Pfizer 3Q profit falls 14 pct on generic Lipitor

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• Pfizer 3Q profit falls 14 pct on generic Lipitor
• Exasperation builds on Day 3 in storm-stricken NYC
• Edwin Q. White, former AP Saigon chief, dies
• Flying gets easier but other travel woes persist
• BCS officials say Notre Dame an attractive option
• Missing journalist's family to travel to Beirut
• Ex-Penn St. president charged in Sandusky case
• Bloomberg endorses Obama for a second term, climate change a focus
• Francis Lawrence to direct 'Hunger Games' sequels
• Blaze at site of derailment in Ky. to keep burning
• Stocks rally as US economic picture brightens
• Horses tied to drug cartel auctioned in Oklahoma
• Dominican police say ex-Yankee Perez slain at home
• Obama 2nd term: Leverage, lessons learned, legacy
• Nearly 4.5 million still lack power after Sandy: DOE
• Mo. Sen. McCaskill using Romney in new TV ad
• Unions launch 'final four' campaign push
• Retailers' gains in October could hurt holidays
• Greek publisher acquitted in privacy case
• Mayor says NYC Marathon won't divert resources
• George H.W. Bush, Gorbachev lunch in Houston
• NBC to hold a benefit concert for Sandy victims
• Microsoft pushes new Windows to developers
• Post-Sandy, Airbnb fees waived, Uber demand surges
• Astronauts take spacewalk to find ammonia leak
• Factbox: Storm Sandy blamed for at least 93 deaths in U.S., Canada
• Insight: Putin's Russia - more fragile than it looks
• New York Mayor Bloomberg endorses Obama
• Shore residents return home to damage, destruction
• Foster earns lifetime-achievement honor at Globes
• Group demands Texas chopper shooting investigation
• Savile estate frozen due to potential abuse claims
• Most of Congress coming back despite low approval
• Calif. death penalty opponents say it's too costly
• Storm-crippled NYC subway creaks back into service
• Correction: Switzerland-Earns-UBS story
• Mo. Sen. McCaskill using Romney in ad against Akin
• Police arrest comic Starr in Savile abuse case - TV
• NFL and players' union donating $1 million
• Court eyes limits on detention powers in searches

Pfizer 3Q profit falls 14 pct on generic Lipitor Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:26 PM PDT Drug giant Pfizer Inc. said Thursday that its third-quarter profit fell 14 percent as sales plunged, mainly due to increased U.S. generic competition to cholesterol fighter Lipitor, long the world's top-selling drug.

Exasperation builds on Day 3 in storm-stricken NYC Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:26 PM PDT Frustration — and in some cases fear — mounted in New York City on Thursday, three days after Superstorm Sandy. Traffic backed up for miles at bridges, large crowds waited impatiently for buses into Manhattan, and tempers flared in gas lines.

Edwin Q. White, former AP Saigon chief, dies Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:23 PM PDT Edwin Q. White, who served as Saigon bureau chief for The Associated Press as the U.S. committed massive numbers of combat troops to Vietnam, died before dawn Thursday in Honolulu at age 90, his daughter said.

Flying gets easier but other travel woes persist Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:24 PM PDT Planes were getting up to speed faster than trains and automobiles in the storm-stricken Northeast.

BCS officials say Notre Dame an attractive option Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:22 PM PDT Some BCS officials are almost as giddy about the prospect of Notre Dame playing in one of their bowls games as Fighting Irish fans are.

Missing journalist's family to travel to Beirut Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:20 PM PDT The family of a freelance journalist who disappeared while covering the war in Syria plans to travel to Beirut to work for his release.

Ex-Penn St. president charged in Sandusky case Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:19 PM PDT Former Penn State President Graham B. Spanier was charged Thursday with hushing up child sex abuse complaints against Jerry Sandusky, making him the third school official to be accused of crimes in the alleged cover-up.

Bloomberg endorses Obama for a second term, climate change a focus Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:19 PM PDT (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday endorsed President Barack Obama for a second term, citing the importance of his record on climate change, particularly in the aftermath of the devastating blow dealt to the New York area by storm Sandy. Bloomberg said Obama has taken significant steps to reduce carbon consumption, whereas Republican challenger Mitt Romney has backtracked on earlier positions he had taken as governor of Massachusetts to battle climate change. "Our climate is changing," Bloomberg wrote in an opinion article for Bloomberg View, a section of Bloomberg News. ...

