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• Home Depot investigating 'unusual activity' after breach
• Islamic State issues video of beheading of U.S. hostage: SITE
• Family: Joan Rivers on life support
• Securing release of Americans held in North Korea a top priority: White House
• Video purports to show beheading of U.S. journalist
• Photos of alleged 9/11 '20th hijacker' can stay classified: court
• Girl from Uzi shooting said gun was too much for her
• Celebrity lawyer: Avoid using iCloud, smartphones
• Last call at Atlantic City's Revel: a few bettors, $5 bottles, state cops
• Bieber in trouble again: Ontario police charge him with assault
• Scientists use E.coli bacteria to create fossil fuel alternative
• Controversial Texas voter ID law heads to trial
• Convicted bomber faces immigration fraud charges in Detroit
• Halliburton pays $1.1 bn for Gulf of Mexico BP spill
• Saudi Arabia arrests 88 al-Qaeda suspects
• Republicans tone down Benghazi talk as elections near
• How does a police department lose a Humvee?
• U.S. military targets Islamic extremists in Somalia
• U.S. military targets extremists in Somalia
• 'No military solution' to Ukraine crisis, UN chief warns
• Doubts over whether Detroit bankruptcy plan gets job done
• Fast-food workers to launch intensified protests across U.S
• US forces conduct operation in Somalia: Pentagon
• California high school drops mascot criticized by Arab-American group
• Actress Jennifer Lawrence contacts authorities after nude photos hacked

Home Depot investigating 'unusual activity' after breach Posted: 02 Sep 2014 12:40 PM PDT Home Depot Inc said on Tuesday it was working with law enforcement to investigate "some unusual activity" related to customer data but that it could not confirm if it had become the latest retailer to be hit by a large-scale security breach. "At this point, I can confirm that we're looking into some unusual activity and we are working with our banking partners and law enforcement to investigate," Home Depot representative Paula Drake wrote in an emailed statement to Reuters. "If we confirm that a breach has occurred, we will make sure customers are notified immediately." The statement came after security website KrebsonSecurity first reported that multiple banks had seen evidence that Home Depot may be the source of stolen credit and debit cards put up for sale on underground markets. Retail customers faced a massive data breach during last year's holiday season when hackers stole at least 40 million payment card numbers and 70 million other pieces of customer data from Target Corp .

Islamic State issues video of beheading of U.S. hostage: SITE Posted: 02 Sep 2014 11:45 AM PDT The Islamic State released a video purporting to show the beheading of American hostage Steven Sotloff, a monitoring service said on Tuesday, as the militant group raised the stakes in its confrontation with Washington over U.S. A masked figure in the video also issued a threat against a British hostage, a man the group named as David Haines, and warned governments to back off "this evil alliance of America against the Islamic State", the SITE monitoring service said.

Family: Joan Rivers on life support Posted: 02 Sep 2014 11:24 AM PDT Joan Rivers' family is confirming that the comedian is on life support after going into cardiac arrest last week during a procedure at a doctor's office.

Securing release of Americans held in North Korea a top priority: White House Posted: 02 Sep 2014 11:05 AM PDT Securing the release of the three Americans detained in North Korea is a top priority, the White House said on Tuesday. "We continue to do all we can to secure their earliest possible release." On Monday, three American citizens detained in North Korea appealed to the U.S government for help returning home, speaking in rare interviews with U.S.

Video purports to show beheading of U.S. journalist Posted: 02 Sep 2014 10:45 AM PDT An online video purports to show the beheading of U.S. writer Steven Sotloff by ISIL.

Photos of alleged 9/11 '20th hijacker' can stay classified: court Posted: 02 Sep 2014 10:27 AM PDT By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday said photos of a Saudi national imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay who U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said the government plausibly showed that releasing images of Mohammed al-Qahtani, who was subject to interrogation techniques that a government official likened to torture, could endanger military personnel, diplomats and workers in Afghanistan and elsewhere. The Center for Constitutional Rights, which represents al-Qahtani in a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C. over his treatment, had sought the disclosure of photographs, videos and other audiovisual evidence of his confinement conditions under the federal Freedom of Information Act. Writing for a three-judge panel, however, Circuit Judge José Cabranes said the release "could logically and plausibly harm national security because these images are uniquely susceptible to use by anti-American extremists as propaganda to incite violence against United States interests domestically and abroad." Al-Qahtani has been held since February 2002 at the U.S.

