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News - Latest News & Headlines: Minneapolis shooter's family feared mental illness Apparent Afghan 'insider' kills NATO troop, civilian Afghan forces also suffer from insider attacks High debate stakes: Romney looks to gain momentum Ancient market burns as fighting rages in Syria's Aleppo Former New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger dies Mich. lottery winner charged with welfare fraud is found dead Ryan vows to protect sportsmen's rights in Ohio Iran condemns U.S. for taking group off terror list Ga. police break up scuffle at BET Hip-Hop Awards Madrid anti-austerity protests turn violent again Accused murder for hire teacher described as 'hostile' World diaper output may take a hit from blasts at Japan plant 3.4 magnitude quake rattles Dallas, Texas, suburb Biden blames Bush administration for massive deficit Okla. refinery explosion leaves 1 dead, 1 injured Jack Koehler, former AP exec, dies in Conn. at 82 Authorities: Va. man charged in N.Y. death had gun Two Venezuelan opposition activists shot dead Analysis: Candidates' deficit plans don't add up Egyptian leftist leader eyes parliament majority Minneapolis shooter's family feared mental illness Sat,29 Sep 2012 01:00 PM PDT Associated Press - Andrew Engeldinger's parents were worried about their son's growing paranoia. In 2010, they sought help, enrolling in a 12-week class for families of the mentally ill. Full Story Top Apparent Afghan 'insider' kills NATO troop, civilian Sat,29 Sep 2012 10:21 PM PDT Associated Press - An apparent insider attack by Afghan forces has killed a NATO service member and an international civilian contractor with the military alliance, the coalition said Sunday. Full Story Top Afghan forces also suffer from insider attacks Sat,29 Sep 2012 10:39 PM PDT Associated Press - Afghan Army Sgt. Habibullah Hayar didn't know it, but he had been sleeping with his enemy for weeks. Full Story Top High debate stakes: Romney looks to gain momentum Sat,29 Sep 2012 05:14 PM PDT Associated Press - Barack Obama is cruising into the presidential debates with momentum on his side, yet he's still struggling to revive the passion and excitement that propelled him to the White House. Mitt Romney is grasping for his last, best chance to reboot his campaign after a disastrous September. Full Story Top Ancient market burns as fighting rages in Syria's Aleppo Sat,29 Sep 2012 03:54 PM PDT Reuters - Hundreds of shops were burning in the ancient covered market in Aleppo on Saturday as fighting between rebels and state forces in Syria's largest city threatened to destroy a UNESCO world heritage site. The uprising-turned-civil war that is now raging across Syria has killed more than 30,000 people, according to activist groups such as the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. But beyond the dramatic human cost, many of Syria's historic treasures have also fallen victim to an 18-month-old conflict that has reduced parts of some cities to ruins. ... Full Story Top Former New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger dies Sat,29 Sep 2012 04:32 PM PDT Former New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, who guided the newspaper to unprecedented influence and profit during his three-decade tenure, died Saturday at his home in Southampton, N.Y., at the age of 86. During his 34-year run as publisher, Sulzberger helped the Times navigate some of the most influential events in 20th-century journalism — [...] Full Story Top Mich. lottery winner charged with welfare fraud is found dead Sat,29 Sep 2012 04:05 PM PDT Good Morning America - Amanda Clayton Pled No Contest to Welfare Fraud Earlier This Year Full Story Top Ryan vows to protect sportsmen's rights in Ohio Sat,29 Sep 2012 05:08 PM PDT Associated Press - Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan is telling a national sportsmen group that he and Mitt Romney would work to prevent any more restrictions on hunting and gun ownership. Full Story Top Iran condemns U.S. for taking group off terror list Sat,29 Sep 2012 12:09 PM PDT Associated Press - Iran condemned on Saturday the Obama administration for taking an Iranian militant group formerly allied with Saddam Hussein off the U.S. terrorism list, saying it shows Washington's "double standards." Full Story Top Ga. police break up scuffle at BET Hip-Hop Awards Sat,29 Sep 2012 07:42 PM PDT Associated Press - Atlanta police officers broke up an altercation Saturday evening between two groups at the seventh annual BET Hip-Hop Awards, but no arrests were made. Full Story Top Madrid anti-austerity protests turn violent again Sat,29 Sep 2012 05:39 PM PDT Associated Press - Tens