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• Canada 'aware' of reports that citizen kidnapped in Syria
• Bomb threat on American Air flight in New York proves false alarm
• Pope calls on Muslim leaders worldwide to condemn terrorism
• No bomb found on Spain-to-NY flight after threat
• LGBT baby boomers face tough retirement hurdles
• Ferguson mayor: No severance package for Wilson
• FAA drone rules to address aircraft certification and operation
• Hong Kong protesters face off with police
• Coalition airstrikes pound IS stronghold in Syria
• Justices weigh limits of free speech over Internet
• Online threats case to show if U.S. justices are down with rap
• Data: Bricks-and-mortar holiday sales edge lower, online surges
• Pope: Islamist violence a 'grave sin against God'
• U.S. lawmaker's aide draws ire over first daughter scolding
• Ferguson officer Darren Wilson resigns
• Missouri police officer who killed black teen resigns: report
• Surgeon who died of Ebola eulogized at Maryland service
• Missouri governor seeks more money for Ferguson security

Canada 'aware' of reports that citizen kidnapped in Syria Posted: 30 Nov 2014 01:23 PM PST Canada said Sunday it was "aware of reports" that one of its nationals may have been kidnapped in Syria, amid suggestions it could have been a woman fighting alongside Kurdish forces in Kobane.

Bomb threat on American Air flight in New York proves false alarm Posted: 30 Nov 2014 12:51 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - An American Airlines airplane that was evacuated at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport after a bomb threat has been searched and cleared for service, an official said on Sunday. American Flight 67 en route from Barcelona, Spain, landed in New York at around noon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, and was promptly evacuated of passengers and crew. The threat was phoned into the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police at 12:07 p.m. (1707 GMT), said Joe Pentangelo, a spokesman for the Port Authority, which operates the airport. ...

Pope calls on Muslim leaders worldwide to condemn terrorism Posted: 30 Nov 2014 12:35 PM PST Pope Francis on Sunday called on Muslim leaders to issue a global condemnation of terrorism, saying it would help to dispel the stereotype that equates Islam with terror.

No bomb found on Spain-to-NY flight after threat Posted: 30 Nov 2014 11:47 AM PST Authorities at John F. Kennedy International Airport are investigating a bomb threat made to an American Airlines flight from Barcelona that landed safely in New York City.

LGBT baby boomers face tough retirement hurdles Posted: 30 Nov 2014 11:12 AM PST Marriage without benefits, low earnings are a few of the challenges that make gay boomers more vulnerable.

Ferguson mayor: No severance package for Wilson Posted: 30 Nov 2014 10:26 AM PST Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson did not receive any severance package when he resigned over the weekend, the St. Louis suburb's mayor said Sunday. Wilson, 28, won't receive any further pay or benefits, ...

FAA drone rules to address aircraft certification and operation Posted: 30 Nov 2014 09:06 AM PST By Amanda Becker (Reuters) - U.S. aviation officials have seen hundreds of cases in which unmanned aircraft may have posed a danger to planes, and new rules on drones expected this year are designed to prevent collisions and other accidents, the top aviation official said on Sunday. "The thing that we are most concerned about is to ensure that any aircraft in this system do not come into conflict with one another," Michael Huerta, who leads the Federal Aviation Administration, said on CNN's "State of the Union. ...

Hong Kong protesters face off with police Posted: 30 Nov 2014 08:50 AM PST Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters faced off with Hong Kong police late Sunday, stepping up their movement for genuine democratic reforms after being camped out on the city's streets for more than two months.

Coalition airstrikes pound IS stronghold in Syria Posted: 30 Nov 2014 07:48 AM PST U.S.-led coalition warplanes carried out as many as 30 airstrikes overnight against Islamic State militants in and around the group's de facto capital in northeastern Syria, activists said Sunday.

Justices weigh limits of free speech over Internet Posted: 30 Nov 2014 05:36 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Anthony Elonis claimed he was just kidding when he posted a series of graphically violent rap lyrics on Facebook about killing his estranged wife, shooting up a kindergarten class and attacking an FBI agent.

