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| TSA agent killed in LAX shooting, suspect ID'd Friday, Nov 01, 2013 05:45 PM PDT A Transportation Security Administration agent was killed and several more people wounded when a gunman opened fire on Friday morning at Los Angeles International Airport. Full Story | Top |
| Culture war: Film links U.S. Evangelicals to intolerance against gays in Uganda Friday, Nov 01, 2013 04:28 AM PDT Documentary filmmaker Roger Ross Williams is sparking conversation about gay rights in Africa. Full Story | Top |
| Selfies with a splash of serious safety issues Friday, Nov 01, 2013 07:20 AM PDT Taking selfies while driving can be added to the list of irresponsible things people do behind the wheel. Full Story | Top |
| Conservative groups driving GOP agenda Friday, Nov 01, 2013 01:12 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Virtually unknown outside Washington, a coalition of hardline conservative groups is fighting to seize control of the Republican agenda. Full Story | Top |
| Ruling halts abortions at third of Texas' clinics Friday, Nov 01, 2013 05:32 AM PDT  A third of the abortion clinics in Texas can no longer perform the procedure starting Friday after a federal appeals court allowed most of the state's new abortion restrictions to take effect. A panel ... Full Story | Top |
| Germany: Prepared to speak with Snowden Friday, Nov 01, 2013 06:36 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — Germany's top security official said Friday he will try to find a way for Edward Snowden to speak to German officials if the former National Security Agency contractor is willing to provide details about the NSA's activities including the alleged surveillance of Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone. Full Story | Top |
| New book says Obama team considered Hillary Clinton as replacement for Biden on 2012 ticket Friday, Nov 01, 2013 09:26 AM PDT  A new book claims that President Barack Obama's advisers explored the possibility of replacing Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton on the president's re-election ticket. Full Story | Top |
| Growing number of part-time professors join unions Friday, Nov 01, 2013 09:33 AM PDT  Thousands of part-time college professors are joining labor unions, a growing trend in higher education that's boosting the ranks of organized labor and giving voice to teachers who complain about low ... Full Story | Top |
| Police probe motive after deadly LA airport shooting Friday, Nov 01, 2013 06:09 PM PDT  A gunman opened fire with an assault rifle at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), killing a security agent, creating scenes of chaos and causing widespread flight disruptions. Panicked travelers on Friday scrambled to escape after the shooter, named as 23-year-old Paul Anthony Ciancia, pulled out the gun and shot his way through a security checkpoint before being stopped in an exchange of fire with police. The victim was the first employee of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to be killed in the line of duty since the TSA was set up in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Seven people were injured, but the lone gunman had lots more ammunition on him when he was arrested, said LA mayor Eric Garcetti. Full Story | Top |
| Wal-Mart kicks off holiday shopping season online Friday, Nov 01, 2013 03:49 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is upping the ante on holiday shopping. Full Story | Top |
| Threat diverts United Express flight to Phoenix Thursday, Oct 31, 2013 11:25 PM PDT A United Express flight from San Francisco to San Antonio was diverted to Phoenix on Thursday because of a threat that authorities said came from aboard the plane. Officials at Phoenix Sky Harbor International ... Full Story | Top |
| Congress governs self under 'Obamacare' Friday, Nov 01, 2013 10:38 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Think you're confused by "Obamacare"? It's roiling Capitol Hill behind the scenes, too. Full Story | Top |
| Girl dubbed 'The Next Steve Jobs' captivates Mexico Thursday, Oct 31, 2013 10:10 PM PDT  Mexico has found a new heroine: A 12-year-old math whiz from a state plagued by drug violence who was dubbed "The Next Steve Jobs" by a US magazine. The youngest of eight children from a modest family, Paloma Noyola was thrown under the media spotlight since Wired magazine featured the black-haired girl on its cover two weeks ago. She has appeared in national newspapers and on cable news, redubbed "La Nina Jobs" -- "The Jobs Girl" -- with photographers and cameramen chasing the girl nicknamed after Apple's late founder. This week, she traveled from her hometown of Matamoros, in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, to the hustle and bustle of Mexico City for a mental math competition. Full Story | Top |
