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| TSA identifies officer killed in airport shooting Friday, Nov 01, 2013 05:45 PM PDT  Gerardo I. Hernandez is the agency's first person killed in the line-of-duty. 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 |
| Spectacular 3D Mars Video Brings Red Planet to Life Friday, Nov 01, 2013 04:03 PM PDT  A newly released video, created by stitching together images taken by a veteran Mars spacecraft, provides a richly detailed, three-dimensional view of the Red Planet. The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft has orbited the Red Planet nearly 12,000 times, capturing images of Martian valleys, canyons and lava flows that have provided unprecedented views of planet's terrain. "For the first time, we can see Mars spatially — in three dimensions," Ralf Jaumann, project manager for the Mars Express mission at the German Aerospace Center, said in a statement. Mars Express has covered 37 million square miles (97 million square kilometers) of Mars' surface (out of 56 million square miles or 145 million square kilometers) in high resolution. Full Story | Top |
| Snowden seeks the world's help against US charges Friday, Nov 01, 2013 04:23 PM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — The U.S. refused to show any leniency to fugitive leaker Edward Snowden on Friday, even as Secretary of State John Kerry conceded that eavesdropping on allies had happened on "automatic pilot" and went too far. Full Story | Top |
| Obama says al-Qaida now more active in Iraq Friday, Nov 01, 2013 02:53 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pledged Friday to help combat an increasingly active al-Qaida in Iraq but stopped short of announcing new commitments of assistance sought by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Full Story | Top |
| Appeals court deals blow to contraceptive mandate Friday, Nov 01, 2013 03:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided appeals court panel sided Friday with Ohio business owners who challenged the birth control mandate under the new federal health care law. Full Story | Top |
| Reinstatement of abortion law leaves few options Friday, Nov 01, 2013 08:50 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 |
| Next step in stop-frisk depends on new NYC mayor Friday, Nov 01, 2013 03:27 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Front-running mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio faces political and legal dilemmas now that a judge's ruling critical of the police department's stop-and-frisk tactic has been blocked. 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 |
| Jeter gets $12M from Yanks; Nathan goes free Friday, Nov 01, 2013 05:13 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter and the Yankees worked out a $12 million, one-year deal that kept the captain from going on the open market, while Joe Nathan, Jose Veras, Ubaldo Jimenez, Kurt Suzuki and Franklin Gutierrez were among the players who became free agents Friday. Full Story | Top |
| TSA IDs 39-year-old officer killed at LAX Friday, Nov 01, 2013 07:33 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration has identified a 39-year-old as the first officer killed in the line of duty in the agency's 12-year history. Full Story | Top |
| Gunman kills TSA agent at LAX, wounds 3 others Friday, Nov 01, 2013 05:09 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man carrying a note that said he wanted to "kill TSA" pulled a semi-automatic rifle from a bag and shot his way past a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, cutting down one Transportation Security Administration officer and wounding at least three others, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| Jeter and Yankees reach $12 million, 1-year deal Friday, Nov 01, 2013 04:42 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — In a sign of confidence Derek Jeter will return to shortstop next season, the New York Yankees agreed Friday to a $12 million, one-year deal with their captain. Full Story | Top |
| Jordan: Tanking games no way to build a franchise Friday, Nov 01, 2013 02:30 PM PDT  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan scoffs at the idea of tanking games. Full Story | Top |
| Kerry: Some NSA surveillance reached 'too far' Friday, Nov 01, 2013 03:13 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry's remark that some National Security Agency surveillance "reached too far" was the first time a high-ranking Obama administration official acknowledged that U.S. snooping abroad might be seen as overzealous. Full Story | Top |
| AP Exclusive: Honduras chief denies death squads Friday, Nov 01, 2013 01:58 PM PDT  TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — In a capital accustomed to daily bloodshed, the man in charge of law enforcement is as feared as the criminals. Few dare speak his name above a whisper. Full Story | Top |
| Obama tells Iraqi leader to push for 'inclusive' democracy Friday, Nov 01, 2013 03:41 PM PDT  By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pressed Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday to build a more inclusive democracy in his country and said the United States would cooperate with Iraq as it tries to push back a resurgent al Qaeda. As Iraq experiences a rising spiral of sectarian violence two years after U.S. troops departed following eight years of war, Maliki came to Washington seeking U.S. help to counter a Sunni insurgency revived in part by Syria's civil war next door. Obama, in White House Oval Office remarks with Maliki at his side, made no mention of supplying the U.S.-made Apache helicopters the Iraqis are seeking from the United States. Full Story | Top |
| Procrastinaut: 10 ways to waste your time this weekend Friday, Nov 01, 2013 12:07 PM PDT  Ye Olde GIFs, find out which state best fits your attitude, a Beatles photog and plenty more in this week's Procrastinaut weekly roundup. Full Story | Top |
| Obamacare contraceptive mandate struck in Ohio case Friday, Nov 01, 2013 12:10 PM PDT  Obamacare's contraceptive mandate illegally infringes upon the religious freedom of two Catholic grocery store owners, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Replace Biden with Hillary Clinton? No way, White House says Friday, Nov 01, 2013 12:25 PM PDT  Jay Carney laughs off new book's claims. Full Story | Top |