Online threats case to show if U.S. justices are down with rap Posted: 30 Nov 2014 05:20 AM PST By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A case before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning threats that a Pennsylvania man made toward his estranged wife and others on Facebook could hinge on how the nine justices interpret the sometimes violent imagery in rap lyrics. The justices, not known for their pop culture bona fides, are set on Monday to hear a one-hour oral argument in an appeal filed by Anthony Elonis. He was convicted for making threats aimed at his wife, law enforcement officers and others after posting statements on Facebook in 2010 soon after his wife left him. ...

Data: Bricks-and-mortar holiday sales edge lower, online surges Posted: 30 Nov 2014 04:47 AM PST (Reuters) - U.S. shoppers spent slightly less money at brick-and-mortar stores on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday than across the same two days in 2013, while online sales surged to record highs, data showed on Saturday. Sales at retail stores totaled about $12.29 billion on Thursday and Friday, down 0.5 percent from the $12.35 billion spent last year, according to estimates by ShopperTrak. The research firm stuck by its forecast for November and December sales to increase 3.8 percent. ...

Pope: Islamist violence a 'grave sin against God' Posted: 30 Nov 2014 02:55 AM PST By Philip Pullella and Nick Tattersall ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Pope Francis said Islamic militants were carrying out a "profoundly grave sin against God" in Syria and Iraq, calling on Sunday for inter-religious dialogue and action against poverty to help end conflicts there. The pope spoke on the last day of his weekend trip to Turkey, which is sheltering nearly 2 million refugees from Syria, thousands of Christians among them. ...

U.S. lawmaker's aide draws ire over first daughter scolding Posted: 29 Nov 2014 08:06 PM PST A US lawmaker's communications director was facing social media calls she be sacked after her Facebook rant about President Barack Obama's daughters prompted widespread anger. Elizabeth Lauten, spokeswoman for Republican Congressman Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, wrote a scathing post to her Facebook account scolding Malia and Sasha Obama, 16 and 13, for looking bored while attending a public event with their father on Wednesday. In the post, since deleted but widely reproduced in screen grabs, Lauten tells the girls to "try showing a little class.

Ferguson officer Darren Wilson resigns Posted: 29 Nov 2014 04:34 PM PST The officer who fatally shot Michael Brown will leave the force, his attorney says.

Missouri police officer who killed black teen resigns: report Posted: 29 Nov 2014 04:18 PM PST (Reuters) - Officer Darren Wilson has resigned from the Ferguson, Missouri, police force, nearly four months after he fatally shot an unarmed black teenager and a week after a grand jury decided not to indict him, the Associated Press reported, citing Wilson's attorney. The Aug. 9 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown triggered sometimes violent protests in the St. Louis suburb and ignited a national debate over race relations and the use of police force in the United States. Attorneys for Wilson were not immediately available for comment. ...

Surgeon who died of Ebola eulogized at Maryland service Posted: 29 Nov 2014 02:57 PM PST By Tom Ramstack LANDOVER HILLS, Md. (Reuters) - Martin Salia, a surgeon from Sierra Leone who died in a Nebraska hospital earlier this month after contracting Ebola in his homeland, was remembered as a humanitarian and a hero at his funeral in Maryland on Saturday. The 44-year-old doctor was born and raised in Sierra Leone and lived as a permanent resident of the United States with his wife and two sons in New Carrollton, Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C. ...

Missouri governor seeks more money for Ferguson security Posted: 29 Nov 2014 01:54 PM PST (Reuters) - Missouri Governor Jay Nixon on Saturday called for more funding to maintain security in Ferguson after months of violent protests over the shooting of a black teenager by a white policeman depleted emergency appropriations. The state assembly needs to approve more money to pay salaries for the National Guard by Dec. 15, Nixon said in a statement. Dec. 15 is the date of the next payroll, said Scott Holste, a spokesman for Nixon. Dec. 15 is the date of the next National Guard payroll, Holste said. ...