Girl from Uzi shooting said gun was too much for her Posted: 02 Sep 2014 10:09 AM PDT PHOENIX (AP) — A 9-year-old girl who accidentally killed a shooting range instructor with an Uzi in northern Arizona had said immediately after the shooting that she felt the gun was too much for her and had hurt her shoulder, according to police reports released Tuesday.

Celebrity lawyer: Avoid using iCloud, smartphones Posted: 02 Sep 2014 09:52 AM PDT A leading celebrity lawyer has advised his clients not to use smartphones and the iCloud after intimate photos of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence and female entertainers and models were posted online following an apparent mass hacking. Martin Garbus, a New York trial lawyer who over the years has represented actors Al Pacino, Sean Connery, Robert Redford and others, said on Tuesday worried clients have approached him about security issues. "Everything on your iPhone, whether it be phone calls, message texts, pictures, is all available." Garbus said clients started to contact him after intimate photos of Lawrence, a star of "The Hunger Games" movie franchise and a best actress Academy Award winner for "Silver Linings Playbook," and other high-profile women began appearing on Sunday. Personal photos of Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kate Upton and American actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead were also posted on the image-sharing forum 4chan.

Last call at Atlantic City's Revel: a few bettors, $5 bottles, state cops Posted: 02 Sep 2014 09:35 AM PDT By Daniel Kelley ATLANTIC CITY N.J. (Reuters) - Shortly before sunrise on Tuesday, Morgan Capezzera reclined on the roulette table at the Revel Casino in her bikini and snapped a selfie before the Atlantic City gambling hall shut its doors for good. "I love Revel," said Capezzera, 30, of Toms River, New Jersey, who spent most of the day at the casino. "I lost, but I don't care." She was one of few fans who came out for the closing night of a two-year-old casino once heralded by Governor Chris Christie as a new model for the down-on-its-luck New Jersey shore gambling hub. The $2.4 billion project this year went into bankruptcy for the second time in its short history and is one of four Atlantic City casinos to announce that it would shut its doors this year, taking a heavy toll on the budget in a city where the property tax base is expected to fall to $10 billion by 2015, less than half its 2010 level.

Bieber in trouble again: Ontario police charge him with assault Posted: 02 Sep 2014 09:18 AM PDT TORONTO (AP) — Canadian pop star Justin Bieber faces new charges after police said Tuesday he was arrested for dangerous driving and assault following a collision between a minivan and an ATV that led to a physical altercation in southwestern Ontario.

Scientists use E.coli bacteria to create fossil fuel alternative Posted: 02 Sep 2014 08:23 AM PDT British and Finnish scientists have found a way of generating renewable propane using a bacterium widely found in the human intestine and say the finding is a step to commercial production of a fuel that could one day be an alternative to fossil fuel reserves. "Although we have only produced tiny amounts so far, the fuel we have produced is ready to be used in an engine straight away," said Patrik Jones of the department of life sciences at Imperial College London, who worked on the research. He said while work is at a very early stage, possibly 5-10 years from the point where commercial production would be possible, his team's findings were proof of concept for a way of producing renewable fuel now only accessible from fossil reserves. It is already produced as a by-product during natural gas processing and petrol refining, but both of these are fossil fuels that will one day run out.

Controversial Texas voter ID law heads to trial Posted: 02 Sep 2014 08:07 AM PDT Republicans claim the law is not discriminatory.

Convicted bomber faces immigration fraud charges in Detroit Posted: 02 Sep 2014 07:45 AM PDT By Aaron Foley DETROIT (Reuters) - A Chicago woman convicted of a 1969 supermarket bombing in Israel and indicted on U.S. Rasmieh Yousef Odeh, 66, was accused of immigration fraud and arrested at her home in October by federal agents. A federal indictment alleges she failed to reveal her criminal history when she immigrated from Jordan in 1995 and again when she was naturalized as a U.S. According to the federal indictment, Odeh and members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine were convicted by an Israeli military court for the supermarket bombing, which killed two people, and for placing a bomb at the British consulate in Jerusalem.

Halliburton pays $1.1 bn for Gulf of Mexico BP spill Posted: 02 Sep 2014 06:55 AM PDT New York (AFP) - Oil services company Halliburton said Monday it would pay a $1.1 billion settlement over its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil rig blowout that led to the United States' worst-ever oil spill.

