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| Superstorm could impact 60 million people; coastal evacuations under way Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 11:43 PM PDT  SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. - Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the rare behemoth storm inexorably gathering in the eastern U.S. will afflict a third of the country with sheets of rain, high winds and heavy snow, say officials who warned millions in coastal areas to get out of the way. Full Story | Top |
| Rubio's daughter in fair condition after accident Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 08:19 PM PDT  The 12-year-old daughter of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was in fair condition Saturday evening at Miami Children's Hospital after she was airlifted there following a golf-cart accident in a gated community, the senator's office said. Full Story | Top |
| Obama trims campaign stops to monitor storm Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 08:38 PM PDT  The White House has announced President Obama is cancelling some of his campaign travel Monday as Hurricane Sandy is expected to veer on to the East Coast. The president is getting out of Washington, D.C., Sunday, earlier than planned, to beat the disruptions expected in... Full Story | Top |
| 'Frankenstorm': Worse than sum of its parts Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 11:15 PM PDT  The storm that is threatening 60 million Americans in the eastern third of the nation in just a couple of days with high winds, drenching rains, extreme tides, flooding and probably snow is much more than just an ordinary weather system. It's a freakish and unprecedented monster. Full Story | Top |
| Romney wins major newspaper endorsement in Iowa Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 05:37 PM PDT  Mitt Romney won a major newspaper endorsement on Saturday, as the Des Moines Register's editorial board formally backed the GOP candidate's bid for the presidency. It was the first time in 40 years the influential battleground state paper endorsed a Republican in the general election, dating back to its support of Richard Nixon [...] Full Story | Top |
| Economic hardship argument tough sell for Ryan in Ohio Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 04:15 PM PDT  Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan told an Ohio rally on Saturday about a friend's financial hardship, but his party's narrative that President Barack Obama has failed on the U.S. economy may be a difficult sell in the crucial battleground state. "I've got a buddy who was making 25 (dollars) an hour who went to make 9 dollars an hour as a cashier at a gas station temporarily with no benefits. That's the story of the American economy right now," Ryan told a crowd of 1,000 people at an excavator factory. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama hits Romney for ‘cradle-to-grave tax hikes and fees’ Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 01:18 PM PDT  Mocking Mitt Romney's vow to bring "big change" to Washington, President Barack Obama charged at a campaign rally here Saturday that his Republican rival was actually offering a "big re-run" of George W. Bush's policies. The embattled incumbent also hit Romney's record as governor of nearby Massachusetts, accusing him of imposing "cradle-to-grave [...] Full Story | Top |
| Six new cases reported in meningitis outbreak Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 01:02 PM PDT  Six new cases of fungal meningitis have been reported in an outbreak tied to contaminated steroid injections that has led to 25 deaths in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday. The CDC reported three new cases in Florida, two in Ohio and one in Indiana, raising the total number of meningitis cases attributed to the tainted steroid to 337 in 18 states. This type of meningitis cannot be spread person-to-person. ... Full Story | Top |
| Magnitude-7.7 quake strikes off western Canada Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 11:02 PM PDT A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the west coast of Canada and a tsunami warning was issued, authorities said, but there were no immediate reports of major damage. Full Story | Top |
| Tsunami warning for Hawaii, downgraded for Alaska Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 12:32 AM PDT Emergency sirens sounded around Hawaii late Saturday warning about an oncoming tsunami, after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Canada. Full Story | Top |
| Expanded Neon Museum in Las Vegas reopens Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 03:57 PM PDT  In a city known for detonating buildings past their prime, Las Vegas' Neon Museum stands alone in its zeal for salvaging the blinking, glowing memories of Sin City's past. Full Story | Top |
