'Loveint': NSA employees spied on spouses, boyfriends

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• 'Loveint': NSA employees spied on spouses, boyfriends
• Ted Cruz: Blackmailer
• US Senate hands on budget hot potato as shutdown looms
• Factbox: What would happen if the U.S. government shuts down?
• The postsecondary education investment
• Next Fed chair must not trim stimulus: Kocherlakota
• Iran president pledges nuclear plan, sincerity
• Obama to make statement amid fiscal crisis
• Alibaba looks West
• Iran's Rouhani says he wants quick results from nuclear talks
• Senate votes to keep government open, now up to House
• Uihlein shoots 60 at Dunhill Links
• British house prices jump, central bank told to watch more closely
• Eight held over Nairobi mall attack, al Shabaab issues new threat
• US and German ex-soldiers charged with murder-for-hire plot
• Sudanese police fire teargas as crowds demand Bashir resign
• World poised to seal Syria chemical weapons deal
• Japan's Abe says no concessions, but no escalation in islet spat with China
• Senate passes bill to keep government operating
• Colo. immigrants face uncertainty after floods
• Senate blocks effort to strip Obamacare of funding
• Thirteen dead in Mumbai building collapse
• Syrian chemical arms inspections could begin soon
• AP PHOTOS: Miami's Village West neighborhood
• Brazil polls show Rousseff's popularity still on the rebound
• Israeli forces clash with Palestinians over al-Aqsa visits
• Iran, UN agency nuclear probe talks positive
• France challenges Iran to act quickly on nuclear talks
• Mount Vernon opens library dedicated to Washington
• FHA to draw $1.7b from Treasury to cover losses
• ECB advertises post of new EU bank supervisor
• Sudan closes office of Sky News Arabia
• FDA adds most severe warning to Pfizer's Tygacil
• Scientists more convinced mankind is main cause of warming
• Official says Kenyan forces caused mall collapse
• 'Veep' actor Scott is a rascal on TV, romantic off
• US stocks down in early afternoon
• Experts fear Dominican ruling could cause crisis
• Quake-hit Pakistani villages still wait for aid
• Car bomb kills 30 in town north of Syrian capital

'Loveint': NSA employees spied on spouses, boyfriends Posted: 27 Sep 2013 01:14 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - Some National Security Agency employees have illegally eavesdropped on the phone calls of their boyfriends, girlfriends and spouses over the past decade, the US spy service admitted.

Ted Cruz: Blackmailer Posted: 27 Sep 2013 12:51 PM PDT By Bill Schneider On October 28, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) and his supporters may wish to commemorate the feast day of Saint Jude. Jude is the patron saint of hopeless causes. Because if ever there was a hopeless cause, it is killing the Affordable Care Act. Fighting for hopeless causes is not uncommon in politics. Think of the nearly two centuries it took to abolish slavery and segregation in the United States. Fighting for a hopeless cause can raise public consciousness about an issue and advance the career of the advocate. But it has to be seen as a noble effort. ...

US Senate hands on budget hot potato as shutdown looms Posted: 27 Sep 2013 12:45 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - With the US government days from a crippling shutdown, the Senate passed a temporary budget Friday that knocked the ball into the court of stubborn Republican lawmakers the lower house.

Factbox: What would happen if the U.S. government shuts down? Posted: 27 Sep 2013 12:40 PM PDT By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government shutdown is possible on October 1, the first day of fiscal 2014, because Congress has so far failed to find a way to pay for it. A closure would have far-reaching consequences at federal agencies dealing with everything from sending out Social Security checks to collecting admission fees at national parks. Here is a roundup of some of the impacts: FEDERAL WORKERS: As many as one million U.S. ...

The postsecondary education investment Posted: 27 Sep 2013 12:38 PM PDT By Steve Gunderson Any examination of postsecondary education begins with the students. What careers do they seek? What kind of education and skills will enable them to pursue their dreams? How do we design and deliver education in a way that meets them where they are in their personal lives and careers? While students determine their own futures, institutions have a responsibility to deliver education in the most effective, efficient way possible — especially considering the federal government's investment in making college available to all Americans. ...