Saudi Arabia arrests 88 al-Qaeda suspects Posted: 02 Sep 2014 06:21 AM PDT RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says it has arrested 88 men who are suspected of being part of an al-Qaida cell that was plotting attacks inside and outside of the kingdom.

Republicans tone down Benghazi talk as elections near Posted: 02 Sep 2014 05:25 AM PDT When the House voted in May to authorize the select committee, which could cost taxpayers up to $3.3 million to operate, the media attention such a panel was sure to draw was a huge part of the attraction for the Republicans who pushed for it. They wanted a channel to attack President Obama and the Democrats in the lead-up to the midterm election — so much so that House Democrats weren't even sure they wanted to appoint representatives to the panel out of fear it would legitimize the GOP's charged rhetoric on the issue. But the politics of Benghazi have shifted. Domestically, the GOP appears poised to win back the Senate for the first time in nearly a decade, and internationally, the foreign policy picture has become much more complicated, with unrest in the Middle East growing dramatically since the last election.

How does a police department lose a Humvee? Posted: 02 Sep 2014 04:12 AM PDT Among the issues that Obama is likely to find is that the program lacks oversight and accountability. Once Pentagon weapons reach the 8,000 police departments that participate in the program, many of them in tiny towns, the federal government has little control over them. The departments are not allowed to sell or dispose of any of the 1033 program's "controlled" items, which include small arms and tactical vehicles. An agency in each state takes over responsibility for checking the inventory once a year and reporting anything missing to the Defense Department's Defense Logistics Agency.

U.S. military targets Islamic extremists in Somalia Posted: 02 Sep 2014 01:42 AM PDT A Somali official says the strike targeted the al-Shabab network's fugitive leader.

U.S. military targets extremists in Somalia Posted: 01 Sep 2014 10:43 PM PDT The operation focused on the Islamic extremist al-Shabab network, the Pentagon said.

'No military solution' to Ukraine crisis, UN chief warns Posted: 01 Sep 2014 10:26 PM PDT UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned Western powers Tuesday "there is no military solution" to the Ukraine crisis, after the government in Kiev accused Russia of launching a "great war". As NATO prepares to upgrade its combat readiness in eastern Europe, Ban said he was greatly concerned at developments in Ukraine and wanted to avoid further deterioration to "a very chaotic and dangerous situation". "I know the European Union, the Americans and most of the Western countries are discussing very seriously among themselves how to handle this matter," he told reporters during a visit to New Zealand. His comments came after European-mediated talks on the fast-escalating crisis opened Monday behind closed doors in the Belarussian capital Minsk, attended by Ukraine government, separatist and Russian envoys.

Doubts over whether Detroit bankruptcy plan gets job done Posted: 01 Sep 2014 10:11 PM PDT By David Greising, Karen Pierog and Tim Reid DETROIT Reuters) - Detroit's plan to recover from bankruptcy includes several blueprints for a new future. Detroit is far short of the $1.7 billion it needs over the next 10 years to remove abandoned buildings, replace outdated technology and increase public safety to stem the exodus from the city. "What Detroit needed to start with was a reinvestment program," said James Spiotto, managing director of Chapman Strategic Advisors, a municipal finance consultancy. "If you don't solve the systemic problem and fix it for real, all you're going to do is repeat it going forward." Detroit's 1,034-page plan for fixing the city's finances will be the subject of a weeks-long bankruptcy court proceeding, beginning on Tuesday.

Fast-food workers to launch intensified protests across U.S Posted: 01 Sep 2014 08:22 PM PDT The protests, announced on Twitter by organizer Fight For 15, come as cities across the nation propose minimum wage increases while Democrats seek to raise the federal minimum wage ahead of this year's mid-term congressional elections. Fast food workers have launched a series of protests over the last nearly two years to bring awareness to their demands, which include the right to unionize without retaliation. In one of the last major actions, restaurant workers launched rallies in 150 cities, including Boston, Chicago, New York and Miami in May. This time, organizers are staging walkouts in more than 100 cities and plan to use nonviolent civil disobedience tactics such as sit-ins, The New York Times reported.

US forces conduct operation in Somalia: Pentagon Posted: 01 Sep 2014 07:03 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - US military forces carried out an operation against Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants in Somalia, Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby said.

