Veteran injured in Oakland "Occupy" protest awake (Reuters)

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• Veteran injured in Oakland "Occupy" protest awake (Reuters)
• Trial of Massachusetts man accused of aiding terrorism begins (Reuters)
• State of Ohio intervenes to keep exotic pets in zoo (Reuters)
• Rick Perry's Hiring Spree: Why a Hawk Is Turning to the Establishment (Time.com)
• The Mystery of the Missing Presidential Campaign: Cain Operation MIA in Key States (Time.com)
• Mother accused of abusing, abandoning disabled son (Reuters)
• Ohio gym teacher convicted in student sex case (AP)
• Deficit-cutting panel looking at benefits, taxes (AP)
• 2 workers plead guilty to murder in abortion case (AP)
• Army Ranger killed on 14th deployment to war zone (AP)
• Injured vet spent day at work, nights at protest (AP)
• Latest developments in the global Occupy protests (AP)
• Cameras stream Canadian polar bear migration (AP)
• NYPD officers charged in ticket corruption probe (AP)
• Obama says he is confident in European leadership (AP)
• Experts try to cast doubt in Jackson doctor case (AP)
• Higher prices boost Big Oil 3Q profits (AP)
• Game 6: Young's double puts Rangers ahead 4-3 (AP)
• Obama admin renews push for solar energy in West (AP)
• Pythons' big hearts hold clues for human health (AP)

Veteran injured in Oakland "Occupy" protest awake (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 06:59 PM PDT Reuters - An Iraq war veteran badly wounded in clashes between protesters and police on the streets of Oakland, California was awake and lucid, hospital officials and family members said on Thursday.

Trial of Massachusetts man accused of aiding terrorism begins (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 02:54 PM PDT Reuters - A Massachusetts man accused of supporting militants traveled to Yemen for terrorism training and translated Arabic messages to help further al Qaeda's cause, prosecutors said in Boston federal court on Thursday.

State of Ohio intervenes to keep exotic pets in zoo (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 03:04 PM PDT Reuters - The state of Ohio intervened on Thursday to stop six exotic animals from being transferred back to the widow of the man who released them and dozens of other creatures last week shortly before killing himself.

Rick Perry's Hiring Spree: Why a Hawk Is Turning to the Establishment (Time.com) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 02:00 PM PDT Time.com - Texas Governor Rick Perry's troubled campaign announced on Monday that it would be adding staff. But his campaign in Austin was quick to swat down accusations of a tumultuous shake up

The Mystery of the Missing Presidential Campaign: Cain Operation MIA in Key States (Time.com) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 08:45 AM PDT Time.com - Well-connected GOP operatives in New Hampshire, Florida and South Carolina say they see little or no evidence of Cain's campaign in those key early primary states

Mother accused of abusing, abandoning disabled son (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 06:58 PM PDT Reuters - A Colorado mother is accused of locking her 14-year-old developmentally disabled son inside a squalid trailer, feeding him just four meals a week, then abandoning him to take a trip with her boyfriend, prosecutors said on Thursday.

Ohio gym teacher convicted in student sex case (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT AP - A high school teacher was convicted Thursday of having sex with five students, some of them football players, after an Ohio judge rejected an insanity defense that argued the teens took advantage of her.

Deficit-cutting panel looking at benefits, taxes (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 02:55 PM PDT AP - Rival deficit-cutting plans advanced by Republicans and Democrats on Congress' secretive supercommittee would both mean smaller-than-expected cost of living benefit increases for veterans and federal retirees as well as Social Security recipients and bump up taxes for some individuals and families, according to officials familiar with the recommendations.

2 workers plead guilty to murder in abortion case (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 03:38 PM PDT AP - Two abortion clinic workers pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree murder in deaths that occurred at a Philadelphia clinic where seven babies were allegedly born alive, then killed with scissors, and a patient died from an overdose of painkillers.

Army Ranger killed on 14th deployment to war zone (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 03:21 PM PDT AP - A soldier who was killed in a bomb explosion last week in Afghanistan was on his 14th combat deployment — including four tours in Iraq and 10 in Afghanistan — making him the Army Ranger with the most deployments killed in action, an Army spokeswoman said Thursday.

Injured vet spent day at work, nights at protest (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 06:54 PM PDT AP - The Iraq War veteran injured during a clash between police and anti-Wall Street protesters this week wasn't taking part in the demonstrations out of economic need.

Latest developments in the global Occupy protests (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:11 PM PDT AP - Some of the latest developments in the Occupy protests taking place in cities across the world:

Cameras stream Canadian polar bear migration (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:12 PM PDT AP - In the harsh, remote wilds of the Canadian tundra, a wolverine scampers up to a polar bear snoozing near the shore of the Hudson Bay. The bear rises and makes a half-hearted charge, driving away the fierce, badger-like animal.

NYPD officers charged in ticket corruption probe (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 07:06 PM PDT AP - What began nearly three years ago as a low-profile wiretap investigation of a police officer has resulted in criminal charges against 16 officers accused of abusing their authority by helping relatives and friends avoid paying traffic tickets.

Obama says he is confident in European leadership (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 06:12 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said a new European plan to tackle the continent's debt crisis would have an impact on the U.S. economy, but he stopped short of saying whether it would be enough to prevent another global recession.

Experts try to cast doubt in Jackson doctor case (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 06:40 PM PDT AP - The battle of scientific experts in the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor took a new turn late Thursday as defense lawyers made an 11th hour disclosure that their scientific expert has devised a new computer simulation shedding light on what killed the pop superstar.

Higher prices boost Big Oil 3Q profits (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 02:44 PM PDT AP - Higher oil prices have masked a slowdown in production among the biggest oil companies.

Game 6: Young's double puts Rangers ahead 4-3 (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 07:16 PM PDT AP - Boy, the Cardinals are really making a mess for themselves on defense. Not sure if they're tight, cold, rusty or what.

Obama admin renews push for solar energy in West (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 03:22 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration on Thursday identified 17 sites in six Western states as prime candidates for solar energy projects on public lands, continuing a push for solar power despite the high-profile bankruptcy of a solar panel maker that received a half-billion dollar federal loan.

Pythons' big hearts hold clues for human health (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:09 PM PDT AP - You don't think of pythons as big-hearted toward their fellow creatures. They're better known for the bulge in their bodies after swallowing one of those critters whole.

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