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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Prosecutors: Adrian Peterson smoked marijuana

Prosecutors: Adrian Peterson smoked marijuana

Prosecutors: Adrian Peterson smoked marijuana

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:40 PM PDT

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson arrives at court in Conroe, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. A judge tentatively set a Dec. 1 trial date for Peterson on a charge of felony child abuse for using a wooden switch to discipline his 4-year-old son earlier this year. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Billy Smith II)HOUSTON (AP) — Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson should be arrested anew after admitting during his court appearance on a child abuse charge that he had "smoked a little weed" while out on bond, Texas prosecutors said Thursday.

US-led coalition ramps up strikes on Syrian town

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:39 PM PDT

Turkish soldiers on a tank hold their position on a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. The fighting over Kobani has brought Syria's civil war yet again to Turkey's doorstep and allies have tried to press Ankara to take a more robust role in the U.S.-led coalition to fight the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition intensified its aerial bombardment of Islamic State positions Thursday in the Syrian border town of Kobani as the extremist group fought street battles with Kurdish forces and reportedly rushed in reinforcements.

NY police caught in fresh assault of teens

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:36 PM PDT

New videos have emerged showing New York police assaulting teenage marijuana suspects, including one showing a plainclothes officer apparently knocking unconscious in broad daylight a teenager on suspicion of smoking marijuana in BrooklynNew York (AFP) - New videos have emerged showing New York police assaulting teenage marijuana suspects, raising fresh questions about officer brutality three months after a black father of six died in custody.

'Bucket list' finished, boy dies hours after birth

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:35 PM PDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A couple who say they carried out a "bucket list" of trips for their unborn son, who suffered from a fatal condition, say they feel blessed he could spend his brief life with people who loved him.

Ruling against Navajo candidate in language case

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:35 PM PDT

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — A candidate for president on the nation's largest Indian reservation could be removed from the ballot just weeks before the general election after he refused to show whether he is fluent in Navajo.

Money, troops, supplies sent to help fight Ebola

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:31 PM PDT

As the Ebola outbreak continues to spiral out of control in West Africa, numerous countries and agencies have pitched in to help.

Kobane holds out against IS as Turkey rejects solo ground action

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:30 PM PDT

Smoke rises from an airstrike on the outskirts of the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds, on October 9, 2014Mursitpinar (Turkey) (AFP) - Advancing Islamic State fighters seized a third of the Syrian border town of Kobane Thursday despite US-led air strikes, as Turkey rejected sending troops in against the jihadists on its own.

1901 Boston time capsule yields small red book

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:28 PM PDT

The contents of a 113-year-old time capsuleWOBURN, Mass. (AP) — A 113-year-old, shoebox-sized time capsule was removed Thursday from the head of a lion statue where it had long sat, hidden in plain sight, atop one of Boston's most famous landmarks.

Mexico arrests Vicente Carrillo Fuentes

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:26 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say the alleged leader of the Juarez drug cartel has been arrested in the northern city of Torreon.

Mexican officials confirm arrest of Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, leader of Juarez cartel

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:21 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials confirm arrest of Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, leader of Juarez cartel.

Clooney makes surprise Comic-Con appearance

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2014 file, director and actor George Clooney attends the premiere of "The Monuments Men" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. Clooney, who married human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin on Sept. 27 in Venice, Italy, made an appearance at New York Comic Con, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 for a panel on his upcoming film, "Tomorrowland." (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Newly married George Clooney surprised fans with an appearance at New York Comic-Con on Thursday.

FBI exhumes body in 10 Most Wanted search

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:19 PM PDT

In this photo made from video and released by WSFA-TV, workers labor to exhume the body of a John Doe buried in Alabama in 1981, in Scottsboro, Ala. on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. The FBI is exhuming the body of a John Doe buried in Alabama in 1981 in its search for a 10 Most Wanted Fugitive accused of killing his family with a sledgehammer nearly 40 years ago. In court filings, the FBI said there is a strong resemblance between photos of the John Doe and former State Department diplomat William Bradford "Brad" Bishop Jr. (AP Photo/WAFF-TV)WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 40 years ago, authorities said former diplomat William Bradford "Brad" Bishop Jr. bludgeoned his family to death with a sledgehammer and disappeared into the North Carolina woods. For decades, investigators believed he might have used his education, international experience and knowledge of foreign languages to flee to Europe and assume a new identity.

Symantec says it will split into two companies

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:18 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Security software maker Symantec plans to split itself into two companies, with one focused on security and the other on information management.

Cover Oregon mistake enrolls senator in Medicaid

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:17 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden, right, listens as U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley speaks during a campaign rally in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. Biden is in Portland campaigning for Merkley who is being challenged by Republican Monica Wehby. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Yet another mistake by Oregon's troubled health insurance exchange is coming to light: The state mistakenly enrolled a U.S. senator in Medicaid, the health insurance plan for the poor.

State: Ebola test negative for North Texas deputy

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:17 PM PDT

DALLAS (AP) — State health officials say the Dallas County sheriff's deputy who exhibited symptoms of Ebola has tested negative for the disease.

