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| U.S., Iran gear for historic nuclear talks Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 12:27 AM PDT  Officials say no bilateral talks are planned but there could be some dialogue. Full Story | Top |
| Aging U.S. fighter jets to be used as drone targets Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 06:06 PM PDT  Boeing has been turning aging planes into drones that the Air Force can use in target drills. Full Story | Top |
| Feds eye Asiana response to S.F. plane crash Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 05:02 PM PDT  They want to ensure the airline met legal obligations to help families of passengers. Full Story | Top |
| World powers set to test Iran on nuclear dispute Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 09:11 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Foreign ministers from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany will meet with Iran's top diplomat on Thursday to test the Islamic Republic's apparent willingness to reach a deal to resolve international concerns about its nuclear program after years of defiance. Full Story | Top |
| FBI: Navy Yard gunman left note about radio waves Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 12:18 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — In the final months of his life, Aaron Alexis complained of hearing voices talking to him through a wall and of microwave vibrations that he said entered his body and prevented him from sleeping. His delusional belief that he was being bombarded by extremely low-frequency radio waves escalated to the point that, before embarking on a murderous rampage that killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard, he left behind this note: Full Story | Top |
| Survivors wait for food, aid after Pakistan quake Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 11:47 PM PDT  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Hungry survivors dug through rubble to find food and thousands slept under the open sky or in makeshift shelters for a second night as the death toll from Pakistan's massive earthquake rose to 348 on Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Egypt minister says relations with US unsettled Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 09:19 PM PDT  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Egypt's relations with the United States are "unsettled" as the country struggles to redefine its national interests vis-à-vis other countries, the foreign minister said. Full Story | Top |
| Victim's mother says Mont. rapist eluding justice Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 12:44 AM PDT  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A former Montana high school teacher due to be released Thursday after serving a 30-day prison sentence for raping a 14-year-old student is "still skating" justice six years after the assault, the victim's mother said. Full Story | Top |
| Yankees lose to Rays 8-3 and miss playoffs Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 09:05 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The end came quietly for this year's New York Yankees. No celebrations. No titles. No October baseball. Full Story | Top |
| George H.W. Bush witness at Maine same-sex wedding Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 10:55 PM PDT  KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush was an official witness at the same-sex wedding of two longtime friends, his spokesman said. Full Story | Top |
| House GOP considers options on possible shutdown Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 12:15 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressure is building on fractious House Republicans over legislation to prevent a partial government shutdown, as the Democratic-led Senate is expected to strip a tea party-backed plan to defund Obamacare from the bill. Full Story | Top |
| Assad says he doesn't rule out US attack Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 08:04 PM PDT  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview broadcast Wednesday that he does not discount the possibility of a U.S. military attack even though threatened action was forestalled when he agreed to give up chemical weapons. Full Story | Top |
| Shabab: Foreigners in Kenya "legitimate target" Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 09:15 PM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Al-Shabab, the armed Somali Islamic extremist group that attacked a shopping mall in Kenya, said Wednesday that foreigners were a "legitimate target" and confirmed witness accounts that gunmen tried to let Muslims go free while killing or taking the others captive. Full Story | Top |
| Senators push bill to end phone record collection Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 04:24 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Spying by the National Security Agency has cost the United States economically and angered allies, a bipartisan group of senators said Wednesday in unveiling legislation that would end the collection of millions of Americans' phone records and data on Internet usage. Full Story | Top |
| Anti-shutdown bill advances; big fight still looms Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 05:23 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Unanimous but far from united, the Senate advanced legislation to prevent a partial government shutdown on Wednesday, the 100-0 vote certain to mark merely a brief pause in a fierce partisan struggle over the future of President Barack Obama's signature health care law. Full Story | Top |
| Pakistanis struggle for food, shelter after quake Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 09:59 PM PDT DALBADI, Pakistan (AP) — Survivors built makeshift shelters with sticks and bedsheets after their mud houses were flattened in an earthquake that killed 348 people in southwestern Pakistan and pushed a new island up out of the Arabian Sea. Full Story | Top |
| Sheriff Joe Arpaio institutes cost-saving, vegetarian meals for inmates Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 03:05 PM PDT  Get sent to jail in Arizona's Maricopa County and you'll be experiencing some serious life changes. And for the meat eaters, that includes going vegetarian. Full Story | Top |
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