Saturday, October 6, 2012

CDC: Meningitis outbreak death toll rises to 7

CDC: Meningitis outbreak death toll rises to 7

CDC: Meningitis outbreak death toll rises to 7

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:42 PM PDT

Health officials say the death toll in a rare fungal meningitis outbreak across several states has risen to seven.

Obama and Democrats raise record funds, poll holds steady

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:41 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama smiles as he speaks during a campaign rally in FairfaxWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's campaign and its Democratic allies raised $181 million in September for his re-election effort, the largest total that either side has announced yet in the 2012 campaign. The big September number and a good jobs report on Friday that showed unemployment dipping to 7.8 percent shifts some attention from Obama's lackluster debate performance on Wednesday against Republican Mitt Romney. ...

Tyson says NZ revoking visa not a 'fair fight'

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:37 PM PDT

Three days after he was banned from New Zealand, Mike Tyson criticized the decision to revoke his visa because of his rape conviction.

Obama to designate Chavez home as nat'l monument

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 8, 1989 file photo, Cesar Chavez gestures as he speaks during a news conference in Los Angeles. Today, the foothills of the Tehachapi mountains continue to house the United Farm Workers of America headquarters and memorials to Chavez, though farmworkers no longer live there. President Obama is designating parts of the property as a national monument and visiting the site on Monday, a move seen as likely to shore up support from Hispanic and progressive voters just five weeks before the election. (AP Photo/Alan Greth, File)Maria Ybarra's trailer is one of two left on the property that for over two decades was home to Latino labor leader Cesar Chavez and farmworkers like Ybarra who made up his movement.

No. 7 Kansas State blows out Kansas, 56-16

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein (7) runs for a touchdown past Kansas safety Lubbock Smith (1) during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Manhattan, Kan., Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)John Hubert ran for 101 yards and four touchdowns on just 10 carries, Collin Klein had two touchdowns running and throwing and No. 7 Kansas State routed Kansas 56-16 on Saturday.

Penn State races past No. 24 Northwestern 39-28

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Quarterback Matt McGloin had the go-ahead score with a 5-yard touchdown run with 2:37 left and Penn State rallied from 11 points down in fourth quarter to beat No. 24 Northwestern 39-28 on Saturday.

Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez freed from detention

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:28 PM PDT

FILE.- In this March 30, 2011 file photo, Cuban dissident writer Yoani Sanchez speaks with journalists after meeting with former President Jimmy Carter at the Santa Isabel hotel in Havana, Cuba. Sanchez has been detained by authorities in Bayamo, about 500 miles (800 kilometers) east of Havana, when she was on her way to Bayamo to attend the trial of Spaniard Angel Carromero, who is facing charges in connection with a car crash that killed dissidents Oswaldo Paya and Harold Cepero. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)Cuban authorities released noted blogger Yoani Sanchez more than a day after she was taken into custody near the eastern city of Bayamo, where she traveled for a Spanish man's trial over a car crash that killed another prominent dissident.

1 dead, 11 arrested in anti-terror sweep in France

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:26 PM PDT

French police officers, left, stand guard at the entrance of a building in Strasbourg, France, Saturday Oct. 6, 2012, as plainclothed policemen carrying clues, right, leave, after a suspect was shot dead for firing at police. French anti-terrorism forces carried out raids in cities nationwide on Saturday, at least five people were arrested in the investigation into the firebombing of a kosher grocery outside Paris last month. (AP Photo/Jean Francois Badias)Police carried out raids across France on Saturday after DNA on a grenade that exploded last month at a kosher grocery store led them to a suspected jihadist cell of young Frenchmen recently converted to Islam.

Calif. gas prices hit all-time high

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:20 PM PDT

Costco members fill up with discounted gasoline at a Costco gas station in Van Nuys, Calif., Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Californians woke up to a shock Friday as overnight gasoline prices jumped by as much as 20 cents a gallon in some areas, ending a week of soaring costs that saw some stations close and others charge record prices. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)It's a record, though just barely. The price of gasoline hit an all-time average high in California of $4.6140 a gallon Saturday, fueled by a reduced supply and a volatile market.

Kahne leads Chase drivers in Talladega qualifying

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:16 PM PDT

NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne climbs out of his car after his qualifying attempt at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. Kahne took to the pole with a speed of 191.455 mph. for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)Kasey Kahne won his first career pole at Talladega Superspeedway, leading a strong group of championship contenders in Saturday's qualifying session.

