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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Boeing, Airbus at odds over black boxes that eject

Boeing, Airbus at odds over black boxes that eject

Boeing, Airbus at odds over black boxes that eject

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:57 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The world's two largest commercial aircraft manufacturers are at odds over equipping planes with black boxes that eject from planes, making them easier to find in the event of an ocean crash.

Ebola evades European defenses; pet dog must die

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:54 PM PDT

Hospital staff walk out past police guarding the entrance to protest outside the Carlos III hospital in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014 where a Spanish nurse who is believed to have contracted the ebola virus from a 69-year-old Spanish priest is being treated after testing positive for the virus. The staff demanded the resignation of Health Minister Ana Mato for the handling of the case. Raising fresh concern around the world, the nurse in Spain became the first person known to catch Ebola outside the outbreak zone in West Africa. In Spain, the stricken nurse had been part of a team that treated two missionaries flown home to Spain after becoming infected with Ebola in West Africa. The nurse's only symptom was a fever, but the infection was confirmed by two tests, Spanish health officials said. She was being treated in isolation, while authorities drew up a list of people she had had contact with. (AP Photo/Paul White)MADRID (AP) — Health officials in Spain rushed to contain the Ebola virus Tuesday after it got past Europe's defenses, quarantining four people at a Madrid hospital where a nursing assistant got infected and persuading a court that the woman's dog must die.

Michelle Obama rallies young voters in Wisconsin

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:47 PM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama acknowledges the crowd at a campaign event for Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, in Madison, Wis. Mrs. Obama rallied young voters in Wisconsin's race for governor, saying if they show up to vote Republican Gov. Scott Walker can be defeated. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)MADISON, Wis. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama rallied young voters Tuesday in Wisconsin's race for governor, saying if they show up to vote Republican Gov. Scott Walker can be defeated.

Bianchi has traumatic brain injury - family

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:47 PM PDT

The parents of Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi of France, Philippe (L) and Christine (R), leave the Mie General Medical Centre in Yokkaichi, Japan on October 7, 2014French Formula One driver Jules Bianchi remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital in Japan after suffering a traumatic brain injury, a joint statement by his family and the hospital said on Tuesday.

Rare sperm whale sighting reported off California

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:45 PM PDT

This Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 photo provided by Capt. Dave Anderson/DolphinSafari.com, shows sperm whales swimming in the waters off the the coast of Dana Point, Calif. Several pods of sperm whales emerged off the Southern California coast in an extremely rare, hours-long sighting that had whale watchers and scientists giddy with excitement. More than 50 mothers and juveniles were rolling and playing with dolphins. (AP Photo/Capt. Dave Anderson/ DolphinSafari.com)LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Several pods of sperm whales emerged off the Southern California coast in an extremely rare, hours-long sighting that had whale watchers and scientists giddy with excitement.

ABC's 'World News' breaks a ratings streak

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:44 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — As it did in the morning two years ago, ABC News has broken a long-running winning streak by its rivals at NBC News.

Cyrus' date gets 6 months for probation violation

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:42 PM PDT

DALLAS, Ore. (AP) — The young man who accompanied Miley Cyrus to the MTV Video Music Awards and accepted her prize has been sentenced to six months in jail for violating the terms of his probation in Oregon.

Slumping Puig benched by Dodgers for NLDS Game 4

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:38 PM PDT

Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig walks back to the dugout after striking out in the eighth inning of Game 3 of baseball's NL Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)ST. LOUIS (AP) — Slumping All-Star Yasiel Puig was benched by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday for Game 4 of their NL Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.

AP NewsAlert

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:38 PM PDT

OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama man convicted in shooting deaths of 2 ex-Auburn football players, 3rd victim.

CBS reporter travels to Syria for interviews

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:01 PM PDT

In this 2012 photo from video released by CBS, CBS News Foreign Correspondent Clarissa Ward appears in Syria. Ward traveled undercover to Syria to interview two Westerners fighting against the United States for stories airing this week, a risk the network took despite the backdrop of kidnappings and beheadings by Islamic state fighters. Ward's stories, about a former Dutch Army fighter and an American who are fighting for rebel groups in Syria, are scheduled to air Tuesday and Wednesday on the "CBS Evening News." (AP Photo/CBS News)NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News reporter Clarissa Ward traveled undercover to Syria to interview two Westerners fighting against the United States for stories airing this week, a risk the network took despite the backdrop of kidnappings and beheadings by Islamic state fighters.

