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| TSA agent killed in LAX shooting, suspect ID'd Friday, Nov 01, 2013 10:38 PM PDT  A Transportation Security Administration agent was killed and several more people wounded when a gunman opened fire on Friday morning at Los Angeles International Airport. Full Story | Top |
| Selfies with a splash of serious safety issues Friday, Nov 01, 2013 07:20 AM PDT Taking selfies while driving can be added to the list of irresponsible things people do behind the wheel. Full Story | Top |
| Culture war: Film links U.S. Evangelicals to intolerance against gays in Uganda Friday, Nov 01, 2013 04:28 AM PDT Documentary filmmaker Roger Ross Williams is sparking conversation about gay rights in Africa. Full Story | Top |
| Conservative groups driving GOP agenda Friday, Nov 01, 2013 10:24 AM PDT  Virtually unknown outside Washington, a coalition of hardline conservative groups is fighting to seize control of the Republican agenda. Tea party allies like the Club for Growth, FreedomWorks and Heritage ... Full Story | Top |
| Ruling halts abortions at third of Texas' clinics Friday, Nov 01, 2013 05:32 AM PDT  A third of the abortion clinics in Texas can no longer perform the procedure starting Friday after a federal appeals court allowed most of the state's new abortion restrictions to take effect. A panel ... Full Story | Top |
| Germany: Prepared to speak with Snowden Friday, Nov 01, 2013 06:36 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — Germany's top security official said Friday he will try to find a way for Edward Snowden to speak to German officials if the former National Security Agency contractor is willing to provide details about the NSA's activities including the alleged surveillance of Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone. Full Story | Top |
| Growing number of part-time professors join unions Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 12:40 AM PDT  Thousands of part-time college professors are joining labor unions, a growing trend in higher education that's boosting the ranks of organized labor and giving voice to teachers who complain about low ... Full Story | Top |
| New book says Obama team considered Hillary Clinton as replacement for Biden on 2012 ticket Friday, Nov 01, 2013 09:26 AM PDT  A new book claims that President Barack Obama's advisers explored the possibility of replacing Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton on the president's re-election ticket. Full Story | Top |
| Police probe motive after deadly LA airport shooting Friday, Nov 01, 2013 09:30 PM PDT  A gunman opened fire with an assault rifle at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), killing a security agent, creating scenes of chaos and causing widespread flight disruptions. Panicked travelers scrambled to escape after the shooter, identified as 23-year-old Paul Anthony Ciancia, blasted through a security checkpoint at the airport. Ciancia then walked calmly through the terminal seeking further victims, and was eventually stopped by police who shot and wounded him. The dead agent was the first Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employee killed in the line of duty since the group was set up following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Full Story | Top |
| LAX shooting prompts renewed focus on AR-15 class rifles Friday, Nov 01, 2013 01:18 PM PDT Friday's shooting at Los Angeles International Airport left one Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employee dead and an unknown number of witnesses injured. Full Story | Top |
| Wal-Mart kicks off holiday shopping season online Friday, Nov 01, 2013 03:49 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is upping the ante on holiday shopping. Full Story | Top |
| Congress governs self under 'Obamacare' Friday, Nov 01, 2013 10:38 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Think you're confused by "Obamacare"? It's roiling Capitol Hill behind the scenes, too. Full Story | Top |
| Israel vows to deny Hezbollah weapons as details of Syria raid emerge Friday, Nov 01, 2013 11:30 AM PDT  By Crispian Balmer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said it would not allow advanced weapons to fall into the hands of Hezbollah, after a raid on Syria that opposition sources said had hit an air force garrison believed to be holding Russian-made missiles destined for the militant group. Israel has a clear policy on Syria and will continue to enforce it, officials said on Friday, after U.S. and European sources said Israel had launched a new attack on its warring neighbor. Israel declined to comment on leaks to U.S. media that its planes had hit a Syrian base near the port of Latakia, targeting missiles that it thought were destined for its Lebanese enemy, Hezbollah. "We have said many times that we will not allow the transfer of advanced weapons to Hezbollah," said Home Front Defense Minister Gilad Erdan, a member of the inner security cabinet which met hours before the alleged Israeli attack. Full Story | Top |
| Fan injured by hot dog suing Kan. City Royals Friday, Nov 01, 2013 05:49 PM PDT  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — If it had been a foul ball or broken bat that struck John Coomer in the eye as he watched a Kansas City Royals game, the courts likely wouldn't force the team to pay for his surgeries and suffering. Full Story | Top |
| Alaskans get health policy cancellation notices Friday, Nov 01, 2013 01:18 PM PDT The largest health insurer in Alaska has sent cancellation notices to more than half its individual members in the state because their existing policies do not meet requirements of the new federal health ... Full Story | Top |
| New quality complaints about Lululemon pants Friday, Nov 01, 2013 05:05 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Just a few months after Lululemon Athletica pulled yoga pants from shelves because they were too sheer, costing the company millions in sales, it's fielding new complaints about quality. Full Story | Top |
| Reinstatement of abortion law closes Texas clinics Friday, Nov 01, 2013 01:46 PM PDT  HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — In a Texas abortion clinic, about a dozen women waited Friday to see the doctor, already aware that they would not be able to end their pregnancies there. Full Story | Top |
| Lack of black women becomes 'SNL' issue Friday, Nov 01, 2013 10:28 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Kerry Washington's turn as host of "Saturday Night Live" this week gives that television institution something it hasn't seen much lately: a black woman onstage trying to make people laugh. Full Story | Top |
| Obama approval rating sinks: a self-inflicted wound? Friday, Nov 01, 2013 10:15 AM PDT And in the spirit of President Harry "Buck Stops Here" Truman, Mr. Obama may have no one but himself to blame for the botched rollout of HealthCare.gov, the website whose proper functioning is key to the success of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the signature initiative of Obama's presidency. The simultaneous diplomatic brouhaha over US eavesdropping on close allies, which also apparently blind-sided the president, reinforces the impression that Obama operates in a bubble. This week, public outrage over Americans receiving health-insurance cancellation notices has added to Obama's woes, as his longstanding promise that people who "like their plan can keep their plan" has proved to be false. All the stumbles are likely behind Obama's sinking job approval ratings. Full Story | Top |
| Envoy pushes Syria peace talks as UN warns of child hunger Friday, Nov 01, 2013 09:50 PM PDT  The UN-Arab League envoy to Syria has said no peace conference will be possible without the Syrian opposition, as the United Nations warned of rising malnutrition among children trapped in battle zones. Hoping to build on the momentum of last month's US-Russia accord to destroy Syria's chemical arsenal by mid-2014, envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has been criss-crossing the region to rally support for the so-called Geneva II talks. Syria's opposition has refused to attend unless President Bashar al-Assad's resignation is on the table -- a demand rejected by Damascus. "If the opposition does not participate there will be no Geneva conference," Brahimi said in Damascus on Friday, before travelling to Beirut. Full Story | Top |
| Food stamps: why cuts affecting 48 million Americans begin Friday Friday, Nov 01, 2013 10:26 AM PDT Millions of Americans will be expected to make do with less as of Friday, as $5 billion in cuts to the US food stamp program takes effect. The cuts to the program, formally called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), will pinch almost 48 million people and could be followed by an even bigger slash. The cuts come as a four-year increase in funding to the food stamp program reaches its expiration date. The food stamp cuts, scheduled to take effect on Nov. 1, are distinct from possible additional slashes to the program included in the farm bill – broad legislation covering America's agriculture and nutrition policies, including the food stamp program. Full Story | Top |
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