U.S. court fight starts for radical cleric sent from Britain

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:16 PM PDT

Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri is seen in this courtroom sketch during a court appearance in Manhattan Federal Court in New YorkNEW YORK (Reuters) - Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri appeared in federal court in New York on Saturday after Britain extradited the one-eyed radical preacher to the United States to face trial and a potential life sentence on terrorism charges. The Egyptian-born Abu Hamza, 54, is accused by Washington of supporting al Qaeda, aiding a kidnapping in Yemen and plotting to open a training camp for militants in the United States. He was flown late on Friday to the United States along with four other men also wanted on U.S. terrorism charges. ...

Israeli jets down drone that entered airspace

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:14 PM PDT

This image made from video released by the Israeli Defense Forces shows the downing of a drone that entered Israeli airspace in southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. Israeli jets scrambled to intercept a drone that crossed into Israeli airspace Saturday from the Mediterranean Sea, bringing it down without incident in the south of the country, a military spokeswoman said.(AP Photo/Israeli Defense Forces via AP video)Israel scrambled fighter jets to intercept a drone Saturday that crossed deep into Israeli airspace from the Mediterranean Sea, shooting the aircraft down over the country's southern desert, the military said.

LeBron expected to play when Heat open preseason

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:10 PM PDT

Miami Heat forward LeBron James speaks during an interview after NBA basketball training camp, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis are among those expected to play for Miami on Sunday when the reigning NBA champion Heat make their preseason debut against the Atlanta Hawks.

Israeli air force shoots down drone aircraft

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:09 PM PDT

An Israeli Army helicopter flies over an open area in southern IsraelJERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli air force shot down a drone after it crossed into southern Israel on Saturday, the military said, but it remained unclear where the aircraft had come from. The drone was first spotted above the Mediterranean in the area of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip to the west of Israel, said military spokeswoman Avital Leibovich. It was kept under surveillance and followed by Israeli air force jets before it was shot down above a forest in an unpopulated area near the border with the occupied West Bank. Leibovich said it was shot down at about 10 a.m. ...

Mother mourns 'grim milestone' in longest US war

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:08 PM PDT

This image shows a detail of a poster featuring dozens of hand-drawn portraits of men and women killed at war by artist Michael Reagan. Since starting the Fallen Heros Project in 2004, Reagan has drawn more than 3,000 portraits and given them free-of-charge to families of fallen soldiers. (AP Photo/Michael Reagan)Lisa Freeman was cradling her 6-day-old grandson in her left arm and watching the news on her iPad while her daughter and son-in-law caught some much-needed sleep. The retired teacher was taking notes with her free hand when she heard the news: The nation had suffered its 2,000th casualty in the Afghan war.

Bus from Canada overturns on NJ exit ramp; 19 hurt

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:08 PM PDT

Rescue workers and passengers stand by after a bus overturned in a ditch at an exit ramp off Route 80 in Wayne, N.J. Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. The chartered tour bus from Toronto carrying about 60 people overturned on an interstate exit ramp. Three people have been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)A tour bus from Canada carrying about 60 people bound for a New York City overturned on a highway exit ramp in northern New Jersey early Saturday, slid down an embankment and landed on its side, injuring 19 passengers, authorities said.

Syria vows to 'crush' rebels, launches new attacks

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:04 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad greets military officers in a ceremony marking the anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, October 6, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)Syria's military will "crush" armed rebels, President Bashar Assad's defense minister warned Saturday, as the regime shelled rebel positions in two cities and near the Lebanese border in a widening offensive.

Some of Sandusky's jurors hoping for life sentence

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:03 PM PDT

Jerry Sandusky should be sent to prison for life when a judge sentences him Tuesday, according to several of the jurors who convicted the former Penn State assistant coach of molesting several boys over a period of years.

Extradited terrorism suspects appear in US courts

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 11:59 AM PDT

FILE - This Friday, April 30, 2004 file photo shows Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, as he arrives with a masked bodyguard, right, to conduct Friday prayers in the street outside the closed Finsbury Park Mosque in London. A British court is expected to rule on whether extremist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri is too ill to be extradited to the United States to face terror charges. London's High Court is set to decide Friday Oct. 5, 2012 whether al-Masri and other terror suspects can be sent to the U.S. to face charges that include helping set up a terrorist training camp in rural Oregon. (AP Photo/Max Nash, File)A partially blind Egyptian-born preacher and four other terrorism suspects appeared in federal courts Saturday, hours after they lost yearslong extradition fights in Britain and were transported to the U.S. under tight security to face trial.