California high school drops mascot criticized by Arab-American group Posted: 01 Sep 2014 06:16 PM PDT (Reuters) - A California high school has retired its Middle Eastern-themed mascot and accompanying belly dancers and redrawn its logo after criticism from Arab-Americans that they played on harmful stereotypes, a group advocating for the change said on Monday. Coachella Valley High School agreed to use a new image of a stoic-looking Arab man to represent its sports teams, dubbed "the Arabs," said Abed Ayoub, a spokesman for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, which worked with the school to choose the new logo.

Actress Jennifer Lawrence contacts authorities after nude photos hacked Posted: 01 Sep 2014 05:12 PM PDT Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence has contacted authorities to investigate who stole and posted nude images of her online, a spokeswoman said on Monday, part of a reported mass hacking of celebrities' intimate photos. Online pictures of the actress, 24, who won an Academy Award for "Silver Linings Playbook" and stars in "The Hunger Games" movie franchise, began appearing on Sunday. The authorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence," spokeswoman Liz Mahoney said in an emailed statement. Model Kate Upton was among celebrities whose photos were posted online.

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• Nigerian troops battle Boko Haram Islamists
• Detained Americans in North Korea seek U.S. help
• Cry for help from Americans detained in North Korea
• Obama notifies Congress of airstrikes in Iraq
• Horrors committed by Islamists in Iraq
• Ukrainians pull back from airport; Poroshenko slams Russia
• China universities vow ideology clampdown on staff, students
• Ukraine accuses Russia of "open aggression"
• Florida power utilities fear return of ‘Green Governor' Crist
• Protesters clash with Pakistan police, storm TV
• Paris suburb building blast death toll reaches 7
• Kiev: Ukraine soldiers in battle with Russian tanks in Lugansk
• Gunman in New Zealand kills 2, flees on bicycle
• Kahne holds off Kenseth to win Atlanta shootout
• Early exit for Stewart on return to NASCAR racing
• Dad of woman who helped kill 3 honors victims
• Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy tie the knot
• Actress Jenny McCarthy marries pop star Donnie Wahlberg
• Ernst wins LPGA's Portland Classic in playoff
• Judge temporarily blocks law that could close all Louisiana abortion clinics
• China's official PMI slips to 51.1 in August
• Libyan armed faction takes over U.S. Embassy annex in Tripoli
• Federer roars into fourth round after weather delay
• Asian shares wobble in early trade, euro sinks
• All five aboard small plane killed in crash at Colorado airport

Nigerian troops battle Boko Haram Islamists Posted: 01 Sep 2014 12:03 PM PDT Militants attacked Nigerian troops as they prepared retake an embattled town.

Detained Americans in North Korea seek U.S. help Posted: 01 Sep 2014 11:45 AM PDT By James Pearson and Alina Selyukh SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three American citizens detained in North Korea appealed on Monday to the U.S government for help returning home, speaking in rare interviews set up by the North Korean government. One of them said his health was failing and another described his situation as "urgent." The three men said they were being treated humanely but asked the U.S. Responding to the interviews, the U.S. State Department urged Pyongyang to release the men, and said Washington was working actively to try to secure their return home.

Cry for help from Americans detained in North Korea Posted: 01 Sep 2014 11:07 AM PDT Three detained Americans seek diplomatic negotiations for their freedom.

Obama notifies Congress of airstrikes in Iraq Posted: 01 Sep 2014 10:34 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has sent official notification to Congress of his order for last week's airstrikes and humanitarian aid drops to help Iraqis threatened by Islamic State militants.

Horrors committed by Islamists in Iraq Posted: 01 Sep 2014 08:26 AM PDT UN officials say ISIS has carried out atrocities on "an unimaginable scale."

Ukrainians pull back from airport; Poroshenko slams Russia Posted: 01 Sep 2014 07:54 AM PDT By Richard Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's military said on Monday it had pulled its forces back from defending a vital airport in the east against Russian tanks, as President Petro Poroshenko accused Moscow of "direct and open aggression". The withdrawal from the civilian airport outside the city of Luhansk was the latest in a string of reverses for Ukrainian forces fighting pro-Russian separatists who Kiev says have the direct support of hundreds of Russian troops and armor. A military statement said Ukrainian paratroopers were engaging a Russian tank battalion near the airport.

China universities vow ideology clampdown on staff, students Posted: 01 Sep 2014 07:04 AM PDT A wider suppression on free expression in China intensifies.

