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• Paul Ryan weighs pros, cons of becoming next House speaker
• Planned Parenthood revises reimbursement policy after video uproar
• Planned Parenthood to forgo payment in fetal tissue programs
• Baltimore court mulls statements' admissibility in black man's death
• ACLU sues two psychologists who devised CIA interrogation program
• Muslim groups' lawsuit over N.Y. surveillance revived by U.S. court
• Police make arrest in abduction of Oklahoma girl nearly 20 years ago
• Chesapeake crabbers face changing workforce, murky future
• Former Chicago schools CEO expected to plead guilty to corruption charges
• 5 candidates and 5 things they need to prove at first Democratic debate
• MH17 inquiry finds plane 'shot down by Russian-made missile'
• Hillary Clinton slams Trump in front of his casino
• Insurgents shell Russian embassy in Syria during rally
• Two firefighters killed, two hurt in Kansas City apartment blaze
• No more nudes in Playboy magazine, centerfold's future at risk: report
• Poll: Half of U.S. Democrats want Biden in race

Paul Ryan weighs pros, cons of becoming next House speaker Posted: 13 Oct 2015 12:40 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Maybe Rep. Paul Ryan doesn't feel like a character in the classic film "The Godfather," weighing an offer he can't refuse. But with Republican Party elders practically begging him to become the next House speaker, the pressure on him to seek the post is immense.

Planned Parenthood revises reimbursement policy after video uproar Posted: 13 Oct 2015 11:51 AM PDT Planned Parenthood would no longer accept reimbursement for fetal tissue donated for medical research after abortions, the women's healthcare provider said on Tuesday, a response to allegations by anti-abortion campaigners that it profited from abortions. The policy change was announced amid a months-long controversy after the release of videos secretly recorded by anti-abortion activists that grew into demands by some Republicans in Congress to cut off funding to the group, even threatening a government shutdown last month. Planned Parenthood said the videos inflamed anti-abortion sentiment in the United States and in Congress by falsely portraying its participation in tissue donation programs for medical research.

Planned Parenthood to forgo payment in fetal tissue programs Posted: 13 Oct 2015 10:58 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Responding to a furor over undercover videos, Planned Parenthood says it will maintain programs at some of its clinics that make fetal tissue available for research, but will no longer accept any sort of payment to cover the costs of those programs.

Baltimore court mulls statements' admissibility in black man's death Posted: 13 Oct 2015 09:32 AM PDT Defense attorneys and prosecutors clashed on Tuesday over statements by Baltimore police officers charged in the death of a black man who died from an injury in police custody, an incident that triggered protests and rioting. Defense attorneys contended in the Baltimore City Circuit Court pretrial hearing that statements officers made to internal police department investigators probing the death of Freddie Gray are not admissible since they had not been advised of their rights. Gray, 25, suffered a spinal cord injury after being arrested on April 12 and transported in a police van.

ACLU sues two psychologists who devised CIA interrogation program Posted: 13 Oct 2015 09:00 AM PDT The American Civil Liberties Union sued two psychologists who devised the CIA's Bush-era interrogation program on Tuesday, saying they encouraged the agency "to adopt torture as official policy" and made millions of dollars in the process. James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, two former military psychologists, "designed the torture methods and performed illegal human experimentation on CIA prisoners to test and refine the program," the ACLU said in a statement. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Washington state on behalf of three U.S. prisoners - Gul Rahman, Suleiman Abdullah Salim and Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud.

Muslim groups' lawsuit over N.Y. surveillance revived by U.S. court Posted: 13 Oct 2015 08:43 AM PDT A coalition of Muslim groups can pursue a civil rights lawsuit that accuses New York City police of conducting secret surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey without suspicion of criminal activity, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia reversed a lower court's decision to throw out the case, finding the plaintiffs had legal standing to assert claims that the counter-terrorism program violated their rights. "We have learned from experience that it is often where the asserted interest appears most compelling that we must be most vigilant in protecting constitutional rights," Circuit Judge Thomas Ambro wrote for a three-judge panel, invoking the U.S. internment of Japanese-Americans during World War Two.