Francis Lawrence to direct 'Hunger Games' sequels Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:14 PM PDT The odds are ever in Francis Lawrence's favor.

Blaze at site of derailment in Ky. to keep burning Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:12 PM PDT Authorities in Kentucky have lifted an order that required people within 5 miles of a train derailment to remain indoors. However, people living within roughly a mile of the fire cannot yet return to their homes.

Stocks rally as US economic picture brightens Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:12 PM PDT Stocks are closing sharply higher on Wall Street after a series of encouraging economic reports, including a surge in consumer confidence.

Horses tied to drug cartel auctioned in Oklahoma Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:12 PM PDT More than 300 horses that the federal government says were bought and trained as part of a Mexican drug cartel's money-laundering operation are being auctioned in Oklahoma City.

Dominican police say ex-Yankee Perez slain at home Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:11 PM PDT Former major league pitcher Pascual Perez, who had a troubled 11-season career that included two suspensions for drug use, was killed at his home in the Dominican Republic in an apparent robbery, police said Thursday.

Obama 2nd term: Leverage, lessons learned, legacy Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:11 PM PDT If he won again, President Barack Obama would govern with a window of leverage, an eye on his legacy and the luxury of lessons learned.

Nearly 4.5 million still lack power after Sandy: DOE Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:10 PM PDT (Reuters) - Nearly 4.5 million homes and businesses in 12 U.S. states remained without power on Thursday afternoon, three days after Hurricane Sandy battered the U.S. East Coast, federal data showed. That was down about 200,000 from the 4.7 million customers the U.S. Department of Energy reported as being out earlier on Thursday. In total, at its peak, Sandy left 8.48 million customers in 21 states from North Carolina to Maine and as far west as Illinois without power. That was slightly more than the 8.38 million that lost service during last year's Hurricane Irene. ...

Mo. Sen. McCaskill using Romney in new TV ad Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:08 PM PDT Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill ventured into Republican-leaning southern Missouri on Thursday, warning voters that challenger Todd Akin would be part of a "very small caucus of extremists" if elected to the Senate and launching a new ad, titled, "Unfit," featuring video of GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney denouncing Akin.

Unions launch 'final four' campaign push Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:08 PM PDT Labor leaders expect 128,000 volunteers to campaign for President Barack Obama and other union-friendly candidates during the final four days before the Nov. 6 election.

Retailers' gains in October could hurt holidays Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:07 PM PDT Americans spent briskly in October before Superstorm Sandy hit the Northeast on the tail-end of the month. But the question is whether they're still willing to buy an iPhone for Christmas if they plunked down hundreds on a generator for Sandy?

Greek publisher acquitted in privacy case Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:06 PM PDT A magazine publisher was acquitted on Thursday of breaching privacy laws by printing a list allegedly naming Greeks with bank accounts in Switzerland. The list has touched off a fierce debate in the nearly bankrupt country after governments failed to use it to check for possible tax evasion by rich depositors.

Mayor says NYC Marathon won't divert resources Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:06 PM PDT New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says Sunday's marathon won't divert resources from victims of Superstorm Sandy's devastation.

George H.W. Bush, Gorbachev lunch in Houston Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:06 PM PDT One-time world leaders George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev are renewing their friendship.

NBC to hold a benefit concert for Sandy victims Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:03 PM PDT NBC will hold a benefit concert Friday for victims of Hurricane Sandy featuring some artists native to the areas hardest hit.

Microsoft pushes new Windows to developers Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:59 PM PDT SEATTLE (Reuters) - Days after launching Windows 8, Microsoft Corp is mounting a strong campaign to win over the software developers it needs to kick-start its new operating system. A lack of apps is Microsoft's Achilles heel as it attempts to catch Apple Inc and Google Inc in the rush toward mobile computing. Windows 8, the new Surface tablet and a range of Windows-based phones - all unveiled in the past week - are designed to close that gap, but the world's largest software company still needs to convince developers to recreate the thriving 'ecosystem' that made PCs so successful. ...

