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Indonesia arrests 11 suspected militants over U.S. embassy plot

Indonesia arrests 11 suspected militants over U.S. embassy plot

Indonesia arrests 11 suspected militants over U.S. embassy plot

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:31 PM PDT

An official from the Special Detachment 88 squad and a police officer stand guard outside the house of a suspected militant after a raid in JakartaJAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's anti-terrorist squad arrested 11 suspected Islamic militants it said planned to attack the U.S. embassy, a plaza near Australia's embassy and the offices of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, a police spokesman said on Saturday. The Detachment 88 squad seized bomb-making equipment and one bomb ready to be used by a new militant group called Harakah Sunni for the Indonesian Society (HASMI), said National Police spokesman Suhardi Alius in a statement. ...

Rock hall of fame in Cleveland honors Chuck Berry

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:30 PM PDT

Still rockin' at 86, music legend Chuck Berry is promising a comeback with six new songs, some written 16 years ago.

Romney woos Florida early vote; Obama eyes NH

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:14 PM PDT

President Barack Obama points towards supporters after speaking at a campaign event at Elm Street Middle School, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Juggling politics and storm preparations, Mitt Romney dangled a plea for bipartisanship before early voters in Florida on Saturday as Barack Obama worked to nail down tiny New Hampshire's four electoral votes. Both campaigns scrambled to steer clear of a most unlikely October surprise, a superstorm barreling up the East Coast.

Heat star James says ankle sore _ but he's fine

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:10 PM PDT

Miami Heat forward LeBron James, center, holds an icepack to his head as he sits ont he bench during the fourth quarter of a preseason NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Hornets, Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 in Miami. James and Austin Rivers left the game after scary falls in the third quarter. James appeared to escape relatively unscathed, after getting an inadvertent foot in the face from Hornets' center Robin Lopez as they jostled for a rebound. The Hornets defeated the Heat 96-89. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)LeBron James' twisted right ankle remained sore Saturday, though not enough for the reigning NBA MVP to be concerned about his status for Miami's season-opener against the Boston Celtics.

Hamlin wins truck race at Martinsville

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:08 PM PDT

Denny Hamlin ducked under Matt Crafton with five laps to go and won the NASCAR truck series race at Martinsville Speedway.

FDA finds contaminants in drug linked to meningitis

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:02 PM PDT

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it found "greenish black foreign matter" and other contaminants in an injectable steroid produced by the New England Compounding Center, the pharmacy at the heart of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak. It also found that vials from the same bin of the steroid contained what appeared to be a "white filamentous material," according to the report released by the FDA following inspections of the facility in October. ...

Six new cases reported in meningitis outbreak

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:02 PM PDT

A sample of Cladosporium species, one of the fungi diagnosed in the fungal meningitis outbreak sweeping the United States, in Nashville, Tennessee(Reuters) - Six new cases of fungal meningitis have been reported in an outbreak tied to contaminated steroid injections that has led to 25 deaths in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday. The CDC reported three new cases in Florida, two in Ohio and one in Indiana, raising the total number of meningitis cases attributed to the tainted steroid to 337 in 18 states. This type of meningitis cannot be spread person-to-person. ...

AP PHOTOS: Images of the East Coast superstorm

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:02 PM PDT

A beach goer holds on to her hat as she walks along a breezy Coligny Beach Park on Hilton Head Island, S.C., watching the waves generated by Hurricane Sandy near the time of high tide on Saturday morning, Oct. 27, 2012. Hurricane Sandy _ upgraded again Saturday just hours after forecasters said it had weakened to a tropical storm _ was barreling north from the Caribbean and was expected to make landfall early Tuesday near the Delaware coast, then hit two winter weather systems as it moves inland, creating a hybrid monster storm. (AP Photo/The Island Packet, Jay Karr)Hurricane Sandy is kicking up big waves along South Carolina as it heads north, where forecasters say it will likely hit two winter weather systems, creating a hybrid monster storm.

5 reasons why Sandy is expected to be a superstorm

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:01 PM PDT

A worker boards up the windows of the store as Hurricane Sandy approaches in Ocean City, Md., on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. Hurricane Sandy upgraded again Saturday just hours after forecasters said it had weakened to a tropical storm was barreling north from the Caribbean and was expected to make landfall early Tuesday near the Delaware coast, then hit two winter weather systems as it moves inland, creating a hybrid monster storm. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)1. A NORTHBOUND HURRICANE

No. 17 Gamecocks overcome Tennessee 38-35

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:01 PM PDT

South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore scores a touchdown during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game against Tennessee, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C.(AP Photo/Richard Shiro)Connor Shaw threw three touchdowns and ran for another score, and No. 17 South Carolina overcame the loss of tailback Marcus Lattimore for a 38-35 victory over Tennessee on Saturday.