Next Fed chair must not trim stimulus: Kocherlakota Posted: 27 Sep 2013 12:33 PM PDT By Ann Saphir MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Whoever takes over next year as chair of the U.S. central bank must show the world the Federal Reserve will do "whatever it takes" to boost employment and resist the inevitable calls to pare stimulus, a top Fed official said on Friday. Narayana Kocherlakota, president of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, told Reuters that the U.S. central bank should only slow its $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program if it loses effectiveness, or if a smaller program would work better. ...

Iran president pledges nuclear plan, sincerity Posted: 27 Sep 2013 12:24 PM PDT United Nations (United States) (AFP) - President Hassan Rouhani said Friday that Iran would present a plan next month to resolve concerns over its nuclear program and vowed never to deviate from promises to the West.

Obama to make statement amid fiscal crisis Posted: 27 Sep 2013 12:22 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - US President Barack Obama will make a statement Friday with Washington on the edge of a fiscal crisis that could shutter the federal government as soon as early next week.

Alibaba looks West Posted: 27 Sep 2013 12:20 PM PDT By Zachary Karabell Washington may once again be careening toward an abyss of its own making, but it is not the only story worth attending to. It makes good theater, but for now we don't know how or if it will fundamentally shape our lives. So what will? Half a world away, a Chinese company is considering a public offering. That would seem of even less import, but this is no ordinary company. It is Alibaba, which is to China what eBay and Amazon are to the United States. ...

Iran's Rouhani says he wants quick results from nuclear talks Posted: 27 Sep 2013 12:17 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau and Yeganeh Torbati NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday he wanted talks with major powers on Iran's nuclear program to yield results in a short time, while France challenged Tehran to address Western concerns even sooner than it has proposed. Rouhani made his remarks shortly before he left for Tehran at the end of his debut visit to the United Nations for its annual meeting of the General Assembly. ...

Senate votes to keep government open, now up to House Posted: 27 Sep 2013 12:14 PM PDT By Rachelle Younglai and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government braced on Friday for the possibility of a partial shutdown of operations on October 1 as Congress struggled to pass an emergency spending bill that Republicans want to use to defund the new healthcare reform law. While there was still a chance of averting a shutdown, time was running out. As expected, the Senate passed a straight-forward emergency-funding measure to keep the government running through November 15. ...

Uihlein shoots 60 at Dunhill Links Posted: 27 Sep 2013 11:50 AM PDT Saint Andrews (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Peter Uihlein came within one shot of breaking 60 as he produced a superb round in the European Tour Dunhill Links event on Friday.

British house prices jump, central bank told to watch more closely Posted: 27 Sep 2013 11:36 AM PDT By David Milliken and Hugh Lawson LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices shot up at their fastest annual pace in more than three years in September, industry data showed on Friday, just hours after the Bank of England was told to monitor a government lending scheme more closely. Nationwide Building Society reported that the annual rate of house price growth jumped to 5.0 percent in September from 3.5 in August, the biggest increase since July 2010 and one likely to further stoke concerns about an untenable house price boom. ...

Eight held over Nairobi mall attack, al Shabaab issues new threat Posted: 27 Sep 2013 11:33 AM PDT By James Macharia and Matthew Mpoke Bigg NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities are holding eight people in connection with an attack by Islamist militants on a Nairobi shopping mall and have released three others after the assault that killed 67 civilians and soldiers, the interior minister said on Friday. Somali Islamist group al Shabaab said Saturday's attack, which ended after a four-day siege by soldiers and police, was "just the premiere of Act 1" and suggested it would be followed by other actions by its "warriors". ...