Obama has a big money month; Romney in Florida

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 11:46 AM PDT

Republican Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney salutes to the crowd during a campaign speech Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)A month before Election Day, President Barack Obama's campaign and Democrats posted an impressive fundraising haul, easing the party's concerns that he would face a significant money disadvantage against his well-financed Republican rival in the crucial closing days. Romney shrugged off a drop in unemployment, an issue at the heart of the race, contending it's "crystal clear" a jobs crisis endures.

Bus from Canada overturns on NJ exit ramp; 12 hurt

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 11:34 AM PDT

Rescue workers and passengers stand by after a bus overturned in a ditch at an exit ramp off Route 80 in Wayne, N.J. Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. The chartered tour bus from Toronto carrying about 60 people overturned on an interstate exit ramp. Three people have been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)A tour bus from Canada carrying about 60 people bound for a New York City overturned on a highway exit ramp in northern New Jersey early Saturday, slid down an embankment and landed on its side, injuring 19 passengers, authorities said.

1 dead, 10 arrested in anti-terror sweep in France

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 11:29 AM PDT

French police officers, left, stand guard at the entrance of a building in Strasbourg, France, Saturday Oct. 6, 2012, as plainclothed policemen carrying clues, right, leave, after a suspect was shot dead for firing at police. French anti-terrorism forces carried out raids in cities nationwide on Saturday, at least five people were arrested in the investigation into the firebombing of a kosher grocery outside Paris last month. (AP Photo/Jean Francois Badias)Police carried out raids across France on Saturday after DNA on a grenade that exploded last month at a kosher grocery store led them to a suspected jihadist cell of young Frenchmen recently converted to Islam.

2 terrorism suspects plead not guilty in NYC

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 10:56 AM PDT

FILE - This Friday, April 30, 2004 file photo shows Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, as he arrives with a masked bodyguard, right, to conduct Friday prayers in the street outside the closed Finsbury Park Mosque in London. A British court is expected to rule on whether extremist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri is too ill to be extradited to the United States to face terror charges. London's High Court is set to decide Friday Oct. 5, 2012 whether al-Masri and other terror suspects can be sent to the U.S. to face charges that include helping set up a terrorist training camp in rural Oregon. (AP Photo/Max Nash, File)Radical preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri (AH'-boo HAHM'-zuh ahl MAHZ'-ree) and two other terrorism suspects who fought for years to avoid facing charges in the United States have appeared in a New York court, hours after being extradited from Britain.

Disputed call leads to renewed cries for replay

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 10:34 AM PDT

A fan holds a sign after the National League wild card playoff baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, in Atlanta. The Cardinals won baseball's first wild-card playoff, taking advantage of a disputed infield fly call that led to a protest and fans littering the field with debris to defeat the Braves 6-3. (AP Photo/Todd Kirkland)The NFL replacement refs are not there to kick around anymore.

UFC comments on arrest of fighter Jeremy Stephens

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 10:32 AM PDT

The UFC is speaking out about the arrest of mixed martial arts fighter Jeremy Stephens.

Calif. initiative will test appetite for GMO food

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 10:30 AM PDT

A product labeled with Non Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) is sold at the Lassens Natural Foods & Vitamins store in Los Feliz district of Los Angeles Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. International food and chemical conglomerates are spending millions to defeat California's Proposition 37, which would require labeling on all food made with altered genetic material. It also would prohibit labeling or advertising such food as "natural." (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)Calories. Nutrients. Serving size. How about "produced with genetic engineering?"

Chavez's fate lies in Venezuela's divided barrios

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 10:28 AM PDT

Homes cover a hill in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. The last time he ran for re-election, President Hugo Chavez won comfortably in Petare, one of Latin America's biggest slums with nearly half a million people. This time around, as Venezuelans vote Sunday, he may not. The neighborhood is divided, owing in some degree to mismanagement by pro-Chavez mayors and governors who were voted out of office in 2008 and 2010, respectively. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)The last time he ran for re-election, President Hugo Chavez won comfortably in Petare, one of Latin America's biggest slums with nearly half a million people.

