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Third insider attack kills four U.S. troops in Afghanistan

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 11:02 AM PDT

Four US Troops Killed in Afghan Inside Attack; 8 Coalition Troops Killed in 3 DaysFour American service members were killed by an Afghan policeman early today, the third attack on coalition forces in three days, bringing the death toll in the recent violence to eight.

NASA postpones final ferry flight of Endeavour

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 03:57 PM PDT

The beginning of space shuttle Endeavour's final flight to California has been postponed because of weather along the flight route.

Chicago teachers union to continue strike

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 05:27 PM PDT

A young girl plays a toy horn as striking Chicago teachers rally Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, in Chicago. Union president Karen Lewis reminded that although there is a "framework" for an end to their strike, they still are on strike. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)The Chicago teachers union decided Sunday to continue its weeklong strike, extending an acrimonious standoff with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over teacher evaluations and job security provisions central to the debate over the future of public education across the United States.

Obama inches ahead in key voter polls

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 02:09 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama delivers statement about the Supreme Court's decision on his Administration's health care law at the White House in WashingtonIt's been a rough week for both President Obama and Mitt Romney,

Third insider attack kills four U.S. troops in Afghanistan

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 01:48 PM PDT

Bodies of Afghan women are brought to a hospital in the Alingar district of Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept 16, 2012. According to Afghan officials, airstrikes by NATO planes killed eight women and girls in Laghman province. Villagers from Alingar district drove the bodies to the provincial capital, claiming they were killed by NATO aircraft while they were out gathering firewood before dawn. (AP Photo/Khalid Khan)Afghan police killed four American soldiers coming to their aid after a checkpoint attack Sunday, the third assault by government forces or insurgents disguised in military uniforms in as many days.

Hezbollah urges protests against anti-Islam film

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 01:45 PM PDT

Supporters of a Pakistani Tehreek-e-Insaf or Movement for Justice chant slogans during a demonstration in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)The leader of Hezbollah has called for protests against an anti-Islam video starting on Monday and says protesters should not only 'express anger' at US embassies but urge leaders to act.

Shuttle Endeavour embarking on new mission to museum

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 01:55 PM PDT

Space shuttle Endeavour lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FloridaCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept 16 - The space shuttle Endeavour, built to replace NASA's lost ship Challenger, prepared for a final flight this week, heading not into orbit but west to a Los Angeles museum. Riding piggyback on top of a specially modified 747 jet, Endeavour will be the second of NASA's three surviving shuttles to leave the Kennedy Space Center and begin new roles as space ambassadors. "We finally get to really show her off," NASA astronaut Kay Hire, who flew aboard Endeavour in 2010, told reporters on Sunday on the shuttle's runway. ...

17 mutilated bodies found in central Mexico

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 03:37 PM PDT

The dismembered bodies of 17 men were found Sunday on a farm in central Mexico, in an area disputed by violent drug cartels, officials said.

Report: Reward for Rushdie's death boosted in Iran

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 09:36 AM PDT

A semi-official religious foundation in Iran has increased a reward it had offered for the killing of British author Salman Rushdie to $3.3 million from $2.8 million, a newspaper reported, days after protests coursed through the Muslim world over alleged insults to the Prophet Muhammad.

Libyan leader: 50 arrested in U.S. consulate attack

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 01:28 PM PDT

President of the newly-empowered Libyan national assembly, Mohammed Magarief speaks to Reuters, in TripoliLibyan leader Mohammed Magarief said on Sunday that about 50 people have been arrested in connection with the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week, which he said was planned by foreigners linked to al Qaeda. The attack on Tuesday in Benghazi came amid protests over a video made in the United States that Muslims saw as blaspheming the Prophet Mohammad. It resulted in the deaths of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. ...

Egypt denounces breaching of U.S. embassy compound

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 11:52 AM PDT

Egypt's presidential spokesman says the breaching of the U.S. embassy in Cairo during protests over an anti-Islam film was "unjustified," denouncing it in the strongest words to date to come from the nation's highest office.

Obama crams for debates, works on being concise

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 11:34 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama waves as he returns to the White House in WashingtonOn long flights to swing states in the West and late nights at the White House after his children have gone to bed, President Barack Obama is cramming like a student for a test that could determine his political future. The subject? His opponent, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. The test? His face-off with the former Massachusetts governor at their first one-on-one debate next month. ...

Man pushed through Macy's Loop store window

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 12:56 PM PDT

A man was hospitalized today after he was pushed through a Macy's store window in the Loop during an argument, police said. A man was confronted by another man and after the two began arguing, the victim was pushed through the window, police said.

Palace to file criminal complaint over Kate pics

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 02:37 PM PDT

Britain's Prince William, left, and his wife Kate prepare to sit for a meal at Government House in Honiara, Solomon Islands, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. The royal couple is on a nine-day tour of the Far East and South Pacific in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. (AP Photo/William West, Pool)Lawyers for Britain's royal family will make a criminal complaint against the photographer who took pictures of Prince William's wife Kate sunbathing topless in the south of France, William's office said Sunday.

One killed in anti-American protest in Pakistan

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 09:52 AM PDT

Supporters of a Pakistani Tehreek-e-Insaf or Movement for Justice burn an effigy of U.S. President Barrack Obama during a demonstation in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012 as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)Hundreds of Pakistanis protesting an anti-Islam video broke through a barricade near the U.S. Consulate in the southern city of Karachi on Sunday, sparking clashes with police in which one demonstrator was killed and more than a dozen injured.

One year on, Occupy Wall Street movement in disarray

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 11:39 AM PDT

A member of Occupy Wall Street marches from Washington Square Park to the Financial District in New YorkOccupy Wall Street began to disintegrate in rapid fashion last winter, when the weekly meetings in New York City devolved into a spectacle of fistfights and vicious arguments.

Romney cancels campaign event due to crash probe at airport

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 09:49 AM PDT

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Romney and his wife Ann arrive for dinner in Belmont, MassachusettsBURLINGTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was forced to cancel a campaign event in Colorado on Sunday due to the investigation of a small plane crash at the airport he was to use. The Romney campaign said Romney would fly straight to Los Angeles, while making a plane refueling stop on the way. He is to speak on Monday in Los Angeles to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. ...

Hundreds march on U.S. consulate in Pakistan

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 08:20 AM PDT

Supporters of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI), a religious and political party, shout slogans during an anti-American demonstration in IslamabadKARACHI, Pakistan - Hundreds of Pakistanis protesting an anti-Islam video produced in the United States clashed with police as they tried to march toward the U.S. Consulate in the southern city of Karachi.

Palace: Lawyers seek injunction over topless photos

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 08:32 AM PDT

Britain's Prince William, left, and his wife Kate prepare to sit for a meal at Government House in Honiara, Solomon Islands, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. The royal couple is on a nine-day tour of the Far East and South Pacific in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. (AP Photo/William West, Pool)Lawyers for Britain's royal family will go to court in France on Monday in a bid to stop further publication in that country of topless photos of William's wife Kate, the prince's office said Sunday, as the owners of an Irish newspaper criticized it for running the pictures.

Inside attack kills four U.S. troops in Afghanistan

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 09:11 AM PDT

Afghans burn the U.S. flag in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, during a protest against an Internet video mocking the Prophet Muhammad that many fear could further aggravate Afghan-U.S. relations. The video has sparked protests throughout the Muslim world and the Afghan government blocked the YouTube site that hosts the video and its parent company, Google Inc., over the weekend in a move to prevent violent protests. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi)An Afghan police officer turned his gun on NATO troops at a remote checkpoint in the south of the country before dawn Sunday, killing four American troops, according to Afghan and international officials.