Mormonism, voter enthusiasm concern evangelicals

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• Mormonism, voter enthusiasm concern evangelicals
• US official in Libya said he wanted more security
• Police: Student took LSD before campus shooting
• Police release video of missing Colorado girl
• Man's roach-eating death raises question: Why?
• Akin chides gov't money tied to McCaskill's spouse
• Imam extradited from Britain pleads not guilty to U.S. charges
• Ohio appealing to Supreme Court on early voting
• High gas, diesel prices hurt Calif. farm industry
• Veteran AP Georgia newsman Dick Pettys dies at 66
• The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
• WH race contested in far fewer states than in past
• Nobel for quantum "parlour trick" that could make super computers
• U.S. officer got no reply to requests for more security in Benghazi
• The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store
• Chevron fails to block $18 billion Ecuador judgment
• NY comptroller: Wall Street health still volatile
• Encouraging ratings start for NBC in new season
• North Korea says its rockets can hit U.S. mainland
• Rihanna, Minaj lead American Music Awards nominees
• Midterm blues: doubts assail Cameron
• EU antitrust chief hopes to settle Apple case soon
• Man's death after eating roaches raises questions
• Jury being picked in teen Craigslist killings case
• CDC says three more U.S. deaths from meningitis outbreak
• Obama campaign deploys Big Bird in new ad
• US official in Libya cites 230 security incidents
• Charlie Brown, 'Peanuts' pals head to big-screen
• UK police charge 26-year-old over Rothko vandalism
• Stocks indexes slide following gloomy IMF forecast
• Louis C.K. to delay show's 4th season until 2014
• Mexico says kills top Zetas drug lord but body snatched
• Meningitis outbreak toll: 119 cases, 11 deaths
• U.S. meningitis outbreak claims three more lives
• Quotes from Sandusky sentencing, Penn State, more
• U.N. concerned by reports medical facilities used in Syria
• Minn. witness describes early al-Shabab recruiting
• Pachall leaving TCU, to enter in-patient rehab
• APNewsBreak: Lawyers: Tennis ref passed polygraph
• Wal-Mart tests same-day delivery for holidays

Mormonism, voter enthusiasm concern evangelicals Posted: 09 Oct 2012 01:21 PM PDT Evangelical leaders worried that Mitt Romney's Mormonism could suppress conservative turnout on Election Day are intensifying appeals for Christians to vote.

US official in Libya said he wanted more security Posted: 09 Oct 2012 01:19 PM PDT A top State Department security official in Libya told a congressional investigator that he had argued unsuccessfully for more security in the weeks before Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed. Department officials instead wanted to "normalize operations and reduce security resources," he wrote in an email obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

Police: Student took LSD before campus shooting Posted: 09 Oct 2012 01:17 PM PDT A nude University of South Alabama freshman had taken LSD and assaulted others before he chased the campus police officer who fatally shot him, authorities said Tuesday, though the student wasn't armed and didn't touch the officer.

Police release video of missing Colorado girl Posted: 09 Oct 2012 01:17 PM PDT Authorities scoured a suburban Denver neighborhood for clues and urged people to be on the lookout Tuesday for a 10-year-old girl who disappeared days ago on her way to school.

Man's roach-eating death raises question: Why? Posted: 09 Oct 2012 01:15 PM PDT As a Florida medical examiner tries to determine how 32-year-old Edward Archbold died after eating insects during a contest to win a snake, people around the country are asking: Why?

Akin chides gov't money tied to McCaskill's spouse Posted: 09 Oct 2012 01:15 PM PDT Businesses affiliated with the husband of Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill have received almost $40 million in federal subsidies for low-income housing developments during her first five years in office, though it appears only fraction of that has made it to the family's bank accounts, according to an Associated Press analysis.

Imam extradited from Britain pleads not guilty to U.S. charges Posted: 09 Oct 2012 01:10 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - One-eyed radical Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri pleaded not guilty to 11 criminal counts in federal court on Tuesday after Britain extradited him to the United States last week to face trial and a possible life sentence on terrorism charges. U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan set a trial date of August 26, 2013, for the Egyptian-born preacher, who is missing both his hands and an eye - injuries he says he sustained during humanitarian work in Afghanistan in the 1980s. ...

Ohio appealing to Supreme Court on early voting Posted: 09 Oct 2012 01:06 PM PDT Ohio's election chief said Tuesday he will appeal a ruling that reinstates the final three early voting days in the battleground state, calling a decision last week by a federal appeals court "an unprecedented intrusion" into how states run elections.