| $5 billion in cuts to food stamp program go into effect Friday, Nov 01, 2013 10:26 AM PDT  Millions of Americans will be expected to make do with less as of Friday, as $5 billion in cuts to the US food stamp program takes effect. The cuts to the program, formally called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), will pinch almost 48 million people and could be followed by an even bigger slash. The cuts come as a four-year increase in funding to the food stamp program reaches its expiration date. The food stamp cuts, scheduled to take effect on Nov. 1, are distinct from possible additional slashes to the program included in the farm bill – broad legislation covering America's agriculture and nutrition policies, including the food stamp program. Full Story | Top |
| What NYC might look like under de Blasio Friday, Nov 01, 2013 07:28 AM PDT  His Republican mayoral rival warns Gotham could return to its darker days. Full Story | Top |
| Pakistani Taliban chief killed in drone strike Friday, Nov 01, 2013 04:55 PM PDT  By Mehreen Zahra-Malik and Jibran Ahmed ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The head of the Pakistani Taliban was killed by a U.S. drone strike on Friday, security and Taliban sources said, in a blow to the fragmented movement fighting against the nuclear-armed South Asian nation. Hakimullah Mehsud was one of the most wanted and feared men in Pakistan with a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head, leading an insurgency from a mountain hideout in North Waziristan, the Taliban's stronghold on the Afghan frontier. "We confirm with great sorrow that our esteemed leader was martyred in a drone attack," a senior Taliban commander said. In Washington, two U.S. officials confirmed Mehsud's death in a CIA drone strike. Full Story | Top |
| German official: Snowden willing to testify before Congress Friday, Nov 01, 2013 09:16 AM PDT  The former NSA contractor wants to shed light on "possibly serious offenses." Full Story | Top |
| Drone strike kills four, possibly a senior Taliban commander, in Pakistan Friday, Nov 01, 2013 08:21 AM PDT  By Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A drone strike killed four people in Pakistan's lawless North Waziristan region on Friday, possibly including a senior Pakistani Taliban commander, intelligence sources said. North Waziristan is the stronghold of the Taliban insurgency and shares a border with Afghanistan. One Pakistan army source told Reuters separately the military were checking reports that a top Taliban commander might have been killed in the attack. There was no official comment from neither the government nor the Taliban. Full Story | Top |
| U.K. prosecutor: Tabloid editor directed hacking Friday, Nov 01, 2013 07:01 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson sent an email telling a news editor to "do his phone" in relation to an alleged target of phone hacking, a British prosecutor said Friday. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. evangelicals stoke anti-gay intolerance in Uganda, film shows Friday, Nov 01, 2013 04:28 AM PDT  A documentary looks at the prominent ministry known as the International House of Prayer. Full Story | Top |
| Jerk or genius? NYC says cheerio to street artist Banksy Friday, Nov 01, 2013 07:10 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The secretive British street artist Banksy ended his self-announced monthlong residency in New York City with a final piece of graffiti, a $615,000 painting donated to charity and a debate: Is he a jerk or a genius? Full Story | Top |
| Snowden seeks world's help against U.S. espionage charges Friday, Nov 01, 2013 09:06 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — Edward Snowden is calling for international help to persuade the U.S. to drop its espionage charges against him, according to a letter a German lawmaker released Friday after meeting the American in Moscow. Full Story | Top |
| Gaza runs out of power Friday, Nov 01, 2013 04:27 AM PDT  Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - A shortage of fuel halted the production of electricity across the Gaza Strip on Friday, said the energy authority of the Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Palestinian enclave. "We have completely stopped the operation of (Gaza's sole) power plant this morning at 6:00 am (0400 GMT) because we don't have a single litre of fuel," Fathi el-Sheikh Khalil, the authority's deputy chairman, told AFP. An AFP correspondent in the Gaza Strip said the electricity supply had been cut off across most of the territory. Khalil blamed the power outage on Egypt's destruction of tunnels used for bringing fuel to Gaza and accused the Western-backed Palestinian Authority of charging Hamas too much for its fuel. 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 |
| Murdoch journalist ordered 'do his phone,' court hears Friday, Nov 01, 2013 09:48 AM PDT  Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson emailed a senior journalist at the disgraced tabloid ordering him to "do" a celebrity's phone, the trial over Britain's phone hacking scandal heard Friday. Coulson, who later became Prime Minister David Cameron's media chief, denies conspiring to illegally access celebrities' voicemail messages in a scandal that forced tycoon Rupert Murdoch to shut the paper in 2011. The trial heard Thursday that Coulson had been having an affair with fellow defendant Rebekah Brooks, his predecessor as editor and a close Murdoch confidante, for much of the time the pair are accused of involvement in hacking. On day three of his opening statement, prosecutor Andrew Edis said Coulson, as editor between 2003 and 2007, must have known his journalists were routinely hacking phones to glean stories for a tabloid that prided itself on its celebrity scoops. Full Story | Top |
| Did Obama consider dumping Biden for Clinton? 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 |
| Kerry: U.S. spying 'reached too far' in some cases Thursday, Oct 31, 2013 11:40 PM PDT  The United States has said in some cases its surveillance program has gone too far, an unprecedented admission in its tense row with Europe over US spying against allies. After 10 days of scandal with key European allies, a statement Thursday by Secretary of State John Kerry was the first to explicitly acknowledge overstepping by US intelligence. Kerry justified the surveillance in broad terms, citing the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the United States, as well as attacks in London, Madrid and elsewhere to argue that the US and other countries have had to come together to fight "extremism in the world that is hell-bent and determined to try to kill people and blow people up and attack governments." Full Story | Top |
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