Homs, Syria: activists say warplanes pounding rebels in city of Homs

Syria bombards rebel stronghold of Homs, exchanges fire with Turkey
- Denver Post
The Syrian military opened a second urban front Friday, attacking the rebel stronghold of Homs with the most intense artillery barrage in months and putting...

Syrian activists say warplanes pounding rebels in city of Homs
- Fox News

Rare Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Grows; 5 Dead, 30 Sick

Rare Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Grows; 5 Dead, 30 Sick - ABC News
[Oct 4, 2012] A rare form of fungal meningitis has killed five people and sickened 30 across six states, and more are expected, health officials said today. The outbreak of ...

More patients linked to fungal meningitis infections, CDC ...
Patients in 23 states could have been exposed to tainted medications linked to a non-contagious, fungal form of meningitis, health officials announced ...

Chinese Landslide Buries Elementary School, Killing 19 in southwest China

Bodies found after landslide buries Chinese school - CNN.com
Beijing (CNN)-- The bodies of 18 children have been found after a landslide buried elementary school students and a villager in southwest China, state ...

China: Landslide Buries Elementary School, Killing 19 (VIDEO)
[Oct 5, 2012] BEIJING (AP) — All 18 elementary school students buried in a landslide were confirmed dead Friday, while one other person also died after a hillside ...

Who is Rubem Robierb? Boyfriend of GMA's Sam Champion, the weather anchor

G.M.A.'s Sam Champion to Wed Rubem Robierb
- New York Times
Mr. Champion, the weather anchor of ABC's "Good Morning America," is the first co-host of a network morning television show to publicly identify as gay.

Media Decoder Blog: G.M.A.'s Sam Champion to Wed Rubem Robierb
- New York Times
Good Morning America's Sam Champion, Boyfriend Rubem Robierb Engaged!
- US Weekly
Sam Champion engaged to boyfriend

Gay Scout Denied Eagle Rank Says He Believes in God; Mother to Appear on 'Ellen'; Do you smell reality show?

Gay Scout Denied Eagle Rank Says He Believes in God
- ABC News
Ryan Andresen refutes Boy Scouts, who say he violated Scout Oath and Law.

Gay Boy Scout Denied Eagle Rank - ABC News
Mother of Gay Boy Scout to Appear on 'Ellen' - The Hollywood Reporter
Gay Boy Scout, Bullied by Troop, Denied Eagle Rank - Good Morning America via Yahoo! News

Steel Magnolias Remake: Alfre Woodard, an activist who acts; Oscar nominee and four-time Emmy winner

'Steel Magnolias': Alfre Woodard, an activist who acts
- Los Angeles Times - Oct 05
The Oscar nominee and four-time Emmy winner plays Ouiser in Lifetime's remake of 'Steel Magnolias,' but her work in politics and education is stellar as well...

‘Steel Magnolias’ blossoms once more
- The Kansas City Star
‘Steel Magnolias’ remake doesn’t live up to original
- Austin American-Statesman

Tortured Kenyans win historic ruling in Britain; BBC News - Mau Mau uprising

BBC News - Mau Mau uprising: Kenyans win UK torture ruling
Three Kenyans who were tortured by British colonial authorities can proceed with their legal claims against the UK government, a court has ruled. London's High Court ...

Tortured Kenyans win historic ruling in Britain - CSMonitor.com
Three tortured Kenyans who suffered abuses by British forces in the 1950s won the right to take their case to trial.

Simon Cho faces discipline from U.S. Speedskating; tampering with rival's skates

Simon Cho faces discipline from U.S. Speedskating
- Washington Post - Oct 05
Calling Simon Cho ’s sabotage of a Canadian rival’s skates an “egregious breach of our code of conduct,” U.S. Speedskating officials announced Friday that they were...

Speedskater Simon Cho: ‘I just want to apologize’ - Washington Post
Olympic speedskater Simon Cho admits tampering with rival's skates - Sports Illustrated
Cho says tampering was big mistake - MSN

Rumble 2012: “Daily Show” funnyman Jon Stewart and Fox News host Bill O'Reilly are facing off in a debate tonight at the Lisner Auditorium

Rumble 2012: Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly Debate (Live Blog) Wall Street Journal
“Daily Show” funnyman Jon Stewart and Fox News host Bill O'Reilly are facing off in a debate tonight at the Lisner Auditorium on the campus of George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Viewers can watch the event. dubbed “O'Reilly v Stewart 2012 ...

