| Boston bombing suspect Tsarnaev allegedly knew of brother's role in 2011 murders Posted: 11 Oct 2014 11:55 AM PDT  Defense attorneys say the government has a witness prepared to testify that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev knew of his older brother's role in an unsolved 2011 triple murder case near Boston.
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| Second day of protests take shape in St. Louis Posted: 11 Oct 2014 09:47 AM PDT  FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Hundreds gathered in downtown St. Louis on Saturday morning for a second day of organized rallies to protest Michael Brown's death and other fatal police shootings in the area and elsewhere.
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| Snowden's girlfriend living with him in Russia: film Posted: 11 Oct 2014 08:08 AM PDT  New York (AFP) - Fugitive US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden, who was granted asylum by Moscow after revealing the extent of US government surveillance, has been joined by his American girlfriend in Russia, a documentary reveals.
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| Ebola monitoring rises as Spain tries to contain health crisis Posted: 11 Oct 2014 04:53 AM PDT  Sixteen people were being monitored in a Madrid hospital for signs of Ebola on Saturday.
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| Cities, states scramble after Dallas's Ebola missteps expose planning gaps Posted: 11 Oct 2014 04:21 AM PDT  By Sharon Begley and Yasmeen Abutaleb NEW YORK (Reuters) - The missteps in Dallas's handling of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States have revealed an uncomfortable reality: state and city plans for handling the deadly virus are based on generic recommendations for everything from measles to floods, to hurricanes and dirty bombs. Officials acknowledge they need to do more. ...
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| Kurds struggle to defend besieged Syrian town Posted: 11 Oct 2014 03:16 AM PDT  SURUC, Turkey (AP) — Syrian activists and Kurdish officials say fierce fighting is underway in a Syrian border town where Kurdish militiamen are struggling to repel advances by the Islamic State group.
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| Weekend of protests under way in St. Louis after new shooting Posted: 11 Oct 2014 01:58 AM PDT  By Kenny Bahr FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Ferguson, Missouri police station late Friday, kicking off a planned weekend of demonstrations against police violence after eight people were arrested in chaotic protests the previous night. "My hands on my head. Please don't shoot me dead" and "Who shuts it down? We shut it down!" a crowd of roughly 300 people chanted as they stood just inches from a row of dozens of officers, most clad in riot gear. ...
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| Stepped-up Ebola screening starting at NYC airport Posted: 11 Oct 2014 12:38 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — A stepped-up screening program that checks the temperature of travelers arriving from West Africa is starting at New York's Kennedy International Airport, part of an ongoing effort to stop the spread of Ebola, which has so far killed more than 4,000 people.
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| North Korea says talks with South 'all but scrapped' Posted: 10 Oct 2014 11:50 PM PDT  Seoul (AFP) - North Korea's state media said on Saturday high-level talks with the South were now all but scrapped due to the launch of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets from the South a day earlier.
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| U.S. begins enhanced Ebola screening program at New York's JFK airport Posted: 10 Oct 2014 09:26 PM PDT  By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stepped up efforts by the U.S. to halt the spread of the Ebola virus will start at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday, where teams armed with thermal guns and questionnaires will screen travelers from West African countries hit hardest by the outbreak. JFK Airport is the first of five U.S. airports to start enhanced screening of U.S.-bound travelers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where most of the outbreak's more than 4,000 deaths have occurred. ...
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| Sears says Kmart stores hit by data breach Posted: 10 Oct 2014 07:34 PM PDT  The attack likely resulted in the theft of some customer payment cards at its Kmart stores.
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| Clinton papers on Lewinsky, others released Posted: 10 Oct 2014 07:02 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House plotted strategies to defend President Bill Clinton against the political fallout of his affair with intern Monica Lewinsky and other scandals, according to documents released Friday by the National Archives that delve into painful chapters in Hillary Rodham Clinton's life as she ponders another bid for the presidency.
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| Idaho becomes latest U.S. state to allow gay marriage Posted: 10 Oct 2014 05:43 PM PDT  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A county clerk in Idaho began issuing the state's first marriage licenses to gay couples on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a temporary hold it imposed days earlier, capping a week of victories for supporters of same-sex matrimony in America. The move came as barriers to gay marriage fell state by state this week, from Nevada to North Carolina, and followed days of back-and-forth federal court actions that could soon see legal weddings for same-sex couples extended to 35 states. ...
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| Gay marriage obstacles fall in conservative states Posted: 10 Oct 2014 04:39 PM PDT  Weddings, court rulings and confusion are defining a week that started with the U.S. Supreme Court denying appeals from five states seeking to retain their bans on same-sex marriage. Here's a rundown of the most recent developments:
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| Supreme Court lifts hold on gay marriage in Idaho Posted: 10 Oct 2014 02:46 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday allowed gay marriage in Idaho to go into effect by lifting a temporary hold imposed earlier in the week. The court rejected an emergency request by the state, which is contesting a federal appeals court ruling from Tuesday that struck down the state's gay marriage ban. (Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh and Chris Reese)
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| Nobel Prize-winner's crusade on child slavery Posted: 10 Oct 2014 02:14 PM PDT  Understandably overshadowed in the celebration of Malala's win was 2014's other Nobel Peace Prize winner, Kailash Satyarthi, a 60-year-old from New Delhi who has fought for decades to end child slavery. So who is he?
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| College revokes senator's degree Posted: 10 Oct 2014 01:42 PM PDT  Investigators conclude Democrat John Walsh plagiarized a research paper required to graduate.
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