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| Breaking down Romney's 'binder' blunder Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 03:11 PM PDT  Yahoo! News columnist Virginia Heffernan explains what she thinks the comical quote reveals about him. Full Story | Top |
| Federal Reserve bomb plot suspect arrived on student visa Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 03:58 PM PDT  New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says the 21-year-old arrested on charges that he plotted to blow up the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan came to the U.S. on a student visa. Full Story | Top |
| A roundup of today's best photos Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 08:38 AM PDT  A woman walks past changing autumn leaves in Sheffield Park Gardens near Haywards Heath in southern England October 17, 2012. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) Full Story | Top |
| For Benghazi security, U.S. hired small British firm Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 06:46 PM PDT  The State Department's decision to hire Blue Mountain Group to guard the ill-fated U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, entrusted security tasks to a little-known British company instead of the large firms it usually uses in overseas danger zones. The contract was largely based on expediency, U.S. officials have said, since no one knew how long the temporary mission would remain in the Libyan city. The cradle of last year's uprising that ended Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule, Benghazi has been plagued by rising violence in recent months. ... Full Story | Top |
| Skydiver's feat could influence spacesuit design Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 02:17 PM PDT  Now that the dust has settled in the New Mexico desert where supersonic skydiver "Fearless Felix" Baumgartner landed safely on his feet, researchers are exhilarated over the possibility his exploit could someday help save the lives of pilots and space travelers in a disaster. Full Story | Top |
| Official: Pakistani girl shot by Taliban is moving her limbs Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 01:42 PM PDT  A 14-year-old girl shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting female education has been doing better since she was airlifted to England for specialized treatment and has been moving her limbs, a Pakistani official said Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Meningitis deaths rise, FDA faces new questions Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 04:53 PM PDT  The death toll from a meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroids jumped to 19 on Wednesday, while U.S. lawmakers pressed federal health regulators to explain what they knew about the pharmacy that produced the drugs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said four more deaths had been confirmed in the last 24 hours, including two in Tennessee, the state hardest hit with eight deaths since the infections were discovered in late September. Virginia and Florida each reported one new death. ... Full Story | Top |
| No suspects yet in Denver bar homicide-arson Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 05:04 PM PDT  Denver police don't have any suspects in the slayings of five people whose bodies were found at a neighborhood bar after a fire broke out early Wednesday, including one of the bar owners. Investigators believe they were killed before the fire and the blaze was set to cover up the slayings. Full Story | Top |
| Ex-Sen. McGovern 'no longer responsive' Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 04:02 PM PDT  Former Democratic Senator George McGovern, who lost to Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential election, is "no longer responsive" and is surrounded by family and friends at a hospice center in South Dakota, his family said on Wednesday. McGovern, 90, was admitted to hospice in Sioux Falls "with a combination of medical conditions, due to age, that have worsened over recent months," his family said in a statement. "The Senator is no longer responsive. He is surrounded by his loving family and close friends," the statement added. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama still on defense—right where he wants to be Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 09:06 AM PDT  Woody Allen is often quoted as saying that "80 percent of success is showing up." Hackneyed though this expression has become, it applies quite accurately to the election as it stands today. President Barack Obama showed up at the debate on Tuesday night and stabled his teetering campaign. Given the wide consensus that Obama did [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama on debates: He’s getting ‘the hang of this thing’ Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 11:49 AM PDT  Speaking publicly for the first time since his second national debate with Mitt Romney, President Barack Obamaâ€"who began a campaign swing here in a small college gymâ€"joked about his "improving" performance on the debate stage with the Republican nominee. "Now, as many of you know, we had a second debate [Tuesday] night. You know, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Prep School Kids’ 'Vote for Somebody' video is right on time Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 11:16 AM PDT After last night's debate, you may still be wondering who to vote for. Well, a group of children from Harlem's Democracy Prep School have some advice for you, and they put their encouragement in the form of a song. In their video, "Vote for Somebody!," uploaded to YouTube by the school, the children sing to [...] Full Story | Top |
| Woman says she gave birth on Philly subway Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 02:56 PM PDT A woman told police that she gave birth on the Philadelphia subway on Tuesday afternoon. The woman wasn't planning on giving her baby such a dramatic entrance, but the newborn wasn't going to wait. According to a report from CBS 3 in Philadelphia, the new mom approached transit police officer Loyd Rodgers at Philadelphia's Broad [...] Full Story | Top |
| Embarrassed kid begs for donations after dad’s ‘Gangnam Style’ dance Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 11:16 AM PDT "Gangnam Style" is a worldwide sensation that has inspired countless parodies, tributes, and downloads, and a whole lot of radio play. While most people who enjoy the song imitate the now-infamous dance associated with Psy's tune, not everyone is happy about it, especially when it involves their parents. Connor McKenna, son of Rob McKenna, Washington's attorney [...] Full Story | Top |
| Police use Taser on blind man, thinking his cane was samurai sword Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 11:22 AM PDT A blind man carrying a white cane received a 50,000-volt Taser shock from British police who thought his walking stick was a samurai sword. "It felt like I was grabbing an electricity pylon," 61-year-old Colin Farmer told the BBC. Lancashire police officer Stuart Williams said authorities had received several calls describing a man walking through [...] Full Story | Top |
| Damien Hirst art show killed 9,000 butterflies Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 02:18 PM PDT The artist Damien Hirst is known to stir up controversy. He's submerged a shark in a tank of formaldehyde, ditto a bisected cow and calf, and in an installation called "In and Out of Love," at the Tate Modern, filled two windowless rooms with live butterflies. The show's over, but the criticism has just begun. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Teacher accused of bullying student with scented candle Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 11:56 AM PDT A high-school Spanish teacher in Hiawassee, Ga., is being accused of "bullying" one of her students, who suffers from a severe nut allergy, by burning a scented candle containing nut oil and apparently triggering an allergic reaction. The teen's mother, Shannon Baldwin-Nguyen, says the teacher, Lynn Swanson, knew about her daughter's allergy and was warned [...] Full Story | Top |
| Homeless man helps save baby born at truck stop Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 11:45 AM PDT A homeless man hitchhiking at a truck stop near Oklahoma City turned out to be an angel for a young pregnant woman. Keaton Mason and her fiance were heading to a hospital because Mason was labor. They didn't make it, and Mason ended up giving birth in their white Honda at a truck stop along [...] Full Story | Top |
| Video: 96-year-old claims to be world’s oldest father Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 01:26 PM PDT Most people can only dream of living for 100 years, let alone fathering a child nearly a century after being born themselves. But that is apparently a reality today, as a 96-year-old Indian man claims to have fathered a child, his second in recent years. Ramajit Raghav and his 52-year-old wife, Shakuntala Devi, reportedly gave [...] Full Story | Top |
| Aggressive or annoying? Some find debate too rude Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 02:54 PM PDT This is presidential? They bicker, interrupt, talk over the moderator. Full Story | Top |
| Winds leave 21,000 without electricity in Colorado Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 11:02 AM PDT More than 21,000 electricity customers are without power in the Denver area and northern Colorado after a powerful wind storm. Full Story | Top |
| DNA from phony 'chewing gum survey' solves 1976 murder Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 07:33 AM PDT  Gary Raub has been arrested for the murder of a woman who was found stabbed to death inside her home on June 12, 1976 after neighbors called police to say they had not seen her for several days. Full Story | Top |
| Photos: Wheelchair bodybuilders muscle their way to the top Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 10:00 AM PDT  Full Story | Top |
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