US and German ex-soldiers charged with murder-for-hire plot Posted: 27 Sep 2013 11:29 AM PDT Washington (AFP) - Three former US and German soldiers have been charged with plotting to kill an American drug enforcement agent and an informant in a "bone-chilling" murder-for-hire scheme, prosecutors said Friday.

Sudanese police fire teargas as crowds demand Bashir resign Posted: 27 Sep 2013 11:29 AM PDT By Khalid Abdelaziz and Ulf Laessing KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Police fired teargas on Friday to disperse thousands of Sudanese demanding that President Omar Hassan al-Bashir step down, a day after clashes in which rights groups accused security forces of shooting dead at least 50 people. Bashir, who seized power in a 1989 coup, has been spared the sort of Arab Spring uprising that unseated autocratic rulers from Tunisia to Yemen since 2011, but anger has risen over corruption and rising inflation in the vast African country. ...

World poised to seal Syria chemical weapons deal Posted: 27 Sep 2013 11:24 AM PDT The Hague (AFP) - Inspectors will get to work eradicating Syria's chemical arsenal by next week, with the global chemical weapons watchdog and the UN poised to approve a US-Russian roadmap hailed by US President Barack Obama as a "huge victory" for the world.

Japan's Abe says no concessions, but no escalation in islet spat with China Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:54 AM PDT By Paul Eckert NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japan will make no concessions on sovereignty over Pacific islets also claimed by China, but will not make any moves to escalate the situation, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday. Tokyo is locked in a territorial dispute with Beijing over a group of East China Sea islets, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. They have become a theater for cat-and-mouse operations by patrol vessels from both sides. "The intrusions by Chinese government vessels in our territorial waters are continuing, to our regret. ...

Senate passes bill to keep government operating Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:53 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Friday passed and sent to the House of Representatives a bill to fund government operations from October 1 to November 15 to avert agency shutdowns. Republicans in the House of Representatives are considering attaching controversial items to this straight-forward emergency funding bill, such as denying funds for President Barack Obama's healthcare law for a year. Such a move by the House could result in deadlock and put the federal government closer to a shutdown on Tuesday. (Reporting By Richard Cowan; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Colo. immigrants face uncertainty after floods Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:49 AM PDT EVANS, Colo. (AP) — Immigrants living in the U.S. illegally returned to their mobile home parks in flood-ravaged Colorado to find that there was little left to salvage — not the water-damaged cars, not the old family pictures and not the sheds carried away by the rushing waters.

Senate blocks effort to strip Obamacare of funding Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:45 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-led Senate has blocked an effort to strip money from the president's health care law.

Thirteen dead in Mumbai building collapse Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:40 AM PDT Mumbai (AFP) - A five-storey residential block collapsed in Mumbai at daybreak on Friday, killing at least 13 people and trapping dozens, in the latest building disaster to hit India's financial capital.

Syrian chemical arms inspections could begin soon Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:39 AM PDT THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The inspectors responsible for tracking down Syria's chemical arms stockpile and verifying its destruction plan to start in Syria by Tuesday. They will face their tightest deadlines ever and work right in the heart of a war zone, according to a draft decision obtained Friday by The Associated Press.

AP PHOTOS: Miami's Village West neighborhood Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:39 AM PDT MIAMI (AP) — When the first black residents of South Florida arrived in the 1880s from the Bahamas to work at the Peacock Inn on Biscayne Bay, they established the Village West neighborhood in Miami's Coconut Grove section.

Brazil polls show Rousseff's popularity still on the rebound Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:35 AM PDT By Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff continues to recover popularity lost after the massive protests that shook Brazil in June, bolstering her chances of re-election next year, two polls published on Friday showed. The polls confirm the results of other recent public opinion surveys showing Rousseff has overcome the dramatic drop in support she suffered after the protests, which targeted all of Brazil's political elite, including her ruling Workers' Party. ...

Israeli forces clash with Palestinians over al-Aqsa visits Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:33 AM PDT By Crispian Balmer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem's Old City, the occupied West Bank and Gaza on Friday, reflecting growing tensions over an increase in Jewish visits to the al-Aqsa mosque compound. Palestinian militants and youth groups have called for a general uprising in response to the entry by Jewish groups under police escort to the Jerusalem holy site, which is revered by both Muslims and Jews. ...

