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| LAX suspect set out to kill multiple TSA officers Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 07:52 PM PDT Officials say he hoped the attack would "instill fear in their traitorous minds." Full Story | Top |
| Virginia race seen as crucial election bellwether Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 07:12 PM PDT Politicians, pollsters and analysts are eager to see if the state's dramatic demographic transformation will scrape out a win for Democrats or whether its southern traditional values boosted by Tea Party conservatism will carry the day. The election across the Potomac River from Washington is a barometer of the popularity of the two major US political parties -- as well as that of the turbulent, conservative Tea Party movement that has upended national politics in recent years. On the right, 45-year-old Ken Cuccinelli, the state's anti-abortion, pro-gun Republican attorney general and Tea Party darling who was the first in the nation to mount a legal challenge against President Barack Obama's health care reforms in 2010. On the left, Democrat Terry McAuliffe, 56, a party insider who has never held elected office but whose business savvy and political pragmatism -- and his status as close friend to the Clintons -- have helped him emerge as the pre-election favorite. Full Story | Top |
| Official: Egypt to look beyond U.S. for arms Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 05:46 PM PDT | Top |
| Pakistan slams US for killing Taliban leader Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 09:47 AM PDT ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani government Saturday accused the U.S. of sabotaging peace talks with domestic Taliban fighters by killing their leader in a drone strike, as the militants began the process of choosing a successor. Full Story | Top |
| Warming report sees violent, sicker, poorer future Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 02:38 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Starvation, poverty, flooding, heat waves, droughts, war and disease already lead to human tragedies. They're likely to worsen as the world warms from man-made climate change, a leaked draft of an international scientific report forecasts. Full Story | Top |
| Egypt TV criticized for suspending popular satire Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 02:58 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — A private Egyptian TV station came under fire from public figures and fans of a widely popular satirist Saturday after it blocked the airing of his weekly show critical of the military and the country's recent nationalist fervor. Full Story | Top |
| AP PHOTOS: Latin America's Day of the Dead Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 04:24 PM PDT Latin Americans around the region are honoring their departed loved ones with Day of the Dead celebrations, blending pre-Columbian rituals with the Roman Catholic observance of all Saint's Day on Nov. 1 and All Soul's Day on Nov. 2. Full Story | Top |
| Ohio State, Michigan State in control of Big Ten Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 07:53 PM PDT No. 4 Ohio State laid another beating on an overmatched conference foe, and No. 24 Michigan State took control of the Big Ten's other division with a rout of Michigan. Full Story | Top |
| NYC subway vigilante Goetz charged in drug case Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 04:30 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Subway vigilante Bernie Goetz, who ignited a national furor over racism and gun control after he shot four panhandling youths on a train in the 1980s, has been charged with misdemeanor sale and possession of marijuana, authorities said Saturday. Full Story | Top |
| Red Sox hold "rolling rally" to celebrate title Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 12:01 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — From the Green Monster to the Charles River, the bearded champions celebrated their improbable journey with another familiar sight in Boston. Full Story | Top |
| LAX suspect set out to kill, scare TSA officers Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 05:47 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — The unemployed motorcycle mechanic suspected of carrying out the deadly shooting at the Los Angeles airport set out to kill multiple employees of the Transportation Security Administration and hoped the attack would "instill fear in their traitorous minds," authorities said Saturday. Full Story | Top |
| Houston Astrodome sale features turf, lockers Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 01:23 PM PDT HOUSTON (AP) — Eight red-and-black turnstiles once let crowds of people into the Houston Astrodome, the iconic sports stadium that now stands empty and dilapidated. Full Story | Top |
| Myanmar 'God's Army' twins reunite, seek comrades Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 09:15 AM PDT SANGKHLABURI, Thailand (AP) — When they were kids, Johnny and Luther Htoo were bulletproof and invulnerable to land mines — or so went the story that briefly made them famous as hundreds of guerrillas followed and even worshipped them in the southeastern jungles of Myanmar. Today, well over a decade later, their "God's Army" is no more, and the twins' greatest accomplishment may be that both are still alive. Full Story | Top |
| Suspected LAX gunman charged Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 06:20 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors have filed murder charges against the suspected gunman in the deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport. Full Story | Top |
| Note: Suspect wanted to kill at least 1 officer Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 03:28 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — The suspect accused of opening fire inside the Los Angeles airport was determined to lash out at the Transportation Security Administration, saying in a note that he wanted to kill at least one TSA officer and didn't care which one, authorities said Saturday. Full Story | Top |
| Latin America's Day of the Dead honors loved ones Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 03:49 PM PDT Latin Americans around the region are honoring their departed loved ones with Day of the Dead celebrations, blending pre-Columbian rituals with the Roman Catholic observance of all Saint's Day on Nov. 1 and All Soul's Day on Nov. 2. Full Story | Top |
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