursday that President Barack Obama's deep unpopularity in the South is partly tied to race.

U.S. Congress to revisit Islamic State war debate after election Posted: 31 Oct 2014 01:54 AM PDT By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When lawmakers return to Washington after Tuesday's congressional elections they will resume a debate they began with some reluctance last month on the U.S.-led fight against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. With the U.S.-led coalition increasing air strikes but no signs the militants have been weakened, Congress appears ready for a broader discussion on the operations than it was prepared to hold during the run-up to the election. ...

Mexico police questioned in killing of 3 Americans Posted: 31 Oct 2014 12:33 AM PDT MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Authorities are investigating a possible police connection to the killing of three U.S. citizens visiting their father in Mexico who were found shot to death along with a Mexican friend more than two weeks after going missing.

Penn. trooper ambush suspect captured Posted: 30 Oct 2014 09:24 PM PDT A survivalist is accused of ambushing two state troopers, killing one and wounding the other.

Lack of mechanics threatens U.S. Air Force target date for F-35 Posted: 30 Oct 2014 08:52 PM PDT By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force may miss its target of August 2016 to start using the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet in combat if Congress blocks the service's plan to retire its A-10 tank-killer aircraft, a top U.S. general said Thursday. Air Force Lieutenant General Chris Bogdan, the Pentagon's F-35 program chief, told reporters the Air Force was counting on training experienced A-10 mechanics to help reach the total 1,100 mechanics needed to declare that the F-35 had reached "initial operational capability" or IOC. ...

Nurse defies Ebola quarantine with bike ride; negotiations fail Posted: 30 Oct 2014 06:47 PM PDT By Steve Holland CAPE ELIZABETH Maine (Reuters) - A nurse who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone but has tested negative for the virus went for a bike ride on Thursday, defying Maine's order that she be quarantined in her home and setting up a legal collision with Governor Paul LePage. Attorneys for Kaci Hickox, 33, said they had not yet been served with a court order to enforce the 21-day quarantine - matching the virus's maximum incubation period - but remained prepared to fight such an order if necessary. ...

Elusive Pennsylvania ambush suspect captured, ending manhunt Posted: 30 Oct 2014 05:28 PM PDT By Joe McDonald TANNERSVILLE Pa. (Reuters) - The survivalist suspected of killing a Pennsylvania state trooper and seriously wounding a second officer in a sniper attack in September was taken into custody after a seven-week manhunt, police said on Thursday. Eric Matthew Frein, 31, eluded capture by hundreds of law enforcement officers who had been searching for him since the Sept. 12 ambush of the troopers outside a state police barracks in Blooming Grove. The attack killed Corporal Bryon Dickson, 38, and wounded Trooper Alex Douglass, 31. ...

Alleged Pa. cop killer captured Posted: 30 Oct 2014 04:25 PM PDT

Pennsylvania fugitive Eric Frein is captured: ABC Posted: 30 Oct 2014 04:09 PM PDT (Reuters) - Pennsylvania fugitive Eric Frein, sought for the killing of a state trooper and severely wounding a second, has been captured, ABC News reported on Thursday. He has been the subject of a manhunt in eastern Pennsylvania since Sept. 12. (Editing By Ellen Wulfhorst)

Relatives suspect poison in deaths of Utah family Posted: 30 Oct 2014 03:36 PM PDT (Reuters) - The relatives of a Utah family who were found dead last month in a locked bedroom at their home suspect they died from poison and say details from court documents published this week begin to confirm their suspicions, local media said on Thursday. The bodies of Benjamin and Kristi Strack and three of their children aged 11 to 14 were discovered on Sept. 27 in Springville, about 45 miles south of Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News have cited police search warrants that say each victim was discovered lying with cups of red-colored liquid nearby. ...

Oklahoma teen arrested for threatening shooting spree at school Posted: 30 Oct 2014 02:48 PM PDT By Heide Barndes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An Oklahoma teenager has been arrested on suspicion of making online threats to go on a shooting spree at his high school, law enforcement officials said on Thursday. The 15-year-old student has not been identified. He made the threats on Wednesday against Duncan High School, in the southern part of the state, on a phone-based social media site, Duncan police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation said. The arrest follows a shooting at a Washington state high school last week in which a teenager used a handgun to shoot five classmates. ...