Turkey and Syria trade artillery fire for 4th day

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 10:26 AM PDT

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad greets military officers in a ceremony marking the anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, October 6, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)Turkey and Syria traded artillery fire for the fourth day in a row Saturday as rebels clashed with President Bashar Assad's forces near the border, heightening fears that the crisis could erupt into a regional conflict.

Big East will talk to Navy about joining early

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 10:12 AM PDT

Big East Commissioner Mike Aresco says he will talk to Navy about the possibility of joining the conference earlier than its scheduled 2015 arrival as a football-only member.

FBI: Strong signs border death was friendly fire

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 10:04 AM PDT

Family members of Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie participate in Thursday Oct. 4, 2012 candlelight ceremony in Naco, Arizona. Nearly 100 people gathered in Naco for a candlelight vigil for a fallen Border Patrol agent. Ivie and two other border agents were fired upon Tuesday in a rugged hilly area about five miles (eight kilometers) north of the border near Bisbee, Ariz., as they responded to an alarm that was triggered on one of the sensors that the government has installed along the border. (AP Photo/Beatrice Richardson, Sierra Vista Herald)Friendly fire likely was to blame in a shooting near the Arizona-Mexico line that killed one federal agent and wounded another, the FBI said, noting the investigation was still ongoing in the case that reignited the political debate over border security.

Iran 'confidence' bid shifts uranium to fuel stock

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 09:59 AM PDT

FILE-In this file photo taken on Saturday, June 21, 2003, the building of Tehran's nuclear research reactor is seen at the Iran's Atomic Energy Organization's headquarters, in Tehran, Iran. In a bid by Iran to ease international concerns over its nuclear program, more than a third of Tehran's most highly enriched uranium has been converted into a powder that is used to run a research reactor but difficult to reprocess for possible weapons production, experts and U.N. monitors say. The work _ noted in a technical report by the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency in late August _ suggests a two-prong effort by Iran: Trying to display goodwill to restart nuclear talks with world powers while seeking to soften demands by the U.S. and others to halt Tehran's top-level uranium enrichment. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)In a bid to ease international concerns over its nuclear program, Iran has converted more than a third of Tehran's most highly enriched uranium into a powder for a medical research reactor that is difficult to reprocess for weapons production, experts and U.N. monitors say.

WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 09:58 AM PDT

FLE - In this Aug. 14, 1935, file photo President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Bill in Washington. For millions of retired and disabled workers today Social Security is pretty much all they have to live on, even though monthly benefits are barely enough to keep them out of poverty. Monthly payments average $1,237 for retired workers and $1,111 for disabled workers. Most older Americans rely on Social Security for a majority of their income; many rely on it for 90 percent or more, according to the Social Security Administration. (AP Photo, File)A selection of issues at stake in the presidential election and their impact on Americans, in brief:

In coal country, a show of solidarity takes root

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 09:52 AM PDT

Coal country is hurting, and the people who live there want the whole nation to know it.

Phoning home again: 'E.T.' 30 years later

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 09:30 AM PDT

How old is too old to sob like a little girl at "E.T. — the Extra-Terrestrial"? Not 40, apparently.

Sun beat Fever 76-64 in Eastern finals opener

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 09:28 AM PDT

Connecticut Sun's Renee Montgomery, right, is pressured by Indiana Fever's Tammy Sutton-Brown during the first half of Game 1 of the WNBA basketball Eastern Conference Finals in Uncasville, Conn., Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)A pair of Olympians took control on both ends of the court in the second half to help the Connecticut Sun pull away from Indiana in the opener of the Eastern Conference finals.

Obama calls on Congress to act on tax cut, housing

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 09:18 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at rainy Cleveland State University, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)President Barack Obama says a new report showing that the unemployment rate has dropped below 8 percent is a sign the still-sluggish economy is moving forward. But Obama says more needs to be done.

"Critical mass" key to affirmative action case

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 09:14 AM PDT

Walking across the South Mall, or scanning the football stadium's 100,000 seats on game day, University of Texas admissions director Kedra Ishop sees how much has changed since the 1990s, when she was a black student at what was an inordinately white school.

Israeli military downs drone that entered airspace

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 09:09 AM PDT

Israeli jets scrambled to intercept a drone that crossed into Israeli airspace Saturday from the Mediterranean Sea, bringing it down without incident in the south of the country, a military spokeswoman said.

Police: Cop impersonator demanded free fast food

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 09:02 AM PDT

Authorities in Florida say a man flashed a fake gun and badge and demanded free fast food at a McDonald's drive-thru.
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