Satellites see hot spot of methane in US Southwest

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:16 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A satellite that measured the potent global-warming gas methane in the atmosphere has found a surprising hot spot over the southwestern U.S.

Wainwright to start Game 1 of NLCS

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:15 PM PDT

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright heads up stairs from the clubhouse to the dugout Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, in St. Louis. Wainwright is scheduled to be the Game 1 starter when the Cardinals play the San Francisco Giants in baseball's National League Championship Series on Saturday in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny says rumors that Adam Wainwright is hurt are overblown.

US military aircraft arriving in Liberia

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:14 PM PDT

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The U.S. military was ramping up its aid efforts in Ebola-wracked Liberia on Thursday, even as yet another doctor working in the country died after becoming infected.

In Colorado Senate race, Gardner outraises Udall

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2014 file photo, Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., left, takes part in a debate with his Republican challenger, Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., at The Denver Post in Denver. Gardner has more campaign cash on-hand than Udall as their tight contest heads into its final weeks, the campaigns said Thursday.Gardner has $3.3 million available as of Sept. 30, while Udall's campaign Thursday said it had $1.9 million cash on hand as of that date. Gardner outraised Udall, $4.3 million to $4 million during the third quarter of the year. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)DENVER (AP) — Republican Rep. Cory Gardner has more campaign cash on-hand than Democratic Sen. Mark Udall as their tight contest heads into its final weeks, the campaigns said Thursday.

Lawsuit shines new light on old sex abuse scandal

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:13 PM PDT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed this week has reopened a decades-old sex abuse scandal at the exclusive Indian Mountain School in Connecticut.

US stocks dive 2% on growth worries

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:12 PM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) where stocks opened lower ThursdayNew York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks tumbled Thursday, losing about two percent in a broad sell-off, as weak economic data from Germany heightened concerns about poor overseas growth.

Hong Kong protesters vow to fight on as talks collapse

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:12 PM PDT

A pro-democracy demonstrator wearing a T-shirt printed with a slogan saying "Not made in China" looks on near a barricade in Hong Kong, on October 9, 2014Crunch talks between Hong Kong's democracy protesters and the government have been called off, just hours after demonstrators vowed to ratchet up their occupation of key parts of the city if their demands were not met.

Europe, others weigh risks of West African flights

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:11 PM PDT

A Moroccan health worker uses a thermometer to screen a passenger at the arrivals hall of the Mohammed V airport in Casablanca, Thursday, Oct 9, 2014. Air Maroc, along with Air France and Brussels Airlines, are still flying to Ebola-hit West Africa, with the backing of the World Health Organization. The WHO has urged the airlines to keep flying, saying the risk to public health from air travel itself is low and that flights bring needed aid workers and supplies. Airlines have to balance that against safety concerns which have led British Airways and Emirates to suspend service. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — After seven months in Ebola-stricken Liberia, Vijay Kumar was getting his temperature scanned Thursday at the airport by medical crews in blue gowns and masks — one of dozens who relied on Royal Air Maroc's continuing flights to West Africa.

Fears grow in United States over Ebola's spread outside West Africa

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:10 PM PDT

A sign asks patients to inform staff if they have various symptoms and have recently traveled internationally or have had contact with someone who recently traveled internationally at Bellevue Hospital in ManhattanBy Laila Kearney and Patricia Zengerle NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fears are growing in the United States about Ebola with about 200 airline cabin cleaners walking off the job in New York and some lawmakers demanding the government ban travelers from the West African countries hit hardest by the virus. "The nation is frightened, and people are frightened of this disease," the U.S. cabinet secretary for health, Sylvia Burwell, said on Thursday, a day after the death in Texas of the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. U.S. ...

Family of dead Texas Ebola patient grieve in isolation

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:10 PM PDT

By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - Thomas Eric Duncan died without his loved ones. Now the family of the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States is grieving alone, some in quarantine and most isolated by social stigma and fear of the virus. Duncan, a Liberian national who was visiting his fiancée in Texas, died in an isolation ward of a Dallas hospital on Wednesday unable to be surrounded by the people dearest to him. He died 11 days after being admitted. About 48 people who had direct or indirect contact with Duncan since he arrived in Texas on Sept. ...

Anti-EU party poised to win first British parliament seat

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:08 PM PDT

Empty baskets with name signs of candidates for the by-election are seen inside the counting centre at the Town Hall in Clacton-on-Sea in eastern EnglandBy Andrew Osborn CLACTON-ON-SEA England (Reuters) - Britain's anti-EU UK Independence Party was poised to win its first elected seat in parliament on Thursday, highlighting the threat it poses to Prime Minister David Cameron seven months before a national election. Such a breakthrough would demonstrate UKIP's ability to split the mainstream Conservative party's vote and cloud its re-election prospects in 2015. It would also raise pressure on Cameron to become more Eurosceptic, three years before a referendum on European Union membership which he has promised to hold if he is re-elected. ...