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• Two shot, dozens arrested in San Francisco following Giants win
• National Guard heads to Hawaii town threatened by river of lava
• Four people dead after plane crash at Kansas airport: fire official
• Big change comes to 'The View'
• Tuesday's elections will be landmark for conservation
• Halloween canceled where Pa. manhunt continues
• Thomas Menino, Boston's longest-serving mayor, dies at 71: spokesman
• NC courthouse shooting: One suspect in jail, one pursued
• Maine nurse defies state Ebola quarantine, leaves home
• World must do more to fight Ebola: UN envoy Power
• Hawaii's Big Island watches lava slowly reshape community
• 150 found in Iraq mass grave
• Judge to rule on whether Stockton, California can exit bankruptcy
• 'I'm proud to be gay,' says Apple CEO Tim Cook
• China fears Hong Kong protests now national security issue
• Apple's chief exec Tim Cook: 'I'm proud to be gay'
• Russia's $25 billion plan for North Korea
• On Politics: Obama, Christie and Ebola
• School projects onboard exploded Virginia rocket destroyed
• Showdown imminent over nurse's quarantine in Maine
• U.S. governor races could determine swing states' fiscal health
• U.S. education department gets tougher on for-profit colleges
• Giants win Series in classic Game 7
• Five members of Utah family likely died of poisoning: reports
• Probe of Virginia rocket blast begins; space station supplied

Two shot, dozens arrested in San Francisco following Giants win Posted: 30 Oct 2014 01:29 PM PDT By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two people were shot, one was stabbed and around 40 were arrested as celebrations in San Francisco for the Giants victory in the World Series turned violent overnight, police said on Thursday. A number of police officers were struck by bottles while responding to the mayhem and three were taken to local hospitals, one with severe lacerations to his hand, Sergeant Monica Macdonald of the San Francisco Police Department said. ...

National Guard heads to Hawaii town threatened by river of lava Posted: 30 Oct 2014 12:25 PM PDT By Karin Stanton PAHOA Hawaii (Reuters) - A contingent of National Guard troops was dispatched to a Hawaii town on Thursday to provide security to the Big Island community threatened by a river of molten lava that is slowly creeping toward the town's main road, an emergency official said. The lava flow from the Kilauea volcano has been slithering toward the village of Pahoa for weeks and at last watch was advancing at less than five yards (meters) an hour, said Darryl Oliveira, director of Hawaii County Civil Defense. ...

Four people dead after plane crash at Kansas airport: fire official Posted: 30 Oct 2014 10:51 AM PDT WICHITA Kan. (Reuters) - Four people have been confirmed dead after a small airplane crashed Thursday morning into a flight safety building at Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, Kansas, a fire official told a news conference. (Reporting by Alice Mannette; Writing by David Bailey; Editing by Bill Trott)

Big change comes to 'The View' Posted: 30 Oct 2014 10:18 AM PDT Big change comes to 'The View'

Tuesday's elections will be landmark for conservation Posted: 30 Oct 2014 09:46 AM PDT GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Voters across the nation are deciding whether to set aside billions of dollars for parks and preservation in what some environmentalists are calling one of the most significant elections for land conservation in American history.

Halloween canceled where Pa. manhunt continues Posted: 30 Oct 2014 09:30 AM PDT As police in rural Barrett Township search for suspected trooper shooter Eric Frein, holiday ritual won't be held.

Thomas Menino, Boston's longest-serving mayor, dies at 71: spokesman Posted: 30 Oct 2014 08:56 AM PDT BOSTON (Reuters) - Thomas Menino, the longest-serving mayor in Boston history who led the city after the 2013 marathon bombing, has died at age 71 from cancer, a former spokesman said on Thursday. Menino ran New England's largest city for two decades before he stepped down in early 2014 at the end of his fifth term, saying he could no longer keep up the intense schedule. "I am truly sad to learn of the death of Mayor Thomas M. Menino," said spokesman is John Guilfoil. ...

NC courthouse shooting: One suspect in jail, one pursued Posted: 30 Oct 2014 08:09 AM PDT RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — One suspect has been arrested and another is being sought on an assault charges in the shooting at a North Carolina courthouse that wounded two men.

Maine nurse defies state Ebola quarantine, leaves home Posted: 30 Oct 2014 07:51 AM PDT (Reuters) - A nurse in Maine vowing not to be bullied by politicians and threatening to sue the state over an Ebola quarantine she calls unscientifically sound, defied the order and left her home for a bike ride on Thursday, according to television images. Kaci Hickox left her home in Fort Kent to take a morning bicycle ride with her boyfriend, MSNBC and other networks reported. Hickox, 33, who tested negative for Ebola after returning from treating patients in West Africa, said that she plans to take the issue to court if the state did not lift the quarantine by Thursday. ...

World must do more to fight Ebola: UN envoy Power Posted: 30 Oct 2014 07:20 AM PDT Returning from W. Africa, ambassador to UN says world must confront "greatest public health crisis ever."

Hawaii's Big Island watches lava slowly reshape community Posted: 30 Oct 2014 07:04 AM PDT PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Pele, the Hawaiian volcano goddess, moves gradually and persistently as she deposits lava across the Big Island of Hawaii. People in the small town lying in its path say the lava will reshape the community yard by yard as it slides toward the ocean.

150 found in Iraq mass grave Posted: 30 Oct 2014 06:33 AM PDT Militants from Islamic State said to have rounded up Sunni men from villages and executed them Wednesday.