Embattled Kurds key in fight against Islamic State

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 21, 2013 file photo, Syrian Kurds who live in Lebanon wave their Kurdish flags as they celebrate Nowruz or New Year, in Beirut, Lebanon. The Kurds of Syria and Iraq have become a major focal point in the war against the Islamic State group, with Kurdish populations in both countries coming under significant threat by the militants' lightening advance. The cooperation between Kurds in these countries underscores their loyalty, not to the nations in which they live, but to the shared dream of one day establishing an independent and unified Kurdistan, or Land of the Kurds. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)BAGHDAD (AP) — The Kurds of Syria and Iraq have become a major focal point in the war against the Islamic State group, with Kurdish populations in both countries coming under significant threat by the militants' lightening advance.

US general: $750 million military cost in Liberia

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:36 PM PDT

US Africa Commander Gen. David Rodriguez gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, to discuss the US military response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military efforts to construct treatment facilities, set up more labs and conduct testing and training in Africa to deal with the Ebola crisis are expected to cost $750 million over six months, the Army general who commands U.S. troops in Africa said Tuesday.

Showtime to bring back 'Twin Peaks' as new series

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:32 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Showtime is returning to the weird world of "Twin Peaks" in a new series a quarter-century after the original version rocked viewers with its strangeness.

Here's the status of gay marriage in all 50 states

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:31 PM PDT

Nicole Pries, center left, and Lindsey Oliver of Richmond kiss each other as they celebrate their same-sex marriage outside of the John Marshall Courts Building in Richmond, Va., on Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Same-sex marriage became legal in Virginia on Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a lower court decision striking down the state's ban on such unions. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Daniel Sangjib Min)Here's the legal status of gay marriage in all 50 states, a day after the Supreme Court in one fell swoop effectively raised the number of states where the practice is legal from 19 to 30, in addition to Washington, D.C.:

'Blood moon' to awe sky watchers in Americas, Asia

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:29 PM PDT

A a blood-red Moon is seen over the Caribe area in Havana, during a total eclipse, on October 27, 2004Washington (AFP) - Stargazers in the Americas and Asia will be treated to a lunar eclipse Wednesday, a celestial show that will bathe the moon in red to create a "blood moon."

U.N. peacekeeper killed in rocket attack on northern Mali base

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:27 PM PDT

BAMAKO (Reuters) - At least one United Nations peacekeeper was killed on Tuesday when a joint French-U.N. military camp in the northern Malian town of Kidal was hit by rocket fire, the U.N. mission said. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack but Islamist insurgents operating in Mali's north have stepped up attacks on foreign forces in recent weeks. Nine U.N. peacekeepers were killed in an ambush last Friday. Olivier Salgado, a spokesman for the U.N. force, known as MINUSMA, said between six and eight rockets been fired at the camp. ...

At least one U.N. peacekeeper killed in rocket attack on Mali base

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:27 PM PDT

BAMAKO (Reuters) - At least one United Nations peacekeeper was killed in a rocket attack on a joint U.N.-French military base in the northern Malian town of Kidal on Tuesday, a spokesman for the U.N. mission said. "One (U.N.) soldier was killed in the attack," Olivier Salgado told Reuters, without giving details on the nationality of the peacekeeper. (Reporting by Adama Diarra and Bate Felix; Writing by David Lewis, Editing by Dominic Evans)

Simpson case to launch FX's 'American Crime Story'

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 1995 file photo, O.J. Simpson, center, clenches his fists in victory after the jury said he was not guilty in the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in a Los Angeles courtroom as attorneys F. Lee Bailey, left, and Robert Shapiro, right, look on. FX is joining with "American Horror Story" producer Ryan Murphy on a true-crime anthology miniseries. The new miniseries, "American Crime Story," will focus each season on a different crime that captured the public's imagination, FX said Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. The 1994 murder of Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman, and Simpson's arrest and trial led to a prolonged media frenzy. The former NFL hall of famer and former TV and movie star was acquitted in the case but is in prison for a hotel robbery. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Daily News, Myung Chun, Pool)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The FX is joining with "American Horror Story" producer Ryan Murphy on a true-crime anthology miniseries. First up: the O.J. Simpson murder case.

Myanmar says it will release more than 3,000 prisoners

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:22 PM PDT

Brigadier General Thein Swe speaks to the media as he arrives at Yangon domestic airport, after being released from a prison near MandalayBy Aung Hla Tun and Jared Ferrie YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar on Tuesday pledged to release thousands of prisoners a month before a Southeast Asian summit, which U.S. President Barack Obama and other leaders from outside the region are expected to attend. President Thein Sein pardoned 3,073 prisoners for the sake of "peace and stability" and "the rule of law", the government said on the Information Ministry website. The government did not identify the prisoners but virtually all of them were believed to have been jailed for ordinary crimes, not for their political activity. ...