| Compact crossover SUV sales booming in US Friday, Nov 01, 2013 02:50 PM PDT  Aging baby boomers. Couples with small kids. Single people with dogs. All three groups love compact crossover SUVs, utility vehicles built mainly on small-car frames that are among the hottest-selling ... Full Story | Top |
| LAX shooting prompts renewed focus on AR-15 class rifles Friday, Nov 01, 2013 01:18 PM PDT Friday's shooting at Los Angeles International Airport left one Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employee dead and an unknown number of witnesses injured. Full Story | Top |
| Reinstatement of abortion law closes Texas clinics Friday, Nov 01, 2013 01:46 PM PDT  HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — In a Texas abortion clinic, about a dozen women waited Friday to see the doctor, already aware that they would not be able to end their pregnancies there. Full Story | Top |
| Fan injured by hot dog suing Kan. City Royals Friday, Nov 01, 2013 05:49 PM PDT  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — If it had been a foul ball or broken bat that struck John Coomer in the eye as he watched a Kansas City Royals game, the courts likely wouldn't force the team to pay for his surgeries and suffering. Full Story | Top |
| Lack of black women becomes 'SNL' issue Friday, Nov 01, 2013 10:28 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Kerry Washington's turn as host of "Saturday Night Live" this week gives that television institution something it hasn't seen much lately: a black woman onstage trying to make people laugh. Full Story | Top |
| Obama approval rating sinks: a self-inflicted wound? Friday, Nov 01, 2013 10:15 AM PDT And in the spirit of President Harry "Buck Stops Here" Truman, Mr. Obama may have no one but himself to blame for the botched rollout of HealthCare.gov, the website whose proper functioning is key to the success of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the signature initiative of Obama's presidency. The simultaneous diplomatic brouhaha over US eavesdropping on close allies, which also apparently blind-sided the president, reinforces the impression that Obama operates in a bubble. This week, public outrage over Americans receiving health-insurance cancellation notices has added to Obama's woes, as his longstanding promise that people who "like their plan can keep their plan" has proved to be false. All the stumbles are likely behind Obama's sinking job approval ratings. Full Story | Top |
| Israel 'bombs' Syria as envoy presses peace talks bid Friday, Nov 01, 2013 11:36 AM PDT  Israel has reportedly bombed a Syrian base to halt an arms shipment to Hezbollah, while the UN-Arab League envoy said Friday there could be no peace talks without the opposition. The reported air strike on a military base in regime stronghold Latakia on Wednesday would be the first Israeli strike on Syria since a US-Russian accord on chemical weapons averted punitive US military action last month. Israel did not comment on the reports, but has struck Syria in the past and warned it will continue to take action to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah. Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya television said Israel hit a shipment of surface-to-surface missiles destined for Hezbollah, which is fighting alongside the regime. Full Story | Top |
| Israel vows to deny Hezbollah weapons as details of Syria raid emerge Friday, Nov 01, 2013 11:30 AM PDT  By Crispian Balmer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said it would not allow advanced weapons to fall into the hands of Hezbollah, after a raid on Syria that opposition sources said had hit an air force garrison believed to be holding Russian-made missiles destined for the militant group. Israel has a clear policy on Syria and will continue to enforce it, officials said on Friday, after U.S. and European sources said Israel had launched a new attack on its warring neighbor. Israel declined to comment on leaks to U.S. media that its planes had hit a Syrian base near the port of Latakia, targeting missiles that it thought were destined for its Lebanese enemy, Hezbollah. "We have said many times that we will not allow the transfer of advanced weapons to Hezbollah," said Home Front Defense Minister Gilad Erdan, a member of the inner security cabinet which met hours before the alleged Israeli attack. Full Story | Top |
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