Ukraine accuses Russia of "open aggression" Posted: 01 Sep 2014 05:51 AM PDT By Pavel Polityuk and Polina Devitt KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia on Monday of "direct and open aggression" which he said had radically changed the battlefield balance as Kiev's forces suffered a further reverse in the war with pro-Moscow separatists. Ukraine's military said its troops had been ordered to pull back from a vital airport in the east of the country, near the city of Luhansk, where they had been battling a Russian tank battalion. Poroshenko said in a speech there would be high-level personnel changes in the Ukrainian armed forces, whose troops fled a new rebel advance in the south which Kiev's Western allies say has been backed up by Russian armored columns. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who called on Sunday for immediate negotiations on the "statehood" of southern and eastern Ukraine, blamed Kiev's leadership for refusing to enter into direct political talks with the separatists.

Florida power utilities fear return of ‘Green Governor' Crist Posted: 01 Sep 2014 05:32 AM PDT By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - When Charlie Crist last governed Florida, his green energy and climate policies made him few friends among the state's powerful electricity corporations. Florida's three largest utilities have poured money into the re-election campaign of Republican incumbent Governor Rick Scott in an expensive and closely watched political battle for the nation's largest swing state. As Republican governor between 2007 and 2011, Crist "sent shivers through the entire utility system," said Colleen Castille, who headed the Florida Department of Environmental Protection under Governor Jeb Bush. Crist was a darling of clean energy advocates, hosting a climate change summit in 2007 alongside another green Republican, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Protesters clash with Pakistan police, storm TV Posted: 01 Sep 2014 02:57 AM PDT Antigovernment protesters briefly force the state TV channel off the air as they clashed with police.

Paris suburb building blast death toll reaches 7 Posted: 01 Sep 2014 02:08 AM PDT PARIS (AP) — The death toll in the partial collapse of a four-story apartment building has risen to seven in a northeastern Paris suburb after emergency crews pulled the body of an elderly woman from the rubble.

Kiev: Ukraine soldiers in battle with Russian tanks in Lugansk Posted: 01 Sep 2014 01:05 AM PDT Ukrainian troops on Monday were battling a Russian tank contingent in the eastern city of Lugansk, Kiev said, accusing Moscow's army units of moving into large cities in the region. "The battle between Ukrainian paratroopers and a reinforced tank battalion of the Russian armed forces is continuing with the goal of controlling the Lugansk airfield," military spokesman Leonid Matyukhin wrote on his Facebook page. Ukraine's Defence Minister Valeriy Geletey further said that Russian units are moving into other towns in the region, including the largest city of the region Donetsk.

Gunman in New Zealand kills 2, flees on bicycle Posted: 31 Aug 2014 09:39 PM PDT WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand town was on high alert Monday as police hunted for a gunman they say killed two people and injured a third at an unemployment office before fleeing on a bicycle.

Kahne holds off Kenseth to win Atlanta shootout Posted: 31 Aug 2014 09:07 PM PDT HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Kasey Kahne grabbed the lead on the restart following a caution with 23 laps remaining and held off Matt Kenseth in a two-lap shootout to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday night.

Early exit for Stewart on return to NASCAR racing Posted: 31 Aug 2014 08:51 PM PDT Tony Stewart received a rapturous welcome and made a fast start before making a premature exit on his return to competitive racing on Sunday, three weeks after he struck and killed a young racer at a dirt track in New York. The three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion twice hit the wall at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the second collision occurring after his right front tire blew out on the 172nd lap, forcing him to quit the 325-lap race. Stewart, who had missed three NASCAR races since the Aug. 9 accident in which he killed 20-year-old Kevin Ward Jr. during a non-NASCAR sprint car race, declined to speak to reporters after driving his battered No. 14 car off the track. "I wish we could have had a better effort and a better finish for him but we move on to Richmond and see if we can't get it done there," Chad Johnston, Stewart's crew chief, told ESPN television.

Dad of woman who helped kill 3 honors victims Posted: 31 Aug 2014 08:36 PM PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) — The father of a woman whose June rampage with her husband left two Las Vegas police officers and a good Samaritan dead visited the restaurant and store where the three were gunned down, saying he was still in disbelief and thinks about the victims' families every day.

Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy tie the knot Posted: 31 Aug 2014 08:20 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Donnie Wahlberg's "Favorite Girl" Jenny McCarthy is now his wife.

