| Twenty-nine charged in Chicago with 'cracking cards' bank fraud scheme Posted: 29 Oct 2014 11:36 AM PDT By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Twenty-nine people in the Chicago area face state or federal charges for involvement with a bank fraud scheme known as "cracking cards," which found participants through rap music and social media, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The multimillion-dollar scheme, which started on Chicago's South Side about three years ago, involved recruiting bank customers to give up their debit cards and PIN numbers with the promise of making fast cash, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago said. ... |
| Elton John's bold words about Pope Francis Posted: 29 Oct 2014 11:05 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Elton John called Pope Francis "my hero" for his compassion and push to accept gays in the Catholic church at his annual AIDS benefit.
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| Purdue University shooter found dead in Indiana prison Posted: 29 Oct 2014 10:33 AM PDT  (Reuters) - A former Purdue University student who admitted killing a fellow student on campus in January has been found dead in prison of an apparent suicide, a state prison official said on Wednesday. Cody Cousins, 24, was found unresponsive Tuesday night in his cell at the prison in Michigan City with self-inflicted lacerations to his neck and arms, Indiana State Prison Superintendent Ron Neal said in a statement. Attempts were made to revive Cousins, who was alone in the cell, but he was pronounced dead about 25 minutes after being found during a routine check, Neal said. ...
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| Maine, nurse who tested negative for Ebola clash over quarantine Posted: 29 Oct 2014 09:46 AM PDT  By Susan Heavey and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Maine's governor said on Wednesday that he would seek legal authority to enforce a 21-day quarantine on a Maine nurse who has tested negative for Ebola after treating patients in West Africa and initially was isolated in a tent in New Jersey. Governor Paul LePage issued a statement after nurse Kaci Hickox said she would challenge the New England state's restrictions and would not follow guidelines to quarantine herself until Nov. 10 as demanded. ...
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| Purdue University accused killer found dead Posted: 29 Oct 2014 09:30 AM PDT  MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — State correction officials say an Indiana man who fatally stabbed and shot a fellow Purdue University student earlier this year has been found dead in his prison cell.
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| Storied Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee remembered Posted: 29 Oct 2014 08:57 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Bradlee, who led The Washington Post during some of its proudest moments, is being remembered in a service at Washington National Cathedral.
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| American couple held in Qatar for death of daughter Posted: 29 Oct 2014 07:36 AM PDT  An American couple feels trapped and abandoned by the U.S. Government as they await a possible death sentence following the death of their daughter in the oil rich country of Qatar. Grace and Matthew Huang were accused of starving their adopted daughter Gloria to death almost two years ago. Since the tragic night of Gloria's passing, the Huangs have been jailed, separated from their other two children. Their lives are in the hands of a foreign government whose judicial process is mysterious and terrifying to them.They decided to share their story exclusively with Yahoo's Global News Anchor Katie Couric.
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| U.S. nurse fights Maine quarantine over Ebola fears Posted: 29 Oct 2014 07:20 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kaci Hickox, a U.S. nurse who has tested negative for Ebola after returning from West Africa, on Wednesday said she would challenge Maine's restrictions and did not plan to follow guidelines to quarantine herself until Nov. 10. "If the restrictions placed on me by the state of Maine are not lifted by Thursday morning, I will go to court to fight for my freedom," she said in an interview on NBC's "Today" program. ...
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| 'I don't feel safe anymore' Posted: 29 Oct 2014 07:04 AM PDT  Residents still feel mental anguish two years after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the East Coast.
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| Chrysler recalling 381k trucks over fire hazard Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:48 AM PDT  DETROIT (Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV's Chrysler Group said on Wednesday it is recalling 381,876 Ram trucks mostly in the United States to correct a potential fire hazard. Chrysler said in a statement that problems with 2010-2014 Ram 2500 and 3500 pickups and 4500 and 5500 chassis cabs equipped with Cummins diesel engines could cause fuel-heater housings to overheat and fuel to leak. It said 314,704 of the trucks are in the United States, 59,432 in Canada and the rest outside North America. Chrysler said it was not aware of any accidents or injuries related to the condition. ...