of thousands of Spaniards and Portuguese rallied in the streets of their countries' capitals Saturday to protest enduring deep economic pain from austerity measure, and the demonstration in Madrid ... Full Story Top Accused murder for hire teacher described as 'hostile' Sat,29 Sep 2012 04:25 PM PDT A Florida high school teacher who is accused of masterminding a murder for hire plot against another teacher has a history of disciplinary problems. In a letter dated November 2001 and obtained by ABC News affiliate WFTS-TV, James Pepe, 55, was chastised for an... Full Story Top World diaper output may take a hit from blasts at Japan plant Sat,29 Sep 2012 08:48 PM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Global diaper output is likely to take a hit from an increase in the price of acrylic acid after a chemical tank explosion at Nippon Shokubai Co's Himeji plant in Japan, a main production base of the ingredient, Japanese media reported. Nippon Shokubai is one of the world's biggest makers of acrylic acid, the main ingredient of a resin called SAP, which is used in diapers. The plant produces about 20 percent of the world's SAP and 10 percent of global output of acrylic acid. ... Full Story Top 3.4 magnitude quake rattles Dallas, Texas, suburb Sat,29 Sep 2012 11:27 PM PDT Associated Press - A minor earthquake measuring a 3.4 magnitude rattled a suburb west of Dallas overnight, but there were no immediate reports of any damages or injuries and a major international airport nearby continued operations without disruption, authorities said. Full Story Top Biden blames Bush administration for massive deficit Sat,29 Sep 2012 11:44 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - Vice President Joe Biden placed the blame for the ballooning deficit on the Bush administration today, arguing that the previous administration saddled the country with the burden of trillions of dollars in debt. "Let's get serious here! How did we get... Full Story Top Okla. refinery explosion leaves 1 dead, 1 injured Sat,29 Sep 2012 04:56 PM PDT Associated Press - A boiler that was being brought back online after maintenance exploded at an oil refinery in Wynnewood, killing one worker and injuring another, Garvin County's sheriff said Saturday.Billy Smith, 34, of ... Full Story Top Jack Koehler, former AP exec, dies in Conn. at 82 Sat,29 Sep 2012 07:05 PM PDT Associated Press - Jack Koehler, who fled advancing Soviets as a boy in Germany during World War II, grew up to report from there for The Associated Press and served briefly in Ronald Reagan's White House, has died. He was ... Full Story Top Authorities: Va. man charged in N.Y. death had gun Sat,29 Sep 2012 07:58 PM PDT Associated Press - A Virginia man accused of driving hundreds of miles to upstate New York to kill the superintendent of a small school district believed the man was having an affair with his wife, a person familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press on Saturday. Full Story Top Two Venezuelan opposition activists shot dead Sat,29 Sep 2012 08:08 PM PDT Reuters - Gunmen shot and killed two local leaders of parties backing presidential challenger Henrique Capriles on Saturday in the worst violence of a volatile campaign before Venezuela's election next weekend. Capriles' party, Primero Justicia (First Justice), said the gunmen fired from a van that witnesses identified as belonging to state oil company PDVSA or the local mayor's office during a rally in the agricultural state of Barinas. The government of President Hugo Chavez, who is seeking re-election, confirmed the deaths and vowed the perpetrators would be brought to justice. ... Full Story Top Analysis: Candidates' deficit plans don't add up Sat,29 Sep 2012 08:04 AM PDT Associated Press - Here's the rap on the presidential candidates' plans for cutting federal deficits: Mitt Romney's is too bold and the numbers don't add up, while President Barack Obama's is too timid and his numbers don't add up, either. Full Story Top Egyptian leftist leader eyes parliament majority Sat,29 Sep 2012 07:53 PM PDT Reuters - Popular Egyptian leftist politician and former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahy said on Saturday he is confident a coalition of leftist groups he is working to unite will be strong enough to defeat Islamists and win a parliament majority. Sabahy, in an unexpected outcome, came in third place in the first round of the presidential vote last May, behind well-known army commander and politician Ahmed Shafik and current president Mohamed Mursi, who was the candidate of the state's most organised Muslim Brotherhood group. ... Full Story Top

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