Actress Jenny McCarthy marries pop star Donnie Wahlberg Posted: 31 Aug 2014 08:03 PM PDT (Reuters) - Actress Jenny McCarthy and pop star turned reality television star Donnie Wahlberg have tied the knot in Chicago, family and media said on Sunday. McCarthy, a former co-host of the daytime talk show, "The View," and Wahlberg, part of 1980s boy band New Kids on the Block, held their ceremony in the Chicago suburb of St. Charles, WGN-TV said. Donnie's brother, actor Mark Wahlberg, was not at the ceremony, but posted a message and video on photo sharing site Instagram saying he and his family "wish we could be there." "Congratulations from all of us," it said. Donnie and Mark Wahlberg currently co-star on a reality television show called "Wahlburgers" that focuses on brother Paul's Massachusetts restaurant.

Ernst wins LPGA's Portland Classic in playoff Posted: 31 Aug 2014 07:48 PM PDT PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — Austin Ernst won the LPGA Tour's Portland Classic on Sunday with a par on the first hole of a playoff against South Korea's I.K. Kim.

Judge temporarily blocks law that could close all Louisiana abortion clinics Posted: 31 Aug 2014 07:31 PM PDT By Jonathan Kaminsky NEW ORLEANS La. (Reuters) - A federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked a Louisiana law that advocates say would likely have closed of all five abortion clinics in the state. The measure, signed into law by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal in June and due to take effect Sept. 1, would require doctors who perform abortions to have patient admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their practice. "Plaintiffs will be allowed to operate lawfully while continuing their efforts to obtain privileges," Federal Judge John deGravelles wrote in the ruling.

China's official PMI slips to 51.1 in August Posted: 31 Aug 2014 06:58 PM PDT An index of growth in China's vast manufacturing sector fell from a 27-month high to 51.1 in August, a government study showed on Monday, slightly less than forecast and adding to signs of growing softness in the Chinese economy. China's official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) slipped in August from July's 51.7, the National Bureau of Statistics said, slightly missing the median forecast of 51.2 in a Reuters poll.

Libyan armed faction takes over U.S. Embassy annex in Tripoli Posted: 31 Aug 2014 06:27 PM PDT By Mark Hosenball and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of a Libyan militia have taken over an abandoned annex of the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli but have not broken into the main compound where the United States evacuated all of its staff last month, U.S. A YouTube video showed the breach of the diplomatic facility by what was believed to be a militia group mostly from the northwestern city of Misrata. Libya has been rocked by the worst factional violence since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi, and a Misrata-led alliance, part of it which is Islamist-leaning, now controls the capital.

Federer roars into fourth round after weather delay Posted: 31 Aug 2014 06:10 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Grand slam king Roger Federer came back with renewed vigor after a weather delay to rout Spaniard Marcel Granollers 4-6 6-1 6-1 6-1 and charge into the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Sunday. The 42nd-ranked Granollers surprisingly led the second-seeded Swiss 5-2 when lightning and heavy rains suspended their afternoon match at Arthur Ashe Stadium. ...

Asian shares wobble in early trade, euro sinks Posted: 31 Aug 2014 05:55 PM PDT By Lisa Twaronite TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares balked at the starting gate on Monday, skittish in the face of a deepening Ukraine crisis, while the euro touched a fresh one-year low ahead of this week's European Central Bank meeting. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned a "full-scale war" was imminent if Russian troops continued to advance in support of pro-Moscow rebels as U.S. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down about 0.2 percent in early trading, pulling away from Thursday's high of 515.13, its highest since early 2008. Japan's Nikkei stock average added about 0.3 percent, after shedding 1.3 percent in August.

All five aboard small plane killed in crash at Colorado airport Posted: 31 Aug 2014 05:23 PM PDT By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - All five people aboard a single-engine airplane were killed when it crashed on Sunday in a field adjacent to a runway at a northern Colorado airport, authorities said. Peter Knudson, spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, said the Piper PA-46 aircraft went down shortly before noon near the Erie Municipal Airport, about 25 miles northwest of Denver. "We don't know yet know if it was taking off or landing," said Knudson, adding that five people were on board the plane, which crashed in clear weather. Roger Rademacher, assistant fire chief with Mountain View Fire Rescue, said emergency crews found two people dead inside the wreckage of the six-seat airplane when they arrived at the scene.

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