AP ANALYSIS: US-led airstrikes produce few gains

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2014 file photo, smoke rises after a shell lands in Kobani in Syria as fighting intensifies between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border. After two months, the U.S.-led aerial campaign in Iraq has so far hardly dented the core of the Islamic State group's territory. The extremists' grip on major cities across Iraq and neighboring Syria remains unquestioned. The campaign has brought some gains, with Kurdish fighters taking back towns on the fringes of the Islamic State group's territory. But those successes only underline a major weakness: Besides the Iraqi Kurds, there are no forces on the ground ready to capitalize on the airstrikes. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)BAGHDAD (AP) — After two months, the U.S.-led aerial campaign in Iraq has hardly dented the core of the Islamic State group's territory. The extremist fighters have melted into urban areas when needed to elude the threat, and they have even succeeded in taking new territory from an Iraqi army that still buckles in the face of militants.

Conduct policy, Bills vote on NFL owners' agenda

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:11 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — NFL owners will meet Wednesday to discuss the league's personal conduct policy, vote on the sale of the Buffalo Bills and look at further international play.

Obama's midterm effort getting off to late start

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:09 PM PDT

President Barack Obama signs the Improving Medicare Post Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act), legislation on quality measures for nursing home and home health patients, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)NEW YORK (AP) — Less than a month away from the midterm elections, President Barack Obama's campaign schedule is getting off to a late start.

Dow Jones industrial average drops 200 points as investors fear global economic slowdown

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:09 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Dow Jones industrial average drops 200 points as investors fear global economic slowdown.

LED there be light: 3 share Nobel for blue diode

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:08 PM PDT

JAPAN/STOCKHOLM (AP) — An invention that promises to revolutionize the way the world lights its homes and offices — and already helps create the glowing screens of mobile phones, computers and TVs— earned a Nobel Prize on Tuesday for two Japanese scientists and a Japanese-born American.

Poland warns Russia it could face tougher EU sanctions over Ukraine

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:05 PM PDT

Smoke rises near the damaged main terminal of the Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces in DonetskWARSAW (Reuters) - The European Union will impose tougher sanctions on Russia unless Moscow's policy in Ukraine changes, Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna said on Tuesday. Since a ceasefire was agreed between pro-Moscow separatists and Ukraine's government a month ago, most European leaders have focused on when the sanctions on Russia can be eased, with little discussion about making them tougher. But breaches of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine have renewed Western diplomatic pressure on Moscow. ...

Wal-Mart to end healthcare benefits for some part-time workers

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:05 PM PDT

A Wal-Mart Stores Inc company distribution center in Bentonville(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it would no longer provide health benefits to some part-time workers in the United States due to ballooning healthcare costs. The company said on Monday it would stop health benefits for part-time associates who work less than 30 hours. The move is expected to impact about 2 percent of the company's workforce, the company said in a blog post. Wal-Mart cut its full-year profit forecast in August, citing higher employee benefit costs, among other things. The company said then that it expected to spend $500 million on U.S. ...

Astronauts resume routine spacewalks for NASA

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:58 AM PDT

In this image taken from NASA TV, American astronaut Reid Wiseman works outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Wiseman and German spaceman Alexander Gerst are performing NASA's first routine maintenance outside the International Space Station in more than a year. (AP Photo/NASA)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two spacewalking astronauts moved an old, broken pump into permanent storage Tuesday, NASA's first routine maintenance outside the International Space Station in more than a year.

Lawrence: Photo hacking was 'sex crime'

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:58 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 17, 2014 file photo, Jennifer Lawrence appears at the "Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" party at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France. Lawrence, 24, is speaking out about those nude photos that were stolen via hacking and posted online in an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair for its November issue. The Nov. issue of Vanity Fair goes on sale Oct. 14. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The people who chose to look at nude celebrity photos that hackers posted committed "a sexual offense," actress Jennifer Lawrence says in an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair in its November issue.

Mike Rowe's series CNN's latest entry into reality

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:56 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Rowe never expected his new travelogue series "Somebody's Gotta Do It," to land on CNN.

Correction: Tuberculosis Exposure-Texas story

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:55 AM PDT

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — In a story Oct. 1 about a Texas hospital linked to a tuberculosis outbreak, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a sick nursing assistant continued to work after her private doctor diagnosed her with the active form of the disease. She stopped working after her Aug. 15 shift and was not diagnosed by her doctor until Aug. 21.

US agent sued over fake Facebook page in drug case

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:55 AM PDT

This image obtained by The Associated Press shows a Facebook page for "Sondra Prince." The Justice Department said Tuesday it is reviewing a woman's complaint that a Drug Enforcement Administration agent set up a fake Facebook account using her identity. Sondra Arquiett, who was arrested on drug charges 2010 for her role in a suspected drug distribution network, is suing the agent in federal court in the Northern District, in upstate New York. The case is scheduled go to trial in Albany, New York. The Justice Department is also investigating the practice of making a fake profile. (AP Photo)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Drug Enforcement Administration set up a fake Facebook account using photographs and other personal information it took from the cellphone of a New York woman arrested in a cocaine case, to trick her friends and associates into revealing incriminating drug secrets.

