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Mexico: Purported Gulf drug cartel leader caught

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:35 PM PDT

The alleged leader of the Gulf drug cartel, Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez, aka "El Coss," is shown during a media presentation at the Mexican Navy's Center for Advanced Naval Studies in Mexico City,Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. One of Mexico's most-wanted men, the 41-year-old is charged in the U.S. with drug-trafficking and threatening U.S. law enforcement officials. U.S. authorities offered $5 million for information leading to his arrest. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)A man believed to be the leader of the Gulf drug cartel, which controls some of the most valuable and violently contested smuggling routes along the U.S. border, was arrested by Mexican marines and presented to the public Thursday morning.

U.S. braces for more violence from anti-Muslim film

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 02:35 PM PDT

A protester throws a tear gas canister, which was earlier thrown by riot police, during clashes along a road which leads to the U.S. embassy, near Tahrir Square in CairoThe Obama administration was caught by surprise by the ferocity of the Sept. 11 attack against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the ambassador and three other Americans. Now it is bracing for another potential eruption of violent demonstrations in parts of the Muslim world after Friday's weekly prayers — traditionally a time of protest in the Middle East and North Africa.

House passes spending bill to avoid government shutdown

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 03:16 PM PDT

Walking with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, right, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, the Republican vice presidential candidate, returns to Capitol Hill to vote on a stopgap spending bill that avoids a government shutdown but carries a price tag $19 billion higher than the budget he wrote as chairman of the House Budget Committee, in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Returning to Washington for a brief session between their summer recess and fall campaign season, the House of Representatives on Thursday passed a spending bill funding the government into the next year. The funding extension, known as a Continuing Resolution (CR), keeps to the $1.047 trillion spending agreement reached between the parties and avoids a [...]

NASA's retired shuttle Endeavour heads west Monday

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 01:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 18, 2011 photo provided by NASA taken by one of the Expedition 27 crew members aboard the International Space Station, the space shuttle Endeavour prepares to dock with the facility. At sunrise Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, the spacecraft will depart NASA's Kennedy Space Center for California, with stops in Texas. The retired shuttle will be bolted to the top of a modified jumbo jet for the four-day trip to Los Angeles. (AP Photo/NASA)The baby of NASA's space shuttle fleet is about to leave home — for good.

Game Day 1st quarter: Bears 0, Packers 0

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 05:30 PM PDT

This is the 185th meeting between the teams in the NFL s longest rivalry, with the Bears holding a 92-86-6 series edge. A Bears win would in effect put them 2½ games ahead of their longtime rivals and give the Packers two losses in the NFC.

Exclusive: Romney on Obama's 'shoot first, aim later' attack

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 03:00 PM PDT

EXCLUSIVE: Romney on Obama's 'Shoot First, Aim Later' AttackIn our interview today, Mitt Romney did not back down from his belief that the Obama Administration's first response to the Cairo protest demonstrated "sympathy" for the attackers, but he also made it clear that he was ready to move on. "What I said was...

Illinois Senate president: No vote on pension reform until January

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:02 PM PDT

Don't expect a vote on a plan to overhaul the state's government worker pension program until after the new year, Illinois Senate President John Cullerton indicated Thursday.

Bears' Tillman set to play vs. Packers

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:14 PM PDT

Charles Tillman planned to play all along even despite getting kicked in the right shin last Sunday. Check back throughout the evening for Bears-Packers updates.

Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi to get Congressional Gold Medal

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:49 PM PDT

Aung San Suu Kyi, chairman of Rule of Law and Peace and Stability Committee of House, attends a meeting of the committee at Yangon Division Parliament in YangonPro-democracy icon and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, recently freed from two decades of house arrest in Myanmar, will travel to the United States later this month to receive the Congressional Gold Medal. She will also deliver a speech at the University of Louisville center named for Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch [...]

Dog stands guard over deceased owner’s grave for six years

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:05 PM PDT

An extremely dedicated dog has continued to show its loyalty, keeping watch on its owner's grave six years after he passed away. Capitan, a German shepherd, reportedly ran away from home after its owner, Miguel Guzman, died in 2006. A week later, the Guzman family found the dog sitting by his grave in central Argentina. [...]