Mexico City school seeks to dignify mariachi music

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:58 PM PDT

In this Oct. 5, 2012 photo photo, professor at the Mariachi School Ollin Yoliztli, Eduardo Sanchez Ortiz, practices as he waits for clients at Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City. The new mariachi school in Mexico City is seeking to revive a music that's lost ground over the years. The school, whose name means life and movement in indigenous Nahautl, teaches folk bands how to play professionally while grooming a new generation of songwriters and composers. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)In the golden age of mariachi, thousands of music lovers would crowd into theaters and fancy restaurants or fill the Plaza Garibaldi in the heart of the capital just to hear their favorite tunes played on guitar and violin. On a recent evening in the same plaza, that golden age was a distant memory.

Massive Hurricane Sandy bears down on East Coast

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:52 PM PDT

Stanley Sicinski looks at storm surf before sunrise in St. Augustine Beach, Florida, as Hurricane Sandy, which was downgraded to a tropical storm and upgraded again, passes offshore October 27, 2012.HATTERAS ISLAND, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy closed in on the United States on Saturday as it threatened to hit the eastern third of the country with torrential rains, high winds, major flooding and power outages a week before U.S. presidential and congressional elections. A massive but slow-moving storm, with tropical storm-force winds extending across 650 miles, forecasters warn Sandy's flood impact could span multiple tides with a storm surge of 4 to 8 feet in Long Island Sound, the southern portion of Lower New York Bay and Delaware Bay. ...

Sandy gone, Caribbean mourns 58 dead, cleans up

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:51 PM PDT

A resident of Leogane, Haiti makes her way to her home as the water level continues to rise Friday, Oct. 26, 2012. Residents of Leogane have had five consecutive days of rain in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which caused serious flooding and claimed at least 26 lives in the impoverished country. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Carl Juste) MAGS OUTThe Caribbean death toll from Hurricane Sandy rose again sharply on Saturday, even as the storm swirled away toward the U.S. East Coast. Officials said the hurricane system has cost at least 58 lives in addition to destroying or badly damaging thousands of homes.

European Parliament cancels trip to Iran over activists

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:28 PM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A European Parliament delegation has called off a trip to Iran after a request to meet two jailed activists was refused. The decision came after Iran's ambassador to the European Union said it was impossible to guarantee that the members of the European Parliament could meet jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and filmmaker Jafar Panahi, the European Parliament said on Saturday. The parliament awarded the two its Sakharov prize for human rights and freedom of thought on Friday. "I deeply regret that permission to meet the Sakharov laureates was withheld. ...

'91 perfect storm skipper leery of Hurricane Sandy

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:27 PM PDT

Ray Leonard knows a thing or two about monster storms. In fact, he's the skipper of the Satori, the 32-foot sailboat that rode out THE perfect storm 21 years ago.

Israelis pay tribute to Rabin in memorial rally

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:26 PM PDT

Thousands of Israelis are gathering at the Tel Aviv square where Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated to mark the 17th anniversary of the former prime minister's death and remember his call for peace.

Baghdad blasts kill more than 30 over Eid holiday

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:25 PM PDT

Residents inspect the site of a bomb attack in BaghdadBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombings on Shi'ite neighborhoods in Baghdad and a blast on an Iranian pilgrim bus killed more than 30 people on Saturday, marring Iraqi celebrations of the second day of the Islamic Eid al Adha religious festival. Violence in Iraq has eased sharply, but Sunni Islamist insurgents and al Qaeda's Iraq wing often target Shi'ites in an attempt to stir up the kind of sectarian tensions that dragged the country close to civil war in 2006-2007. ...

Young Millennials: Fiscal conservatives?

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:24 PM PDT

Caroline Winsett, a senior at DePaul University who is president of the school's Student Government Association, works in the SGA office on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, in Chicago. Winsett, 22, is a Republican who considers herself fiscally conservative and socially more liberal _ a political mix that some pollsters say is becoming more common among the youngest voters. It has those pollsters wondering if there is a political "schism" or shift happening when comparing older millennials to younger ones. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)This generation of young Americans has been called many things, from civic-minded to "entitled." But fiscally conservative?

Spain anti-austerity protests draw thousands

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:23 PM PDT

Protestors shout slogans against austerity measures announced by the Spanish government as they march to the Parliament in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's government has hiked taxes, cut spending, including a wage-cut for civil servants, and introduced stinging labor reforms in a bid to persuade investors and international authorities that he can manage Spain's finances without the need for a full-blown bailout. However, Spain's public finances have been overwhelmed by the cost of rescuing some of its banks and regional governments, many of which have experienced heavy losses following a property sector crash in 2008. One Spaniard in four is unemployed as the economic crisis tightens its grip. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Several thousand people marched to Spain's parliament in an anti-austerity protest Saturday, but were held back from surrounding the building by metal rail barricades and a large police presence.