| Spokesman: Obama did not deny requests for help in Benghazi Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 11:24 AM PDT  The White House on Saturday flatly denied that President Barack Obama withheld requests for help from the besieged American compound in Benghazi, Libya, as it came under on attack by suspected terrorists on September 11th. "Neither the president nor anyone in the White House denied any requests for assistance in Benghazi," National Security Council spokesman [...] Full Story | Top |
| Navy replaces admiral leading Mideast strike group Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 05:27 PM PDT In an unusual move, the Navy has replaced an admiral commanding an aircraft carrier strike group while it is deployed to the Middle East. The replacement was prompted by an Inspector General’s investigation of allegations of inappropriate leadership judgment. Rear Adm. Charles M. Gaouette, the commander... Full Story | Top |
| New Pakistan outreach could aid Afghan peace deal Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 08:53 PM PDT  Pakistan has increased efforts to reach out to some of its biggest enemies in Afghanistan, a significant policy shift that could prove crucial to U.S.-backed efforts to strike a peace deal in the neighboring country. Full Story | Top |
| Bombings, clashes leave Syria truce in tatters Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 01:53 PM PDT  A Syrian warplane flattened a three-story building, suspected rebels detonated a deadly car bomb and both sides traded gunfire in several hotspots across the country Saturday, activists said, leaving a U.N.-backed holiday truce in tatters on its second day. Full Story | Top |
| R&B singer Natina Reed struck by car in Georgia Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 07:21 PM PDT  Natina Reed, a member of the R&B singing trio Blaque, was struck and killed by a car as she walked in a major roadway in Georgia, police said on Saturday. Reed, who also appeared in the cheerleader movie "Bring It On" in 2000, would have turned 33 on Sunday. She was struck by a car at about 10:30 p.m. Friday on a state highway just north of the Atlanta suburb of Lilburn, Gwinnett County Police Sergeant Rich Long said. The car's driver called 911 and a passenger performed CPR but Reed was pronounced dead at an area medical centre, police said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Marines, police prep for mock zombie invasion Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 02:38 PM PDT  Move over vampires, goblins and haunted houses, this kind of Halloween terror aims to shake up even the toughest warriors: An untold number of so-called zombies are coming to a counterterrorism summit attended by hundreds of Marines, Navy special ops, soldiers, police, firefighters and others to prepare them for their worst nightmares. Full Story | Top |
| Romney woos Florida early vote; Obama eyes N.H. Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 08:11 PM PDT  Juggling politics and storm preparations, Mitt Romney dangled a plea for bipartisanship before early voters in Florida on Saturday as Barack Obama worked to nail down tiny New Hampshire's four electoral votes. Both campaigns scrambled to steer clear of a most unlikely October surprise, a superstorm barreling up the East Coast. Full Story | Top |
| Romney cancels Virginia events ahead of Hurricane Sandy Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 11:17 AM PDT  Mitt Romney is canceling campaign events on Sunday in Virginia as a "precautionary move" as the East Coast braces for Hurricane Sandy, which is expected to make landfall late Sunday night or early Monday morning. Instead, the GOP nominee will travel from Florida, where he's campaigning Saturday, to Ohio on Sunday morning, where he [...] Full Story | Top |
| Study: Quitting smoking before 30 increases women’s lifespan Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 02:18 PM PDT Women who quit smoking by the age of 30 almost completely avoid the risk of an early tobacco-related death â€" by more than 97 percent â€" according to a study of more than a million women in the United Kingdom. Conversely, lifelong smokers on average die 10 years earlier than non-smoking women. The results were [...] Full Story | Top |
| Missouri's Senate race a statistical dead heat: poll Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 03:31 PM PDT Democratic Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill holds a slim lead of 2 percentage points over Republican challenger Todd Akin - essentially a deadlock - in a race being closely watched following Akin's controversial comments on "legitimate rape," a poll released on Saturday showed. McCaskill had been seen as one of the most vulnerable incumbent Democrats but has led Akin in most polls since he said in August that women could biologically defend themselves against pregnancy caused by "legitimate rape. ... Full Story | Top |
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