Police make arrest in abduction of Oklahoma girl nearly 20 years ago Posted: 13 Oct 2015 08:26 AM PDT Oklahoma police using DNA evidence arrested a man in a child abduction case from nearly two decades ago that saturated local news coverage and led to a national manhunt for the girl and her assailant. Joseph Palma, 56, was arrested on first-degree murder and kidnapping charges on suspicion of breaking into the bedroom of a neighbor, 8-year-old Kirsten Hatfield, in 1997 in Midwest City, just east of Oklahoma City, officials said on Tuesday. "Numerous leads were investigated in the case immediately after the crime was discovered but the juvenile was never found and the trail went cold," Midwest City Police Detective Darrell Miller said in an arrest affidavit.

Chesapeake crabbers face changing workforce, murky future Posted: 13 Oct 2015 05:56 AM PDT By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Morgan Tolley is a third generation crab processor working on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, but he's worried that his industry may be under threat as more and more young people shun the traditional family-oriented trade. The A.E. Phillips crab picking house Tolley manages in Fishing Creek, Maryland, relies on crabs harvested by the "watermen" of the Bay. A shrinking workforce on the water is just one threat to the Chesapeake Bay's iconic blue crab fisheries.

Former Chicago schools CEO expected to plead guilty to corruption charges Posted: 13 Oct 2015 05:22 AM PDT A former Chicago Public Schools chief executive officer is expected to plead guilty in federal court on Tuesday to accepting bribes. Barbara Byrd-Bennett, 66, resigned in June amid a federal probe into a $20.5 million no-bid contract the cash-strapped district had awarded to her previous employer, educational consulting firm SUPES Academy. Byrd-Bennett's lawyer has said she is cooperating with the investigation.

5 candidates and 5 things they need to prove at first Democratic debate Posted: 13 Oct 2015 03:42 AM PDT

MH17 inquiry finds plane 'shot down by Russian-made missile' Posted: 13 Oct 2015 02:35 AM PDT Gilze-Rijen (Netherlands) (AFP) - International investigators have concluded that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine, a Dutch paper said Tuesday just hours ahead of the official report's release. The findings into last year's air disaster, due to be released at 1115 GMT by the Dutch Safety Board, are likely to exacerbate already strained ties between Russia and the West. The official report, after a 15-month long investigation, seeks to end speculation about why the Boeing 777 broke up in mid-air killing all 298 people on board.

Hillary Clinton slams Trump in front of his casino Posted: 13 Oct 2015 01:45 AM PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton went to Donald Trump's doorstep Monday to mock the Republican presidential front-runner on the eve of the first Democratic presidential debate.

Insurgents shell Russian embassy in Syria during rally Posted: 13 Oct 2015 01:28 AM PDT DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Insurgents have fired two shells at the Russian embassy in the Syrian capital as scores of pro-government supporters gathered outside the compound to thank Moscow for its intervention in Syria.

Two firefighters killed, two hurt in Kansas City apartment blaze Posted: 12 Oct 2015 10:59 PM PDT The two firefighters who died had pulled two residents out of the burning building, the Kansas City fire department said. "This is the worst day," Kansas City Fire Chief Paul Berardi told reporters. The names of the firefighters were not immediately released.

No more nudes in Playboy magazine, centerfold's future at risk: report Posted: 12 Oct 2015 10:07 PM PDT (Reuters) - Now readers of Playboy, the glossy men's magazine known for its nude fold-outs, can honestly say they are buying the magazine for its articles. Playboy will no longer publish nude photographs of women, the New York Times reported on Monday in an article quoting Scott Flanders, the company's chief executive. Founder and editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner, 89, who in his trademark silk pajamas has embodied the Playboy lifestyle, agreed last month with a suggestion by top editor Cory Jones to stop publishing images of naked women, the Times said.

Poll: Half of U.S. Democrats want Biden in race Posted: 12 Oct 2015 03:52 PM PDT By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The drumbeat for Joe Biden to jump into the 2016 presidential race is growing louder. Almost half of the nation's Democrats want the vice president to enter the field and challenge front-runner Hillary Clinton, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The declared Democratic presidential candidates, including Clinton and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, her closest rival, will take the stage Tuesday night in Las Vegas for the first party debate.

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