Iran, UN agency nuclear probe talks positive Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:33 AM PDT VIENNA (AP) — Iranian and U.N. officials held a "constructive" meeting on resuming a probe of allegations that Tehran has worked on atomic arms, officials said Friday after talks seen as an encouraging test of pledges by Iran's new president to reduce nuclear tensions.

France challenges Iran to act quickly on nuclear talks Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:32 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - France's foreign minister challenged Iran on Friday to address concerns about its atomic program sooner than the one year it has proposed, because of concern that Tehran could forge ahead with nuclear production despite negotiations with major powers. "The Iranian foreign minister discussed the heart of the matter ... he spoke about taking a year to move forward, but I reminded him that his president had spoken about three to six months, and he said that he'd be pleased if things could be done more quickly," French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told reporters in New ...

Mount Vernon opens library dedicated to Washington Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:31 AM PDT MOUNT VERNON, Va. (AP) — After years of planning and a $100 million fundraising campaign, George Washington's Mount Vernon estate has formally opened a new library dedicated to the study of America's first president and the Founding Fathers.

FHA to draw $1.7b from Treasury to cover losses Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:29 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal housing agency said Friday it needs a $1.7 billion bailout from the Treasury to cover projected losses in a mortgage programs for seniors.

ECB advertises post of new EU bank supervisor Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:28 AM PDT FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has launched its search for the person who will chair the new EU-level banking supervisory board.

Sudan closes office of Sky News Arabia Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:27 AM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has closed the office of Abu Dhabi-based news channel Sky News Arabia, banned its correspondent from working and confiscated its equipment, the station said on Friday. Authorities had given no reason, Sky said on its website. Al-Arabiya television, based in Dubai, had earlier said it had also been ordered to halt work in Sudan after the government had complained about its coverage of recent unrest. (Reporting by Ulf Laessing and Reem Shamseddine; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

FDA adds most severe warning to Pfizer's Tygacil Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:23 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators are putting their harshest warning on Pfizer's antibiotic Tygacil, saying the drug is associated with an increased risk of death.

Scientists more convinced mankind is main cause of warming Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:20 AM PDT By Alister Doyle and Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Leading climate scientists said on Friday they were more convinced than ever that humans are the main culprits for global warming, and predicted the impact from greenhouse gas emissions could linger for centuries. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said in a report that a hiatus in warming this century, when temperatures have risen more slowly despite growing emissions, was a natural variation that would not last. ...

Official says Kenyan forces caused mall collapse Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:20 AM PDT NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's military caused the massive collapse of three floors of Nairobi's Westgate Mall during the terrorist siege in which at least 67 people died, a top-ranking government official said Wednesday.

'Veep' actor Scott is a rascal on TV, romantic off Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:20 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reid Scott is used to being cast as an abrasive character, his latest being scheming Washington political aide Dan Egan in "Veep."

US stocks down in early afternoon Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:19 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell Friday as investors focused on the risk of a U.S. government shutdown down next week.

Experts fear Dominican ruling could cause crisis Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:19 AM PDT SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Experts warned Friday that a Dominican court decision to strip citizenship from children of Haitian migrants could cause a human rights crisis, potentially leaving tens of thousands of people stateless, facing mass deportation and discrimination.

Quake-hit Pakistani villages still wait for aid Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:18 AM PDT DALBADI, Pakistan (AP) — Vital relief aid destined for a remote, earthquake stricken region in Pakistan reached desperate villagers only slowly on Friday, as insurgents attacked troops distributing it for a third day.

Car bomb kills 30 in town north of Syrian capital Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:16 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb exploded near a mosque north of the Syrian capital as worshippers emerged from Friday prayers, killing at least 30 people, causing part of the building's roof to collapse and littering the street with smoldering debris, activists said.

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