Lebanese PM says resignation 'out of the question'

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:18 PM PDT

Lebanon's prime minister says his resignation is "out of the question" after raising the possibility following the assassination of a top intelligence official last week.

Satellite images suggest airstrike on Sudan site

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:15 PM PDT

The Yarmouk military complex in Khartoum, Sudan seen in a satellite image made on October 12 2012, prior to the alleged attack. A U.S. monitoring group says satellite images of the aftermath of an explosion at a Sudanese weapons factory suggest the site was hit by an airstrike. The Sudanese government has accused Israel of bombing its Yarmouk military complex in Khartoum, killing two people and leaving the factory in ruins.The images released by the Satellite Sentinel Project to The Associated Press on Saturday Oct 27 2012 showed several 52-foot wide craters. A spokesman for the project said military experts found the craters to be "consistent with large impact craters created by air-delivered munitions." Israeli officials have neither confirmed nor denied striking the site, instead accusing Sudan of playing a role in an Iranian-backed network of arms shipments to Hamas and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/ DigitalGlobe via Satellite Sentinel Project)Satellite images of the aftermath of an explosion at a Sudanese weapons factory this past week suggest the site was hit in an airstrike, a U.S. monitoring group said Saturday.

Ryan: Obama hasn't made case he deserves new term

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:06 PM PDT

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is greeted by his wife Janna and his son Charlie, holding a sign, after his campaign speech at the Gradall Industries plant in New Philadelphia, Ohio, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Phil Long)Starting a two-day bus tour of Ohio's small towns and cities, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan told voters Saturday that President Barack Obama hasn't made the case he deserves a second term.

MLB looks to protect pitchers from line drives

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:58 AM PDT

Detroit Tigers' Doug Fister is examined after being hit by a ball off the bat of San Francisco Giants' Gregor Blanco during the second inning of Game 2 of baseball's World Series Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)Major League Baseball is looking at ways to protect pitchers from being injured by batted balls such as the one that struck Doug Fister in the head, and says hat liners are a possibility in the minors next year.

6 decades later, probe to solve political murder

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:54 AM PDT

A statue of charismatic parliamentarian Julien Lahaut is pictured on top of his grave at the municipal cemetery of Seraing, eastern Belgium, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Now, 62 years after Belgian politician Julien Lahaut was murdered, even as the European financial crisis is squeezing budgets dry, the Belgian government has approved fresh funds to solve the crime. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)The story goes that when Prince Baudouin took the oath to succeed his father after years of tumult over the monarchy, Communist leader Julien Lahaut shouted from the crowd: "Long Live the Republic!"

New Pakistan outreach could aid Afghan peace deal

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:52 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2012 file photo, Pakistani Taliban patrol in their stronghold of Shawal in the Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan. Pakistan has stepped up outreach to some of its biggest enemies in Afghanistan, a significant policy shift that could prove crucial to U.S.-backed efforts to strike a peace deal in the war-torn country.The target of the diplomatic push has mainly been non-Pashtun political leaders who have been at odds with Pakistan for years because of the country's historical support for the Afghan Taliban, a Pashtun movement. (AP Photo/ Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)Pakistan has increased efforts to reach out to some of its biggest enemies in Afghanistan, a significant policy shift that could prove crucial to U.S.-backed efforts to strike a peace deal in the neighboring country.

Bombings, house raids in Iraq leave 31 dead

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:49 AM PDT

People gather at the scene of a bomb attack in the neighborhood of Bawiya in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. A bombing near a playground and other insurgent attacks killed 18 people including several children in Iraq on Saturday, police said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)Bombings that hit markets and other insurgent strikes primarily targeting Iraq's Shiite community killed 31 people on Saturday, challenging government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing attacks during a major Muslim holiday.

Mystery firm formed days before $5M campaign gift

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:37 AM PDT

A shadowy Tennessee company donated more than $5 million to a prominent conservative super political action committee days after establishing itself.

Marines, police prep for mock zombie invasion

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:37 AM PDT

Move over vampires, goblins and haunted houses, this kind of Halloween terror aims to shake up even the toughest warriors: An untold number of so-called zombies are coming to a counterterrorism summit attended by hundreds of Marines, Navy special ops, soldiers, police, firefighters and others to prepare them for their worst nightmares.

Bombs kill 23 in Baghdad Shi'ite neighborhood: police

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:36 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two car bombs hit a Shi'ite neighborhood in Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 23 people on the second day of the Islamic Eid al-Adha religious festival, police and hospital sources said. (Reporting by Baghdad newsroom; writing by Patrick Markey)

Obama hits Romney on taxes, Massachusetts record

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:35 AM PDT

President Barack Obama smiles as he speaks to supporters at a campaign event at Elm Street Middle School, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama is seeking to win over voters in low-tax New Hampshire by criticizing Mitt Romney for raising taxes and fees when he was governor of neighboring Massachusetts.