Turkey says Syrian town about to fall as Islamic State advances

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:53 AM PDT

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani after a war plane carried out an air strike, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in SurucBy Daren Butler and Oliver Holmes MURSITPINAR Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey's president said the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani was "about to fall" as Islamic State fighters pressed home a three-week assault that has cost a reported 400 lives and forced thousands to flee their homes. The prospect that the town could be captured by Islamic State, who are now within city limits, has increased pressure on Turkey to join an international coalition to fight against the jihadists. ...

Yemen rebels reject newly named prime minister

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:44 AM PDT

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's Shiite rebels rejected President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi's choice of a new prime minister on Tuesday, threatening to derail a U.N.-brokered peace deal with the armed group that has controlled the capital for weeks.

Cyprus president suspends peace talks

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:42 AM PDT

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' president on Tuesday suspended talks on reunifying the ethnically divided island in response to Turkish plans to search for oil and gas in waters where the Cypriot government has already licensed companies to drill.

High school cancels football season over bullying

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:41 AM PDT

In this Friday, Oct. 3, 2014 photograph, audience members react as members of the Sayreville Board of Education hold a news conference at the Selover School in South Amboy, N.J., to address a hazing incident that "went too far" and is at the center of the investigation into the Sayreville War Memorial High School football team. On Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, school superintendent Richard Labbe said the Sayreville War Memorial High School football season has been canceled amid allegations of harassment, intimidation and bullying among players. (AP Photo/ Home News Tribune, Mark R. Sullivan) On Friday October 3,,2014 Photo: Mark R. Sullivan/Home News Tribune/APPARLIN, N.J. (AP) — A central New Jersey town is reeling after its high school football team, which has won three sectional titles over four years, had its season cut short by allegations of bullying, intimidation and harassment among players.

Israel fires into Lebanon after Hezbollah attack

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:40 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel fired toward Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon on Tuesday after the Shiite guerrillas set off an explosion along the tense border that wounded two Israeli soldiers, in the most serious incident between the two countries in months.

Health law waivers: Too complicated to claim?

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:38 AM PDT

In this photo taken Oct. 3, 2014, the IRS Health Coverage Exemption form is seen in Washington. It's the most unpopular provision in President Barack Obama's health care law: millions of Americans who didn't get health insurance this year now risk fines from the Internal Revenue Service. But it turns out that half or more of them may be eligible for waivers. At least on paper. Community groups and tax preparation companies say the process for claiming exemptions looks really convoluted.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans may qualify for waivers from the most unpopular part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. But getting that exemption could be an ordeal.

Police: 4-year-old took heroin to day care

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:34 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Delaware State Police shows Ashley Tull. Tull of Selbyville, Del., has been charged with child endangerment and maintaining a drug property. She was arraigned Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, and released on $6,000 bond. She did not immediately return a call left at a home listing Tuesday. Police say Tull's 4-year-old daughter unknowingly brought hundreds of packets of heroin to her day care center when she switched backpacks. Police say the backpack contained nearly 250 packets of heroin, all labeled "Slam." (AP Photo/Delaware State Police)SELBYVILLE, Del. (AP) — A 4-year-old girl mistakenly took hundreds of packets of heroin to her day care center and began passing it out to classmates, thinking it was candy, Delaware State Police said Tuesday.

Pope and prelates get crash course in joys of sex

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:30 AM PDT

Pope Francis, flanked by Cardinal Fernando Sebastian Aguilar, arrives at a morning session of a two-week synod on family issues at the Vatican, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Francis has urged bishops to speak their minds about contentious issues like contraception, gays, marriage and divorce at the start of the meeting aimed at making the church's teaching on family matters relevant to today's Catholics. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, cardinals and bishops from around the world have gotten an unexpected lecture on the joys of sex, from a Catholic couple brought in to talk about what makes a marriage last.

Ebola escapes Europe's defenses; pet dog must die

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:24 AM PDT

Still image taken from video shows an ambulance carrying a Spanish nurse who has contracted Ebola arriving at the Carlos III Hospital in MadridMADRID (AP) — Health officials scrambled Tuesday to figure out how West Africa's Ebola outbreak got past Europe's defenses, quarantining four people at a Madrid hospital where a Spanish nursing assistant became infected. Determined to contain the spread of the deadly virus, they even announced plans to euthanize the woman's pet dog.
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