Judge to rule on whether Stockton, California can exit bankruptcy Posted: 30 Oct 2014 06:17 AM PDT By Robin Respaut SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A judge in Sacramento is set to decide on Thursday if the California city of Stockton can exit bankruptcy. If not, the city may need to cut its pension obligations, a controversial issue that has captured the attention of the $3.7 trillion U.S. municipal bond market. A haircut to California Public Employees' Retirement System, or Calpers, pensions would be unprecedented in municipal bankruptcy. And both Stockton and Calpers have adamantly opposed the idea. But U.S. ...

'I'm proud to be gay,' says Apple CEO Tim Cook Posted: 30 Oct 2014 05:30 AM PDT Apple CEO Tim Cook on Thursday made a surprising announcement in an opinion piece on Bloomberg Businessweek, which is very much in line with his many public notes in the recent past about diversity at the workplace. "While I have never denied my sexuality, I haven't publicly acknowledged it either, until now. So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me," Cook said  in the essay. FROM EARLIER: Tim Cook offers a heartfelt tribute to Steve Jobs on the 3rd anniversary of his passing The executive admitted that he never hid his sexual orientation while working at Apple, even though he had not publicly declared it until now. "For

China fears Hong Kong protests now national security issue Posted: 30 Oct 2014 05:15 AM PDT Month-old pro-democracy demonstrations a threat to China's rule; time for neutrality is over, political operative says.

Apple's chief exec Tim Cook: 'I'm proud to be gay' Posted: 30 Oct 2014 04:59 AM PDT (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook publicly came out as gay in an article he wrote in Bloomberg Businessweek. Cook has never previously acknowledged his sexual orientation. "So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me," Cook said in the article. (http://buswk.co/1DBoBfo) (Reporting by Anya George Tharakan in Bangalore; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)

Russia's $25 billion plan for North Korea Posted: 30 Oct 2014 04:44 AM PDT Russia is eyeing a 'mammoth' and lucrative project for the hermit state.

On Politics: Obama, Christie and Ebola Posted: 30 Oct 2014 02:41 AM PDT Somehow, Chris Christie has again managed to make himself the most talked-about Republican in the country on the eve of an election in which he isn't on the ballot.

School projects onboard exploded Virginia rocket destroyed Posted: 30 Oct 2014 01:55 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Over a dozen school projects were onboard the U.S. supply rocket that exploded shortly after liftoff from a Virginia launch pad, but a group of California students will have another shot at getting their project - containing live worms - into space. The project, developed by students at the Urban Promise Academy middle school in Oakland, would have sent the worms to the International Space Station to study the effects of space on composting, Oakland School District spokesman Troy Flint said on Wednesday. ...

Showdown imminent over nurse's quarantine in Maine Posted: 29 Oct 2014 11:36 PM PDT FORT KENT, Maine (AP) — State police plan to monitor the movements and interactions of a nurse who vowed to defy the state's quarantine for health care workers who treat Ebola patients, but troopers cannot take her into custody without a judge's permission.

U.S. governor races could determine swing states' fiscal health Posted: 29 Oct 2014 10:50 PM PDT By Megan Davies NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. voters' readiness to face tough issues such as pension reform rather than simply kick the can further down the road will be put to the test next week as two-thirds of state governor posts go up for election. A handful of the Nov. 4 races such as the dead heat in Illinois, possibly the most fiscally dysfunctional state, shape up as de facto referendums on reform and their results could make municipal bond investors alter their bets. ...

U.S. education department gets tougher on for-profit colleges Posted: 29 Oct 2014 09:33 PM PDT (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Education will introduce stricter regulations next year in its latest attempt to improve the job prospects of those graduating from for-profit colleges and universities. Under new regulations unveiled on Thursday and effective July 1, for-profit colleges will be at risk of losing federal aid should a typical graduate's annual loan repayments exceed 20 percent of discretionary income or 8 percent of total earnings. This is lower than the current threshold of 30 percent of discretionary income and 12 percent of total earnings. The U.S. ...

Giants win Series in classic Game 7 Posted: 29 Oct 2014 08:47 PM PDT Madison Bumgarner comes out of the bullpen to shut down the Royals.

Five members of Utah family likely died of poisoning: reports Posted: 29 Oct 2014 07:46 PM PDT (Reuters) - Police believe two parents and three children found dead inside their Utah home weeks ago likely died of poisoning, local media reported on Wednesday. The five people, including children between the ages of 11 and 14, were found on Sept. 27 at their home in Springville, about 45 miles (72 km) south of Salt Lake City. The bodies of Benjamin and Kristi Strack and their children Benson, Emery and Zion, were each found lying next to a cup of colored fluid, according to the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News, which cited documents filed in court by police. ...

Probe of Virginia rocket blast begins; space station supplied Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:59 PM PDT By Ian Simpson and Irene Klotz WALLOPS Va./CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. (Reuters) - Authorities on Wednesday started investigating what caused an unmanned U.S. supply rocket to explode in a fireball moments after liftoff from a Virginia launch pad, destroying cargo and equipment bound for the International Space Station. The 14-story Antares rocket, built and launched by Orbital Sciences Corp, blasted off from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island at 6:22 p.m. on Tuesday but burst into flames moments later. ...

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