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• Obama and daughters hit bookstore for Small Business Saturday
• Teenage boy missing four years found alive, hidden behind wall near Atlanta
• At Portland's Ferguson protest, boy hugs officer
• Taliban hit Kabul aid workers' compound, breach Camp Bastion in south
• New York man collecting food for needy killed as thief steals his car
• Nigeria: Kano mosque blasts death toll above 102
• A glance at national protests, cleanup in Ferguson
• Exclusive: U.S. CEOs threaten to pull tacit Obamacare support over 'wellness' spat
• Egypt court drops charges against Mubarak
• 15 arrested as demonstrations return to Ferguson
• Washington state woman shoots man trying to enter home: TV station
• New York boys buried in snow pile heard rescuers calling
• Two shot, one killed in Chicago Nordstrom store: Chicago Tribune
• Judge orders Wal-Mart to let NYC church challenge gun sales
• St. Louis-area mall closes on Black Friday as Ferguson protests spread
• 'Gray Thursday' makes for smoother Friday shopping

Obama and daughters hit bookstore for Small Business Saturday Posted: 29 Nov 2014 12:15 PM PST By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his teenaged daughters, Sasha and Malia, went to an independent book store in Washington to buy books as a way to promote Small Business Saturday, an event aimed at boosting small businesses. "Do I get a discount for that?" the president asked jokingly while unloading a bunch of books from his shopping basket at the Politics and Prose book store on Saturday. "Maybe a neighbor's discount," the clerk joked back. It is not clear whether Obama would have taken the discount, if offered. ...

Teenage boy missing four years found alive, hidden behind wall near Atlanta Posted: 29 Nov 2014 11:27 AM PST By Richard McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - A 13-year-old boy who had been reported missing four years ago was discovered alive, hidden behind a fake wall of a home near Atlanta, Georgia, and reunited with his mother early on Saturday, police said. Five people living in the home in Jonesboro, 17 miles (28 km) south of Atlanta, were taken into custody, among them two adults who face charges of false imprisonment and cruelty to children, said Sgt. Kevin Hughes of the Clayton County police. Three juveniles also in the home were facing obstruction charges, Hughes said. ...

At Portland's Ferguson protest, boy hugs officer Posted: 29 Nov 2014 10:21 AM PST A touching photo of a white police officer hugging an African-American boy at a Portland protest this week has drawn heavy attention on social media.

Taliban hit Kabul aid workers' compound, breach Camp Bastion in south Posted: 29 Nov 2014 08:57 AM PST Taliban gunmen stormed a guest house for aid workers in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday and were fighting Afghan soldiers inside former U.S. and British base Camp Bastion in the south, just a month after foreign troops left.

New York man collecting food for needy killed as thief steals his car Posted: 29 Nov 2014 08:09 AM PST (Reuters) - A Long Island, New York, man collecting food for a soup kitchen was killed when a car thief stole his car from outside a convenience store and ran him over, police said on Saturday. Before dawn on Friday, Dionel Ramirez parked his Hyundai car in the lot at a 7-Eleven store in North Bay Shore, about 35 miles east of New York City, Suffolk County Police said in a statement. The 69-year-old Ramirez was there to pick up excess food to give to the less fortunate the day after Thanksgiving, and he left the car running with the door open, police said. ...

Nigeria: Kano mosque blasts death toll above 102 Posted: 29 Nov 2014 06:13 AM PST KANO, Nigeria (AP) — More than 102 people were killed in the bomb explosions at the central mosque in this city, said a hospital worker.