Rep. Van Hollen on playing Ryan in debate prep: ‘I’ve got to work on my gestures'

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:53 PM PDT

Van Hollen: Obama Represents 'Power of American Dream'Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, who will play the role of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan during debate prep with Vice President Joe Biden, is still working on nailing the part. Between floor votes in the House Thursday, reporters asked Van Hollen for an update on the mock debates, but he was reluctant to dish details [...]

Sanctuary launches campaign to build habitat for bear named Meatball

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 01:59 PM PDT

A San Diego-area exotic animal sanctuary has launched a fundraising campaign to build a permanent home for Meatball, a "trash-loving" black bear at the center of a wildlife legal battle stretching from Colorado to California. The 500-pound bear was captured by officials from the California Department of Fish and Game on Aug. 28, in Glendale, [...]

Oldest color film footage dates back to 1899

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 01:30 PM PDT

As we debate the obvious visual difference between 1080p and 4K video, we can't help but notice that it wasn't that long ago in the scope of time that color motion film wasn't even a thing. In 1899, British photographer … Continue reading →

New monkey species discovered in Africa

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 02:04 PM PDT

Scientists in the Democratic Republic of Congo claim they have discovered a new species of monkey, making it only the second such discovery in nearly 30 years. The claim is published in the journal Plos One, in which the team of U.S. scientists have named the find Cercopithecus Lomamiensis. The team says the monkey, which [...]

Seagull purportedly steals woman’s camera, takes amazing footage

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:08 PM PDT

A woman who tried to enjoy a nice day while capturing some great footage of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco got way more than she bargained for. Nathalie Rollandin, who is originally from France, set up her GoPro camera on [...]

White House clarifies, defends Obama's comments on Egypt

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 01:16 PM PDT

White House expresses concern in Chicago strikeA day after President Barack Obama accused Mitt Romney of having a "shoot first and aim later" approach to foreign policy, the White House found itself Thursday recalibrating the incumbent's claim that Egypt is not "an ally" nor an enemy. At the same time, it insisted his comment was technically true. The chief problem for [...]

Bernanke goes all in: What it means for you

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 01:06 PM PDT

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke delivers remarks at the Federal Reserve in WashingtonIn an unprecedented and controversial move, the Federal Reserve today announced the initiation of an open-ended round of Quantitative Easing (QE3) and extended the period for which it will keep rates between 0 and 1/4% to mid-2015.

U.S. Embassy calls out Muslim Brotherhood for conflicting tweets

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:05 PM PDT

India's government has demanded that Twitter and other social networks remove "inflammatory and harmful" materialThe U.S. called out the Muslim Brotherhood for apparently tweeting a different set of messages  -- a kind one in English, and a one in Arabic of a different tone.

Mass. man among 4 killed in Libya, family says

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:00 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by Mark and Kate Quigley shows Glen Doherty, who family members say died in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya. Four Americans were killed at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 along with U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. Kate Quigley identifies Doherty as her brother, saying in a media interview he was a former U.S. Navy Seal. (AP Photo/Quigley Family Photo)A Massachusetts woman says her brother was among the Americans killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya.

Forgetting the Afghan war, until death brings it home

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 03:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 file photo, Sue Funderburk holds a U.S. flag as she pays her respects for Marine Staff Sgt. Greg Copes of Lynch Station,Va. as the procession for his funeral heads to his burial site in Altavista, Va. So far, 1,980 American soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan. A recent surge of insider attacks by Afghan security forces has claimed the lives of 40 allied soldiers, according to a report by the Brookings Institution. Americans may have pushed the war from their everyday consciousness. But losing neighbors and classmates keeps turning a distant war into an anguished and very personal reality. (AP Photo/The News & Advance, Jill Nance)Staring out the window of his pickup, slowly trailing the hearse bearing his brother's body, Will Copes' eyes blurred with tears. In a few minutes he and his brother would be home.