Brazil's Silva not yet ready to endorse Neves in runoff

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:02 PM PDT

Presidential candidates Marina Silva and Aecio Neves before their first television debate in Sao PauloBy Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Environmentalist Marina Silva said on Thursday she will wait for political pledges from pro-business opposition candidate Aecio Neves before backing him in the Oct. 26 runoff to Brazil's presidential election. An endorsement from Silva, who finished third in the election's first round on Sunday with 22 million votes, would increase Neves' chances of unseating leftist President Dilma Rousseff and ending 12 years of Workers' Party rule. ...

Indiana newlyweds die in apparent murder-suicide

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 12:59 PM PDT

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana couple was found dead in an apparent murder-suicide only hours after they were married, authorities say.

US urges action to keep Ebola from becoming 'next AIDS'

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 12:59 PM PDT

Moroccan health workers hand out a cell phone to a passenger to stay in touch at the arrivals hall of the Mohammed V airport in Casablanca, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. Air Maroc, along with Air France and Brussels Airlines, are still flying to Ebola-hit West Africa, with the backing of the World Health Organization. The WHO has urged the airlines to keep flying, saying the risk to public health from air travel itself is low and that flights bring needed aid workers and supplies. Airlines have to balance that against safety concerns which have led British Airways and Emirates to suspend service. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)Washington (AFP) - A top US health official urged swift action Thursday to prevent the deadly Ebola virus from becoming the next AIDS epidemic, as the health of an infected Spanish nurse deteriorated.

Police: Shots fired at 'L' train in Chicago

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 12:58 PM PDT

Members of the Chicago Police Department's SWAT team exit a Chicago subway station where police say a gunman standing on a subway platform opened fire on a commuter train, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, in Chicago. The shooting occurred at the LaSalle Street Blue Line station in the city's financial district. Chicago Police spokesman Martin Maloney says officers arrested a suspect a short distance away after the shooting and recovered a weapon. No injuries were reported. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)CHICAGO (AP) — A man was arrested Thursday shortly after police say he stood on a subway platform and opened fire on "L'' train as it pulled into a downtown Chicago station.

No charges in fight at party attended by Palins

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 12:58 PM PDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Police in Alaska say no charges will be filed in connection with a fight that broke out at a party and involved members of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's family.

FEC opens door to more convention cash

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 12:57 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Election Commission is giving political parties new flexibility to pay for their presidential nominating conventions.

Tesla announcement sparks speculation

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 12:55 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Electric carmaker Tesla Motors was expected to unveil an all-wheel-drive system — and perhaps more — at a much-hyped mystery event Thursday night near Los Angeles.

Lawyer: Haiti won't hold 'Baby Doc' state funeral

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 12:55 PM PDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The long-time lawyer for Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier says Haiti will not hold a state funeral for the former dictator.

St. Louis braces for weekend of protests over Michael Brown killing

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 12:54 PM PDT

A demonstrator confronts a St. Louis Metropolitan Police officer in St. LouisBy Carey Gillam (Reuters) - The St. Louis area on Thursday was bracing for more racial unrest over the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by a police officer, and another police killing of a black teenager Wednesday was expected to add fuel to the fire. Several civil rights organizations and protest groups, including Hands Up United, planned to mark the weekend with marches and rallies in St. Louis and the suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, where Brown was killed two months ago. ...

In Mexico, parents hold vigil for 43 disappeared

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 12:53 PM PDT

In this Oct. 6, 2014 photo, a man looks up at a mural inside the Raul Isidro Burgos rural teacher's college in Tixtla, Mexico. Two weeks after 43 students disappeared in a clash with police in southern rural Mexico, dozens of parents have gathered at the teacher's college also known as Ayotzinapa, that was supposed to be their sons' escape from life as subsistence farmers. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)TIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — Two weeks after 43 students disappeared in a clash with police in rural southern Mexico, dozens of anxious parents have gathered at a teachers' college that was supposed to be their sons' escape from life as subsistence farmers.

With eye on Netflix, Amazon renews 'Transparent'

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 12:52 PM PDT

People arrive for the premiere of Amazon Prime's 'Transparent' at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, California on September 15, 2014New York (AFP) - Amazon has ordered a second season of its original series "Transparent," as the online retail giant looks to mount a serious challenge to streaming pioneer Netflix.

Suicide blast kills dozens in Yemen capital

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 12:48 PM PDT

Yemeni men carry a wounded man after a powerful suicide bombing rocked Sanaa, on October 9, 2014Sanaa (AFP) - A powerful suicide bombing ripped through the Yemeni capital on Thursday, killing at least 47 people and plunging the violence-plagued country into further turmoil after weeks of political deadlock.

Obama wants an election about the economy, not him

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 12:46 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., then onto California for three days. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is all in with his economic pitch. The American public is not. Over the next 27 days, either the public or the president is going to get the message.

Tesla expected to introduce all-wheel-drive system

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 12:46 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Electric carmaker Tesla Motors is expected to unveil its first all-wheel-drive system Thursday night.
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