A glance at national protests, cleanup in Ferguson Posted: 29 Nov 2014 05:07 AM PST ST. LOUIS (AP) — Protesters turned out in several U.S. cities on one of the busiest shopping days of the year Friday in response to a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

Exclusive: U.S. CEOs threaten to pull tacit Obamacare support over 'wellness' spat Posted: 29 Nov 2014 04:19 AM PST By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - Leading U.S. CEOs, angered by the Obama administration's challenge to certain "workplace wellness" programs, are threatening to side with anti-Obamacare forces unless the government backs off, according to people familiar with the matter. Major U.S. corporations have broadly supported President Barack Obama's healthcare reform despite concerns over several of its elements, largely because it included provisions encouraging the wellness programs. ...

Egypt court drops charges against Mubarak Posted: 29 Nov 2014 01:54 AM PST CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Saturday dismissed criminal charges against former president Hosni Mubarak in connection with the killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising that ended his nearly three-decade reign.

15 arrested as demonstrations return to Ferguson Posted: 29 Nov 2014 12:33 AM PST FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Disrupting commerce, transit and traffic became focal points for demonstrators across the country days after the announcement that a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri declined to indict the police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown.

Washington state woman shoots man trying to enter home: TV station Posted: 28 Nov 2014 10:54 PM PST (Reuters) - A woman shot a 22-year-old man trying to barge into her home early on Thanksgiving morning in a Seattle suburb, and he may have been drinking and gone to the home by mistake, a television station reported. The 33-year-old mother of three woke to the sound of banging on her front door at about 3 a.m. on Thursday in Edmonds, a suburb north of Seattle, the station, KING 5, said. It quoted police as saying the man pushed open the door but the woman met him at the entrance and tried to shut it. Growing concerned she might lose the struggle, she shot him in the abdomen, it added. ...

New York boys buried in snow pile heard rescuers calling Posted: 28 Nov 2014 09:32 PM PST Two boys were trapped in a snow pile for about seven hours after a plow buried them.

Two shot, one killed in Chicago Nordstrom store: Chicago Tribune Posted: 28 Nov 2014 08:46 PM PST (Reuters) - Two people were shot, and one of them killed, in a Chicago Nordstrom on Friday, sending Black Friday shoppers scattering from the store, the Chicago Tribune reported. Police discovered two people suffering from gunshot wounds when they responded to the call around 8:30 p.m., said Chicago Police spokesman Officer Thomas Sweeney. Police said it appeared to have been a domestic violence incident, and a shooter was not believed to be on the loose. They gave no further details. ...

Judge orders Wal-Mart to let NYC church challenge gun sales Posted: 28 Nov 2014 06:22 PM PST By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A federal judge ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc to let shareholders vote on a proposal to force tighter oversight of its sale of high-capacity guns and other potentially offensive products. U.S. District Judge Leonard Stark in Wilmington, Delaware on Wednesday said the world's largest retailer wrongly excluded such a proposal from Trinity Church, a historic Wall Street church, from its June 6 annual meeting. ...

St. Louis-area mall closes on Black Friday as Ferguson protests spread Posted: 28 Nov 2014 05:01 PM PST By Daniel Wallis and Edward McAllister FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Demonstrators shut down a shopping mall near Ferguson, Missouri, at the start of the holiday shopping season on Friday as protests over the killing of an unarmed black teen by a white police officer turned on some retailers around the country. After a quiet Thanksgiving Day, protesters were out in force again to vent their anger at Monday's decision by a grand jury not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the Aug. 9 shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in the St. Louis suburb. ...

'Gray Thursday' makes for smoother Friday shopping Posted: 28 Nov 2014 01:29 PM PST Those hunting for bargains at Minnesota retailers Friday morning found that Black Friday's steady slide back into Thanksgiving Day made for smoother shopping. By sunrise Friday, it was clear that the post-Thanksgiving ...

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• Ray Rice wins appeal, eligible to play
• Christmas tree arrives at White House
• Ferguson protests move to retail stores
• Black Friday shopping crowds thin after Thanksgiving rush
• Texas police kill man who fired at Austin buildings
• Second act of shopping frenzy gets started
• Black Friday underway across America
• Protesters target Black Friday sales in Ferguson
• Calm comes to troubled Ferguson; protests dwindle across U.S.
• Early-bird shoppers turn out on Thanksgiving
• Shades of Ferguson: family of NY teen shot dead by cop wins lawsuit

Ray Rice wins appeal, eligible to play Posted: 28 Nov 2014 12:26 PM PST Ray Rice has won his appeal of the NFL's disciplinary decision.