Momentum vs. math in election's final full week

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:34 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters as he campaigns at the Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)One final jobs report before Election Day and the big storm threatening the East Coast loom large as President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney head into the final full week of campaigning in a race polls show is extraordinarily close.

US East Coast a target for historic megastorm

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:33 AM PDT

In this image taken by NOAA's GOES East at 2:45 GMT on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, Hurricane Sandy is seen in the center bottom. The hurricane has killed at least 20 people in the Caribbean, and just left the Bahamas. It is expected to move north, just off the Eastern Seaboard. When Hurricane Sandy becomes a hybrid weather monster some call "Frankenstorm" it will smack the East Coast harder and wider than last year's damaging Irene, forecasters said Friday. (AP Photo/NOAA)Hurricane Sandy — upgraded again Saturday just hours after forecasters said it had weakened to a tropical storm — headed north from the Caribbean and was expected to pummel the eastern United States.

Lattimore goes to hospital with likely knee injury

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:33 AM PDT

South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore grabs his right knee after getting hit by Tennessee's Eric Gordon during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)South Carolina star Marcus Lattimore was taken to a hospital because of an apparent knee injury he suffered against Tennessee on Saturday.

Russian opposition leaders detained in Moscow

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:31 AM PDT

Demonstrators hold cutouts of arrested opposition activists with their photos and names during a 'March against Hatred' in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. Russians are protesting against a ongoing crackdown on the opposition which was launched his spring, with arrests of activists and introduction of new harsh legislation. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)Moscow police on Saturday briefly detained several opposition leaders as well as a dozen other activists while they were protesting against the intensifying crackdown on Russian opposition.

Greece to vote on labor reform despite coalition split

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:30 AM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's government plans to put labor reforms demanded by foreign lenders to a parliamentary vote despite a junior coalition partner's refusal to back them, the finance minister said on Saturday. The government will present the 2013 budget law - which contains the bulk of new austerity measures demanded by lenders - in parliament on Wednesday, and a separate bill with reforms including the contested labor measures a few days later, Yannis Stournaras said. ...

Lil Wayne released from hospital, thanks fans

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:28 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2009 file photo, Rapper Lil Wayne arrives on the red carpet for the ESPN Next Big Weekend Super Bowl XLIII party in Tampa, Fla. Lil Wayne's management team on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 said the rapper is on "mandated rest" after a severe migraine and dehydration caused him to be hospitalized. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius, file)Lil Wayne is thanking fans who prayed for him while he was hospitalized after a severe migraine and dehydration.

Romney woos Florida early votes; Obama goes north

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:25 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks to supporters at a campaign event at Elm Street Middle School, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Mitt Romney worked the early-vote crowd in Florida on Saturday, revving up chants of "10 more days" in the countdown to the election as President Barack Obama told supporters in tiny New Hampshire that "these four electoral votes right here could make the difference."

Emergencies declared ahead of Eastern superstorm

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:22 AM PDT

As Hurricane Sandy moves up the East Coast, owners remove their boats from the water at the Atlantic Highlands Marina, Friday Oct. 26, 2012 in Atlantic Highlands, N.J. When Hurricane Sandy becomes a hybrid weather monster some call "Frankenstorm" it will smack the East Coast harder and wider than last year's damaging Irene, forecasters said Friday. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)With much of the Eastern Seaboard in the path of a rare behemoth storm, governors in the nation's most densely populated corridor declared states of emergency and residents contemplated whether to heed dire warnings of torrential rain, high winds and up to 2 feet of snow.

Up to 40 percent may vote early in election: Obama ahead

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:21 AM PDT

Voting sign is displayed outside the Gila County Recorders office during early voting in GlobeWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Early voters could account for up to 40 percent of all ballots cast in the 2012 U.S. presidential election, and polls of people who already voted show President Barack Obama with a comfortable lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Both candidates have been urging supporters not just to vote but to do it early as Republicans and Democrats campaign vigorously - particularly in key battleground states - to lock up as many votes as possible before Election Day on November 6. Polls of people who say they already have voted show Obama with a lead in many of the states. ...

Italy's centre-right may withdraw confidence in Monti: Berlusconi

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:20 AM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - The center-right bloc will decide "in the next few days" whether to withdraw confidence for Prime Minister Mario Monti in parliament or support him until elections in April, former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Saturday. Monti's government of non-elected technocrats is backed by the center-left, the center and the center-right. It would have to resign if it lost the support of the entire center-right. (Reporting By Philip Pullella; Editing by Ralph Gowling)
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