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• Big review set by Democrats after election losses
• Mexican meth increasingly supplanting at-home labs
• Obama picks Loretta Lynch to be next U.S. attorney general
• U.S. says North Korea releases 2 detained Americans
• Power shift in U.S. Senate brings sterner tone to foreign policy debate
• Foundation of U.S. nuclear system showing cracks
• Chef, 90, faces jail, fines for feeding the homeless
• EU foreign chief, in Gaza, calls for Palestinian state
• Obama taps Washington outsider as attorney general
• Expanded U.S. role in Iraq? Not without Congress' OK
• Boy shot in Washington state school rampage dies, death toll is five: hospital
• Teen wounded in Washington school shooting dies
• Obama to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq as campaign expands
• Pittsburgh researcher found guilty in wife's cyanide poisoning death
• U.S. judge affirms conservative voice with same-sex marriage vote
• Man charged with killing California couple, young sons
• Gay marriage advocates target U.S. Supreme Court after loss
• Obama picks federal prosecutor as attorney general
• Utah man accused of trying to snatch sleeping girl, 5, from bedroom
• Supreme Court to hear Obamacare subsidies case

Big review set by Democrats after election losses Posted: 08 Nov 2014 12:36 PM PST Democrats are planning an extensive review of what went wrong in the 2014 and 2010 elections, hoping to find ways to translate success in presidential campaigns into future midterm contests.

Mexican meth increasingly supplanting at-home labs Posted: 08 Nov 2014 11:15 AM PST The nation's Heartland is ridding itself of the scourge of homemade methamphetamine, with lab seizures down by nearly half in many high-meth states. Any celebration is muted: Meth use remains high, but people are increasingly turning to cheaper, imported Mexican meth rather than making their own.

Obama picks Loretta Lynch to be next U.S. attorney general Posted: 08 Nov 2014 09:10 AM PST President Barack Obama on Saturday picked Brooklyn federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch to be the next U.S. attorney general who, if confirmed by the Senate, would be the first black woman in the job.

U.S. says North Korea releases 2 detained Americans Posted: 08 Nov 2014 08:07 AM PST U.S. intelligence officials say two American citizens are on their way home from North Korea after their release from prison there.

Power shift in U.S. Senate brings sterner tone to foreign policy debate Posted: 08 Nov 2014 07:21 AM PST By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate will bring a tough new tone to the debate over Washington's foreign policy, with lawmakers expected use their new clout and power over the budget to promote a more interventionist foreign policy. While leaders of the Democratic-majority Senate mostly backed President Barack Obama's international goals, Republicans plan to pressure the White House to take a tougher line on Iran, Russia and Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria. ...

Foundation of U.S. nuclear system showing cracks Posted: 08 Nov 2014 05:57 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The foundation of America's nuclear arsenal is fractured, and the government has no clear plan to repair it.

Chef, 90, faces jail, fines for feeding the homeless Posted: 08 Nov 2014 04:35 AM PST By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) - For decades, 90-year-old Arnold Abbott has hauled pans filled with roast chicken and cheese-covered potatoes onto a south Florida beach park to feed hundreds of homeless people. For his good deeds, Abbott finds himself facing up to two months in jail and hundreds of dollars in fines after new laws that restrict public feeding of the homeless went into effect in Fort Lauderdale earlier this year. On Wednesday, several police cars waited for Abbott at a downtown Fort Lauderdale park, and officers pulled aside the frail man, clad in a white chef's coat, soon after the first plates were ready to be served. Abbott moved to Florida from Massachusetts in 1970 and was a civil rights activist and wholesale jewelry salesman.

EU foreign chief, in Gaza, calls for Palestinian state Posted: 08 Nov 2014 03:48 AM PST The European Union's new foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini on Saturday appealed for the establishment of a Palestinian state, saying the world "cannot afford" another war in Gaza. "We need a Palestinian state -- that is the ultimate goal and this is the position of all the European Union," Mogherini said during a trip to Gaza, devastated by its third conflict in six years.

Obama taps Washington outsider as attorney general Posted: 08 Nov 2014 02:13 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has chosen federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch to be the next attorney general, sending a Washington outsider as a high-profile confirmation test amid a power shift in the Senate.

Expanded U.S. role in Iraq? Not without Congress' OK Posted: 08 Nov 2014 01:57 AM PST Members of Congress face a debate over President Obama's new $5.6 billion plan.