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| More than 100 believed dead in Sri Lanka landslide Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:32 AM PDT  COLOMBO (Reuters) - More than 100 people are believed to have been killed on Wednesday in a landslide in hilly south-central Sri Lanka, Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. "More than 100 people are believed to have died," the minister told Reuters from the disaster site in the village of Haldummulla, 190 km (120 miles) inland from the capital Colombo. "We have suspended the rescue operations because of darkness and inclement weather. There is also threat of further landslide. We will continue from tomorrow. ...
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| Who was Ebola's patient zero? Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:15 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — In the Guinean village where the current West African Ebola outbreak began, 14 graves mark the spot where the lethal virus began to spiral out of control.
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| Hawaii lava flow hits property, threatens dozens more Posted: 29 Oct 2014 05:10 AM PDT  By Karin Stanton PAHOA Hawaii (Reuters) - A slow-moving river of molten lava from an erupting volcano flowed through a residential property on Hawaii's Big Island, threatening dozens more homes and businesses, authorities said. The front from the Kilauea volcano has been slogging toward the town of Pahoa for weeks, with recent speeds averaging around 15 yards (13.7 meters) an hour. It incinerated an uninhabited building on Tuesday and a finger broke off toward an evacuated home that could soon be destroyed, said Darryl Oliveira, director of Hawaii County Civil Defense. The U.S. ...
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| Islamic State advances through Syria Posted: 29 Oct 2014 04:55 AM PDT  Islamic State group jihadists have attacked an oil and gas field in Syria, killing at least 30 pro-regime forces and security guards, a monitoring group said Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack was launched on Tuesday night and fighting continued through the night. "IS managed to control parts of the field," the Britain-based group said after the assault at Shaer, in Homs province. An unknown number of jihadists were also killed, Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.
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| Cause sought for supply rocket explosion Posted: 29 Oct 2014 02:49 AM PDT An unmanned Antares rocket exploded seconds after liftoff in Virginia. |
| U.S. supply rocket explodes on liftoff Posted: 28 Oct 2014 11:27 PM PDT An unmanned Antares rocket explodes seconds after liftoff from a Virginia launch pad. |
| Vanished Broncos fan found safe Posted: 28 Oct 2014 10:57 PM PDT  Paul Kitterman had not been seen since he disappeared during Thursday night's game in Denver.
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| Costly U.S. nuclear arms revamp, tight cash call for tough choices Posted: 28 Oct 2014 10:41 PM PDT  By David Alexander KINGS BAY Ga. (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel grabbed a ladder extending through the sleek black hull of the USS Tennessee at a Navy submarine base here and disappeared down the hatch for a close look at one of the Pentagon's most daunting budget issues. Inside the vessel, 24 tubes for launching nuclear ballistic missiles sliced through the submarine's decks, with the crew's bunks and Spartan living quarters packed in around them. The Tennessee and 13 other Ohio-class submarines are critical elements of the U.S. ...
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| Royals roll past Giants to force Game 7 in World Series Posted: 28 Oct 2014 09:09 PM PDT  Ned Yost wanted a seven-game World Series. Now he's got it.
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| Unmanned supply rocket for space station explodes on liftoff in U.S. Posted: 28 Oct 2014 07:36 PM PDT  By Irene Klotz (Reuters) - An unmanned Antares rocket exploded seconds after liftoff from a commercial launch pad in Virginia on Tuesday, marking the first accident since NASA turned to private operators to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. The 14-story rocket, built and launched by Orbital Sciences Corp, blasted off its seaside launch pad at the Wallops Flight Facility at 6:22 p.m. EDT carrying a Cygnus cargo ship bound for the space station. ...
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