| What to Expect From Bernie Sanders at Tuesday's Democratic Debate Posted: 12 Oct 2015 12:47 PM PDT  Bernie Sanders may be the outsider in the Democratic nomination race, but that doesn't mean he's a stranger to the debate stage. As all eyes turn to Tuesday's first Democratic debate of the 2016 campaign, the big question is now: How will Sanders' fiery rhetoric and pointed platform play on the national stage? "I think he's going to do very well," said Greg Guma, a Vermont-based journalist.
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| Exclusive - Transatlantic divide: how U.S. pays three times more for drugs Posted: 12 Oct 2015 07:45 AM PDT  By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. prices for the world's 20 top-selling medicines are, on average, three times higher than in Britain, according to an analysis carried out for Reuters. The finding underscores a transatlantic gulf between the price of treatments for a range of diseases and follows demands for lower drug costs in America from industry critics such as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The 20 medicines, which together accounted for 15 percent of global pharmaceuticals spending in 2014, are a major source of profits for companies including AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Merck, Pfizer and Roche.
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| Zimbabwe says will not charge U.S. dentist for killing Cecil the lion Posted: 12 Oct 2015 06:55 AM PDT  HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will not charge an American dentist for killing its most prized lion in July because he had obtained legal authority to conduct the hunt, a cabinet minister said on Monday.
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| Washington Post says Iran's conviction of its reporter is 'contemptible' Posted: 12 Oct 2015 06:38 AM PDT  The Washington Post on Monday denounced the espionage conviction of the newspaper's American-born Tehran correspondent as an "outrageous injustice" and urged Iran's leaders to overturn it. Jason Rezaian, who was arrested in July 2014, had 20 days to appeal the verdict, the Iranian news service ISNA cited a judiciary spokesman as saying. Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron said the paper, Rezaian's family and his lawyer in Iran were pursuing an appeal.
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| Memphis policeman shot dead, suspect in custody: police Posted: 12 Oct 2015 03:35 AM PDT  The officer, Terence Olridge, 31, was shot multiple times at about 1 p.m. and then rushed to a local hospital where he died, Memphis Police spokesman Louis Brownlee said. Brownlee said that Olridge, who had just marked his first anniversary with the department, was engaged to be married. A male suspect is in custody in connection with the shooting, Brownlee said.
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| Iran says Washington Post reporter convicted Posted: 12 Oct 2015 03:19 AM PDT  Jason Rezaian has been detained for more than a year on charges including espionage.
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| Trump won't be next president: Obama Posted: 12 Oct 2015 12:32 AM PDT  President Barack Obama is fairly certain of one thing when it comes to next year's election: Donald Trump won't succeed him in the White House. The billionaire businessman, the frontrunner in the race to become the Republican party's White House nominee, has raised hackles with his controversial comments on immigration, gun control and women, among other issues. "I don't think he'll end up being president of the United States," Obama said in the interview, which aired on Sunday.
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| California to ban 'Redskins' for school sports, keep Confederate building names Posted: 11 Oct 2015 04:02 PM PDT  By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California will ban public schools from naming their sports teams "Redskins," a name seen as a slur against Native Americans, but will not stop municipalities from naming parks and buildings for Confederate heroes, Governor Jerry Brown said on Sunday. Brown's decision to sign a bill ending the use of "Redskins" yet veto legislation banning Confederate names comes amid controversy around the country over the racial implications of team names, display of the Confederate flag and the naming of public places. Advocates for Native Americans welcomed the decision to ban the term "Redskins." "The most populous state in the country has now taken a stand against the use of this insidious slur in its schools," activists from the group Change the Mascot said in a statement on Sunday.
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| Hundreds of Southwest flights delayed by online booking problems Posted: 11 Oct 2015 02:58 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co said hundreds of its flights were delayed because of problems on its website, phone lines and airports on Sunday. In a statement on its website, Southwest said intermittent technical issues "are impacting website performance in creating new bookings and requiring us to process some customers manually as they arrive for travel." The airline, which flies in the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean, said it was asking customers to arrive at least two hours before their scheduled departures and use airport kiosks to print boarding passes and tags for baggage. Southwest said that as of 3:30 ET, 450 of the approximately 3,600 flights scheduled were delayed.
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| Ohio prosecutor criticized over reports on child's shooting by police Posted: 11 Oct 2015 01:06 PM PDT  An Ohio prosecutor handling the fatal shooting by police of a 12-year-old boy while he played with a replica pistol was criticized by activists on Sunday for releasing two reports that called the shooting "reasonable" before any grand jury decision on charges had been announced. "It looks as though the prosecutor is trying to taint the grand jury process as well as manipulate the judicial process overall," said Edward Little, one of the so-called Cleveland 8, a group of clergy, academics and activists who have called for the two police officers involved in the November 2014 playground shooting of Tamir Rice to be indicted. The conclusions of a retired FBI agent and an out-of-state prosecutor were submitted to the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office ahead of an expected decision by a grand jury on whether criminal charges were warranted in the shooting, which was captured on surveillance video.
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| 'Sometimes' I carry a gun, says Donald Trump Posted: 11 Oct 2015 12:51 PM PDT  Donald Trump says he sometimes carries a gun to protect himself.
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