Boy shot in Washington state school rampage dies, death toll is five: hospital Posted: 07 Nov 2014 11:45 PM PST (Reuters) - A boy shot during a rampage at a Washington state high school last month has died from his wounds, a spokeswoman for Harborview Medical Center said on Friday, bringing the death toll to five. Andrew Fryberg, 15, died Friday evening at the hospital, spokeswoman Susan Gregg said. He was shot in the head during the Oct. 24 incident in a cafeteria at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, an hour's drive north of Seattle. Three girls were also killed in the attack, along with the gunman who took his own life. ...

Teen wounded in Washington school shooting dies Posted: 07 Nov 2014 11:30 PM PST SEATTLE (AP) — Another of the teenagers wounded in a Washington state high school shooting has died, raising to five the number of fatalities after a student opened fire in the cafeteria two weeks ago.

Obama to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq as campaign expands Posted: 07 Nov 2014 08:06 PM PST By Phil Stewart and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces on the ground helping Iraqi and Kurdish forces battle the militant group Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Friday. Obama's decision greatly expands the scope of the U.S. campaign and the geographic distribution of American forces, some of whom will head into Iraq's fiercely contested western Anbar province for the first time to act as advisers. ...

Pittsburgh researcher found guilty in wife's cyanide poisoning death Posted: 07 Nov 2014 07:34 PM PST PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A jury found a University of Pittsburgh neurological surgery professor guilty of first degree murder on Friday for the cyanide poisoning death of his physician wife, in what prosecutors described as a crime of jealousy. The jury of eight men and four women rendered its verdict in the trial of Dr. Robert Ferrante, 66, after 15 hours of deliberations, said Mike Manko, a spokesman for the Alleghany County District Attorney's Office. Ferrante was accused of killing his wife, Dr. ...

U.S. judge affirms conservative voice with same-sex marriage vote Posted: 07 Nov 2014 06:33 PM PST Circuit Court of Appeals surprised and disappointed many fellow conservatives by voting to uphold President Obama's healthcare overhaul. In leading a 2-1 majority, in which he said the definition of marriage should be decided by voters and legislatures rather than unelected judges, Sutton made the 6th Circuit the first of five federal appeals courts to rule against same-sex marriage. Supreme Court may decide the issue, perhaps in its current term. The 54-year-old graduated from Ohio State University law school and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Man charged with killing California couple, young sons Posted: 07 Nov 2014 05:00 PM PST By Pat Maio VICTORVILLE Calif. (Reuters) - An ex-convict was charged on Friday with four counts of murder in the slayings of a couple and their two young sons whose skeletal remains were found buried last year in the California desert, police and prosecutors said. The suspect, Charles "Chase" Merritt, 57, was described by police as a former business associate of the father, Joseph McStay, who was reported missing with his wife and two boys in February 2010 from the family's Southern California home. ...

Gay marriage advocates target U.S. Supreme Court after loss Posted: 07 Nov 2014 04:29 PM PST By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gay marriage supporters in four states where bans on same-sex nuptials were upheld by a federal appeals court said on Friday they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the issue, and officials in two of the states vowed to do the same. Both sides being in agreement that the high court should intervene increases the chances that the nine justices may hear oral arguments in the spring and decide the case by the end of June. ...

Obama picks federal prosecutor as attorney general Posted: 07 Nov 2014 03:27 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has chosen a federal prosecutor in New York to become the next attorney general.

Utah man accused of trying to snatch sleeping girl, 5, from bedroom Posted: 07 Nov 2014 03:11 PM PST By Peg McEntee SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Police with search dogs on Friday arrested a Utah man accused of trying to abduct a sleeping 5-year-old girl from her bed in the dead of night in a kidnapping foiled only because the child's stepfather awakened to the sound of the front door opening. Police said the suspected kidnapper entered the home in Sandy, Utah, early on Friday through an unlocked side or rear door, took the girl from a downstairs bedroom, and was leaving the house when the parents woke up. He gave up the girl and fled when challenged. ...

Supreme Court to hear Obamacare subsidies case Posted: 07 Nov 2014 02:09 PM PST By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a legal challenge to a key part of the Obamacare health law which, if successful, would deprive millions of Americans of tax-credit subsidies to help them afford health insurance coverage. In a one-sentence order, the court said it would take up a case brought by conservative challengers of the law, the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. healthcare in decades and President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy accomplishment. ...

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