High gas, diesel prices hurt Calif. farm industry Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:53 PM PDT Farmers in California's agricultural heartland say record-high gas and diesel prices are putting pressure on their bottom lines, but economists say it's unlikely that will translate into significantly higher food prices across the U.S.

Veteran AP Georgia newsman Dick Pettys dies at 66 Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:50 PM PDT From Georgia's last segregationist governor to the first Republican to hold the office since Reconstruction, Dick Pettys covered Georgia politics for The Associated Press for more than three decades. His reputation for fair and accurate reporting won him the respect of fellow journalists and the state's most prominent politicians.

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:49 PM PDT App Store Official Charts for the week ending Oct. 8, 2012:

WH race contested in far fewer states than in past Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:48 PM PDT So much for Mitt Romney's plans to compete for Democratic-trending Michigan or Pennsylvania. And what about President Barack Obama's early hopes of fighting it out for Republican-tilting Arizona, Georgia or Texas? Forget them.

Nobel for quantum "parlour trick" that could make super computers Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:45 PM PDT STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A French and an American scientist won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for finding ways to measure quantum particles without destroying them, which could make it possible to build a new kind of computer far more powerful than any seen before. Serge Haroche of France and American David Wineland, both 68, found ways to manipulate the very smallest particles of matter and light to observe strange behavior that previously could only be imagined in equations and thought experiments. ...

U.S. officer got no reply to requests for more security in Benghazi Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:42 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. security officer twice asked his State Department superiors for more security agents for the American mission in Benghazi months before an attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans, but he got no response. The officer, Eric Nordstrom, who was based in Tripoli until about two months before the September attack, said a State Department official, Charlene Lamb, wanted to keep the number of U.S. security personnel in Benghazi "artificially low," according to a memo summarizing his comments that was obtained by Reuters. ...

The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:42 PM PDT iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending Oct. 8, 2012

Chevron fails to block $18 billion Ecuador judgment Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:38 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chevron Corp on Tuesday lost a U.S. Supreme Court bid to block an $18.2 billion judgment against it in Ecuador in a case over pollution in the Amazon jungle. The Supreme Court did not give any explanation for its decision, which rejected Chevron's appeal of a lower court ruling. The lower court in January had thrown out an injunction blocking enforcement of the Ecuadorean judgment. The decision is the latest in a nearly two-decade conflict between the No. 2 U.S. ...

NY comptroller: Wall Street health still volatile Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:36 PM PDT New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli (duh-NAP'-oh-lee) says profits are growing on Wall Street even as jobs are declining along with tax revenue vital to the state and New York City.

Encouraging ratings start for NBC in new season Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:27 PM PDT After years of bad news in the television ratings, NBC finally has something to smile about.

North Korea says its rockets can hit U.S. mainland Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:24 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has rockets that can hit the U.S. mainland, it said on Tuesday, two days after South Korea struck a deal with the United States to extend the range of its ballistic missiles. North and South Korea have been technically at war since their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, and regional powers have for years been trying to rein in North Korea's nuclear weapons program. ...

Rihanna, Minaj lead American Music Awards nominees Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:23 PM PDT Rihanna and Nicki Minaj are the leading nominees at the 40th annual American Music Awards with four nods each.

Midterm blues: doubts assail Cameron Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:20 PM PDT BIRMINGHAM (Reuters) - Even Prime Minister David Cameron sounds unsure he can win the next election. Grappling with a stagnant economy and upstaged lately by the boisterous mayor of London, a former schoolmate who seems to want his job, Cameron faces a divided Conservative Party whose members are worried they face electoral defeat in 2015. His gamble on the return of economic growth has so far failed, a fact bluntly underlined by the International Monetary Fund's downgrade of Britain's growth forecasts on Tuesday, just a day before his annual speech to Conservative activists. ...

EU antitrust chief hopes to settle Apple case soon Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:14 PM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Apple Inc's antitrust case with the European Union over e-book publishing could be settled in a couple of months, European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said on Tuesday. Almunia, the EU's antitrust chief, said he hoped to resolve soon an investigation into Apple and four publishers over deals setting e-book prices. "Hopefully in the coming couple of months, we will reach a settlement," Almunia told a British Chamber of Commerce conference. The European Commission is now market-testing an offer by Apple and the publishers in a bid to end the EU probe. ...

Man's death after eating roaches raises questions Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:12 PM PDT As a Florida medical examiner tries to determine how 32-year-old Edward Archbold died after eating insects during a contest to win a snake, people around the country are asking: Why?