Post-Sandy, Airbnb fees waived, Uber demand surges Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:58 PM PDT Two tech startups — one that pairs travelers with hosts and another that pairs drivers with people who need rides — have found diverging ways to deal with demand for their services in aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.

Astronauts take spacewalk to find ammonia leak Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:57 PM PDT Two spacewalking astronauts worked on a leaky radiator system outside the International Space Station on Thursday, just hours after barely dodging a menacing piece of orbiting junk.

Factbox: Storm Sandy blamed for at least 93 deaths in U.S., Canada Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:54 PM PDT (Reuters) - Deaths in the United States and Canada from Sandy, the massive storm that hit the U.S. East Coast this week, rose to at least 93 on Thursday after the number of victims reported by authorities in New York City jumped and deaths in New Jersey and elsewhere also rose. The latest New York City death count has risen to 38, police said. Fifteen of the city's dead were found on Staten Island, whose southeast flank took the full brunt of the storm surge. ...

Insight: Putin's Russia - more fragile than it looks Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:52 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - When Vladimir Putin celebrated his 60th birthday this month, a group of patriotic mountaineers unfurled a portrait of the Russian leader on a 4,150-metre mountain peak. Hailing him as a guarantor of happiness and stability, the climbers' leader explained: "We have stuck Putin's portrait on a rock wall we see as unbreakable and eternal as Putin". But as Putin nears the end of his 13th year ruling this vast country, Russians feel increasingly unhappy and worries over long-term political and economic stability are growing. ...

New York Mayor Bloomberg endorses Obama Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:51 PM PDT New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is endorsing President Barack Obama for re-election, citing his leadership on climate change.

Shore residents return home to damage, destruction Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:50 PM PDT Bill Goldberg's first reaction upon entering his flood-damaged home in this popular Jersey Shore resort community was unprintable.

Foster earns lifetime-achievement honor at Globes Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:49 PM PDT Jodie Foster is adding a new trophy to her collection — a lifetime-achievement honor at the Golden Globes.

Group demands Texas chopper shooting investigation Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:46 PM PDT A civil rights group is demanding an independent investigation of the fatal shooting of two suspected illegal immigrants by a Texas state trooper from a helicopter.

Savile estate frozen due to potential abuse claims Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:45 PM PDT A decision by Jimmy Savile's executors to freeze his estate has cleared the way for a host of financial claims against the late entertainer, alleged to be one of Britain's most prolific child sex abusers.

Most of Congress coming back despite low approval Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:39 PM PDT Listen up voters, you're the boss.

Calif. death penalty opponents say it's too costly Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:39 PM PDT Death penalty opponents in California are trying a new argument this year: Abolish capital punishment because the perpetually cash-strapped state just can't afford it.

Storm-crippled NYC subway creaks back into service Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:36 PM PDT Subways started running again in much of New York City on Thursday for the first time since Superstorm Sandy, but traffic at bridges backed up for miles, long lines formed at gas stations, and big crowds of commuters waited restlessly for buses.

Correction: Switzerland-Earns-UBS story Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:35 PM PDT In a story Oct. 30 about the Swiss bank UBS, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the bank will cut 3,000 jobs at its U.S. operations in Stamford, Conn. The bank says it did not give an exact U.S. figure and not all the U.S. job cuts will be in Stamford.

Mo. Sen. McCaskill using Romney in ad against Akin Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:35 PM PDT Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is launching a new ad featuring video of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney denouncing her opponent, Todd Akin.

Police arrest comic Starr in Savile abuse case - TV Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:34 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested comedian Freddie Starr on Thursday as part of an investigation triggered by allegations that late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile sexually abused children, media reported. Police said in a statement they had arrested a man in his 60s on suspicion of sex offences. The man was identified by Sky News and ITV News as Starr, who earlier had offered to talk to police. ...

NFL and players' union donating $1 million Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:32 PM PDT The NFL and the players' union are combining to donate $1 million to the American Red Cross to help in the recovery efforts in the Northeast after Hurricane Sandy.

Court eyes limits on detention powers in searches Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:31 PM PDT The Supreme Court reacted skeptically Thursday to the government's argument that police may detain residents of a home to be searched even if they are away from home when the search takes place.

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