Gunman kills three in Nevada pancake house shooting (Reuters)

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• Gunman kills three in Nevada pancake house shooting (Reuters)
• Missouri River to return to normal by early October (Reuters)
• Start Your Engines: Labor Day Kicks Off 2012 Election (Time.com)
• In L.A., Homelessness Spreads to Middle-Class Families (Time.com)
• Lawyer who was accused of fraud by California fires back (Reuters)
• After bloodshed, some in NYC question parade (AP)
• Calif court mulls appeal rights of Prop 8 backers (AP)
• DHS chief: Better passenger screening in future (AP)
• Amid controversy, new prosecutors in Arizona cases (AP)
• Police: 5 slain in W.Va. before suspect kills self (AP)
• Gunman kills 3 at Nevada IHOP, including guardsmen (AP)
• Order signed for Sept. execution of Troy Davis (AP)
• John Edwards' lawyers ask judge to toss charges (AP)
• Working-age adults make up record share of US poor (AP)
• Eddie Murphy to host Academy Awards solo (AP)
• Obama to propose $300 billion to jump-start jobs (AP)
• Mexico says US man smuggled grenade parts (AP)
• Democrats, GOP duel over consumer agency nominee (AP)
• Pentagon narrowing options for Iraq troops (AP)

Gunman kills three in Nevada pancake house shooting (Reuters) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 06:27 PM PDT Reuters - A man with an assault rifle opened fire at a pancake house in Nevada's capital on Tuesday, killing two National Guardsmen and a civilian woman and wounding eight others before killing himself, authorities said.

Missouri River to return to normal by early October (Reuters) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:20 PM PDT Reuters - The Missouri River, which has been pressing flood defenses from Montana to Missouri for more than three months, was expected to return to normal water flows by early October, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

Start Your Engines: Labor Day Kicks Off 2012 Election (Time.com) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:05 AM PDT Time.com - For GOP hopefuls, Labor Day marks the real start of the race for the Republican presidential nomination

In L.A., Homelessness Spreads to Middle-Class Families (Time.com) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:05 AM PDT Time.com - It isn't pretty in Skid Row, especially when you've lived your life thinking you're permanently ensconced in the middle class

Lawyer who was accused of fraud by California fires back (Reuters) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:40 PM PDT Reuters - A lawyer targeted by California's attorney general for allegedly defrauding homeowners has responded with multiple lawsuits against the state, according to a press release.

After bloodshed, some in NYC question parade (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 04:35 PM PDT AP - Some city residents wondered Tuesday if it's time to pull the plug on the gaudy West Indian Day parade, scarred by violence repeatedly in the last few years, after two people were killed in a wild police shootout just blocks from its route.

Calif court mulls appeal rights of Prop 8 backers (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:29 PM PDT AP - California's same-sex marriage ban endured its latest legal test Tuesday as the state's high court grilled attorneys on whether Proposition 8's backers have legal authority to appeal a federal ruling that overturned the voter-approved measure.

DHS chief: Better passenger screening in future (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:33 PM PDT AP - Homeland Security Department Secretary Janet Napolitano predicted Tuesday that airline passengers in the future will no longer be instructed to remove their shoes at airport security checkpoints, but she said the technology to scan shoe-wearing passengers for bombs does not yet exist and may not be available soon.

Amid controversy, new prosecutors in Arizona cases (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 04:58 PM PDT AP - Federal prosecutors from Los Angeles and San Diego will take over cases arising from a flawed law enforcement operation in Arizona that is being investigated by Congress and the inspector general's office at the Justice Department.

Police: 5 slain in W.Va. before suspect kills self (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 07:03 PM PDT AP - Authorities say a man who killed five people near Morgantown and ran down an elderly woman in neighboring Pennsylvania also shot and wounded a gas station attendant as he crossed back through West Virginia. He then took his own life in Kentucky.

Gunman kills 3 at Nevada IHOP, including guardsmen (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 06:48 PM PDT AP - A gunman wielding an AK-47 opened fire on a table of uniformed National Guard members at an IHOP restaurant on Tuesday in an outburst of violence that killed four people, wounded eight others and put Nevada's capital city on high alert as the shooter unloaded his assault rifle in a bustling business district.

Order signed for Sept. execution of Troy Davis (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 06:07 PM PDT AP - Georgia is scheduling the execution later this month of an inmate who has won widespread support for his claims of innocence in the 1989 slaying of a Savannah police officer, his attorney said Tuesday.

John Edwards' lawyers ask judge to toss charges (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 06:57 PM PDT AP - Lawyers for John Edwards asked a federal judge on Tuesday to throw out criminal charges against the former Democratic presidential candidate.

Working-age adults make up record share of US poor (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:53 PM PDT AP - Working-age America is the new face of poverty.

Eddie Murphy to host Academy Awards solo (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:58 PM PDT AP - In the tradition of Bob Hope and Johnny Carson, and later Billy Crystal, Steve Martin and Whoopi Goldberg, Oscar is going back to its comedic roots with Eddie Murphy as host.

Obama to propose $300 billion to jump-start jobs (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 06:34 PM PDT AP - The economy weak and the public seething, President Barack Obama is expected to propose $300 billion in tax cuts and federal spending Thursday night to get Americans working again. Republicans offered Tuesday to compromise with him on jobs — but also assailed his plans in advance of his prime-time speech.

Mexico says US man smuggled grenade parts (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 06:06 PM PDT AP - Police have arrested an American man who allegedly smuggled parts for as many as 2,000 grenades into Mexico for drug cartels, more than a year after he was released by U.S. agents who stopped him at the Arizona-Mexico border for having more than a hundred grenade parts.

Democrats, GOP duel over consumer agency nominee (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:34 PM PDT AP - The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has too much unfettered power and President Barack Obama's choice to lead it will be blocked until the agency is made more accountable, Senate Republicans said Tuesday.

Pentagon narrowing options for Iraq troops (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:47 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration is reviewing a number of options that could leave several thousand U.S. troops in Iraq after the end of the year, but only if Iraqi officials make a decision about what they want American forces to do.

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