Jury being picked in teen Craigslist killings case Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:06 PM PDT Jury selection began Tuesday in the murder trial of a teenager who was befriended by a self-styled chaplain accused in a deadly scheme to lure victims with phony Craigslist job offers.

CDC says three more U.S. deaths from meningitis outbreak Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:06 PM PDT (Reuters) - Three more people have died from fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections, bringing the total to 11 deaths since the outbreak began last month, the Centers for Disease Control said on Tuesday. The CDC said the number of meningitis cases in the United States linked to the outbreak reached 119 on Tuesday, up 14 from Monday. New Jersey reported its first case of meningitis linked to possible contamination of steroid injections, bringing the number of states affected by the outbreak to 10. The widening outbreak has alarmed U.S. ...

Obama campaign deploys Big Bird in new ad Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:06 PM PDT President Barack Obama deployed Big Bird in a new campaign ad Tuesday mocking Mitt Romney's vow to end federal funding for public broadcasting. Romney's campaign dismissed it as an example of Obama being small-minded while the foundation behind Big Bird's program, "Sesame Street," asked that the ad be taken down.

US official in Libya cites 230 security incidents Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:04 PM PDT A top State Department security official in Libya told a congressional investigator that he had wanted more security in the weeks before the U.S. ambassador was killed in Benghazi. But, he said, the department instead wanted to "normalize operations."

Charlie Brown, 'Peanuts' pals head to big-screen Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:03 PM PDT Charlie Brown and his "Peanuts" pals are coming to the big-screen.

UK police charge 26-year-old over Rothko vandalism Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:57 AM PDT British police on Tuesday charged a 26-year-old Polish national with vandalizing a priceless Mark Rothko work at the Tate Modern museum, an act that caused a minor stir in the U.K. art world.

Stocks indexes slide following gloomy IMF forecast Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:57 AM PDT Stocks slid Tuesday on Wall Street after another weak forecast of global economic growth and poor expectations for corporate earnings.

Louis C.K. to delay show's 4th season until 2014 Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:54 AM PDT FX network says it's delaying the return of its hit comedy "Louie" until spring 2014.

Mexico says kills top Zetas drug lord but body snatched Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:51 AM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico says it has killed the leader of the brutal Zetas drug gang, the most powerful kingpin to fall in a six-year battle against cartels, but in a surreal twist, his body was snatched from a funeral home by armed men. Mexico's Navy said on Tuesday that fingerprint tests had confirmed that Heriberto Lazcano was killed in a firefight in the northern state of Coahuila on Sunday afternoon. ...

Meningitis outbreak toll: 119 cases, 11 deaths Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:50 AM PDT The number of people sickened by a deadly meningitis outbreak has now reached 119 cases, including 11 deaths.

U.S. meningitis outbreak claims three more lives Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:48 AM PDT NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A rare outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections has claimed three more lives and New Jersey became the tenth state to report at least one case of the illness in a widening health scare, health authorities said on Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control confirmed that two more people had died from meningitis in Tennessee, and one more in Michigan after receiving injections of potentially tainted steroid, bringing the number of deaths nationwide to 11. ...

Quotes from Sandusky sentencing, Penn State, more Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:47 AM PDT Quotes on the day Jerry Sandusky is sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison for child sexual abuse:

U.N. concerned by reports medical facilities used in Syria Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:45 AM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is "extremely concerned" by reports that medical facilities and vehicles were being used to carry out violence in Syria's 18-month conflict, a spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday. "Medical facilities, equipment and personnel must not be targeted or used for military purposes," Ban spokesman Martin Nesirky said in a statement. "All parties involved in the conflict must respect international humanitarian law and ensure that civilians are not targeted. ...

Minn. witness describes early al-Shabab recruiting Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:39 AM PDT A Minnesota man who traveled to Somalia to enlist in the terrorist group al-Shabab has identified a person portrayed as an early leader in recruiting.

Pachall leaving TCU, to enter in-patient rehab Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:38 AM PDT Suspended TCU quarterback Casey Pachall (PAW'-hall) is leaving school for the rest of the semester and enrolling at an inpatient rehabilitation facility.

APNewsBreak: Lawyers: Tennis ref passed polygraph Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:37 AM PDT The sometimes controversial technique of lie detection by polygraph has entered the case of a professional tennis referee charged with bludgeoning her husband to death with a coffee cup.

Wal-Mart tests same-day delivery for holidays Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:37 AM PDT Wal-Mart is testing a same-day delivery service in select markets for customers who buy popular items online during the holiday shopping season.

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