Christmas tree arrives at White House Posted: 28 Nov 2014 11:02 AM PST By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama received the annual Christmas tree delivery at the White House on Friday, heralding the start of the holiday season. Two horses pulled the nearly 20-foot (six-metre) fir tree to the front door of the White House late Friday morning as a small military band played the traditional carol "O Christmas Tree. ...

Ferguson protests move to retail stores Posted: 28 Nov 2014 09:22 AM PST Protesters interrupted holiday shopping at major retailers around the St. Louis area Friday to speak out about a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown.

Black Friday shopping crowds thin after Thanksgiving rush Posted: 28 Nov 2014 07:25 AM PST By Nandita Bose and Nathan Layne WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (Reuters) - Mall crowds were relatively thin early on Black Friday in a sign of what has become the new normal in U.S. holiday shopping: the mad rush is happening the night of Thanksgiving and more consumers are picking up deals online. Most major retailers now open their doors Thursday evening and offer extended holiday deals rather than limiting them to one day. The result is a quieter experience on what has traditionally been the busiest, and sometimes most chaotic, shopping day of the year. ...

Texas police kill man who fired at Austin buildings Posted: 28 Nov 2014 06:19 AM PST By Jim Forsyth AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Police in Austin shot and killed a man who opened fire on three major buildings in the Texas capital on Friday and also may have had some type of explosive device in his vehicle. Police received a call at 2:22 a.m. local time about shots being fired in the downtown area, Raul Munguia, the Austin Police Department's assistant chief, told reporters. He said the suspect appeared to be firing on the Austin Police Department headquarters, the Mexican Consulate and the Federal Courthouse. ...

Second act of shopping frenzy gets started Posted: 28 Nov 2014 05:46 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Stores are welcoming a second wave of shoppers in what has become a two-day kickoff to the holiday shopping season.

Black Friday underway across America Posted: 28 Nov 2014 02:27 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Before some people opened their eyes, Black Friday was already well underway.

Protesters target Black Friday sales in Ferguson Posted: 27 Nov 2014 11:44 PM PST By Edward McAllister and Daniel Wallis FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Protesters in Ferguson, Missouri began targeting Black Friday sales at major retailers overnight in a new tactic to vent their anger at a grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen. Kicking off their latest strategy inside a Walmart in another nearby suburb of St. Louis, about 75 demonstrators protested peacefully, chanting "Hands up, don't shoot!", bemusing bargain-hunters pushing their brimming shopping carts. ...

Calm comes to troubled Ferguson; protests dwindle across U.S. Posted: 27 Nov 2014 11:13 PM PST By Daniel Wallis and Edward McAllister FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Tensions eased in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson on Thursday after two nights of violence and looting sparked by racially charged anger over a grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer for fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager. Protests also dwindled elsewhere in the United States as the Thanksgiving Day holiday and wintry weather kept many indoors. ...

Early-bird shoppers turn out on Thanksgiving Posted: 27 Nov 2014 04:44 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Early-bird shoppers headed to stores on Thanksgiving in what's becoming a new holiday tradition.

Shades of Ferguson: family of NY teen shot dead by cop wins lawsuit Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:39 PM PST By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Relatives of a Hispanic teen shot dead by a white New York police officer are headed back to court in January after winning a lawsuit in a case that could set the stage for the family of slain teenager Michael Brown. A day after a Missouri grand jury declined to indict the white police officer in Brown's death, a jury hearing civil cases in Bronx Supreme Court unanimously decided on Tuesday that the City of New York and NYPD Sergeant Robert Barnett were liable in the 2005 death of 19-year-old Leonel Disla. ...

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