LIVE Blogging Rumble 2012: Bill O'Reilly v. Jon Stewart debate Examiner.com
If you want to know whats happening in the Rumble 2012 debate between Bill O'Reilly v. Jon Stewart

Bernard Madoff Feeder, Fairfield Greenwich, Still SEC-Approved, Managing Millions; Enemies of the rich: Taxes and Con-men

Madoff faud's last days recounted in NYC...
Royal Oak Daily Tribune
NEW YORK (AP) - In December 2008, two of Bernard Madoff's most loyal employees met on a Manhattan street corner and fretted over a closely held secret that the rest of the world would learn about eight days later: that their boss was a con man for the ...

Madoff Feeder Fairfield Greenwich Still SEC-Approved, Managing Millions Forbes
Madoff fraud's last days recounted in NYC document

Barack Obama: The $1 Billion Candidate Hits Fundraising High; Let's tax that money;-)

Obama Re-Election Campaign Hits Fundraising High
Voice of America
US President Barack Obama's campaign and the Democratic Party have raised $181 million in September for his re-election effort - their highest monthly total yet of the 2012 presidential race.

Barack Obama: The $1 Billion Candidate Mother Jones - by Andy Kroll
Obama close to raising $1 billion after near-record September tally

Romney on 47 percent remarks: "completely wrong"; Who's Sorry Now? | Mother Jones #cartoons

Romney: "47 percent" remarks "completely wrong" - CBS News
Mitt Romney, trying to distance himself from perhaps his most damaging campaign moment, said Thursday that his infamous "47 percent" remarks were ...

Romney on 47 Percent: Who's Sorry Now? | Mother Jones
On Thursday night, Mitt Romney, taking something of a victory lap following the first presidential debate, appeared on Fox News (where else?) with Sean ...

Has Obama ever said the wrong phrase?

Radical cleric Abu Hamza and Four Other Terror Suspects Arrive in U.S. for Trial

Abu Hamza and Four Other Terror Suspects Arrive in U.S. for Trial
- ABC News - 3 hours ago
Radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, the man authorities said tried to set up a terrorist training camp on American soil, has arrived in the U.S. to stand trial

Abu Hamza al-Masri (born 15 April 1958, Alexandria) is an Egyptian-born Sunni convict and dismissed imam, who has preached Islamic fundamentalism and militant

Pro-Muslim Ads to Hang Near Anti-Jihad Ads in New York Subway; Judge: DC Metro Must Allow Anti-Jihad Ads

Judge: DC Metro Must Allow Anti-Jihad Ads
The D.C. transit system must allow a pro-Israel ad that equates Muslim radicals with savages, a federal judge ruled Friday. A spokesman for the Metro ...

Pro-Muslim Ads to Hang Near Anti-Jihad Ads in New York Subway ...
[Oct 4, 2012] The ads, arranged separately by a Jewish group and a Christian group, will go up on Monday in 10 Manhattan subway stations.

Arizona Cardinals fall despite Rams loss of Danny Amendola; Unbeaten Run Ends

Arizona Cardinals fall despite Rams loss of Danny Amendola ABC 7 Chicago - Oct 05
Arizona Cardinals Unbeaten Run Ends: St. Louis Rams Defense Too Much For Kevin... The Huffington Post - Oct 05
Three Thoughts on the St. Louis Rams’ 17-3 Victory Over the Arizona Cardinals

Hanson Brother’s Baby: Brood Gets One More; Taylor Hanson and Natalie Hanson

Hanson Brother’s Baby: Brood Gets One More
- WebProNews - Oct 05
Taylor Hanson, who is just 29 years old, has plenty of fathering experience; he’s dad to four kids, ranging in age from 3 to 9. Now, he and wife Natalie have one...

Taylor Hanson and Wife Natalie Welcome Baby Girl Wilhelmina Jane
- E! Online
It's a Girl for Taylor and Natalie Hanson
- People Magazine

Rams wideout Danny Amendola expected to miss 6-7 weeks with shoulder separation Sports Illustrated

Rams WR Danny Amendola will undergo more tests on injured shoulder Washington Post
Danny Amendola of Rams suffered shoulder separation NFL.com - Oct 05
Report: Rams wideout Danny Amendola expected to miss 6-7 weeks Sports Illustrated

Death of a Star: Helix Nebula Photo: Giant 'Eye' In Space Spotted By NASA Telescopes

Helix Nebula Photos: Giant 'Eye' In Space Spotted By NASA Telescopes
Huffington Post
The Helix Nebula (also known as NGC 7293) represents a dying star known as a planetary nebula. The new picture, released Wednesday (Oct. 3), combines data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, which observes in long-wavelength infrared light, and ...

NASA releases photo of dying star
The Helix Nebula (also known as The Helix, NGC 7293, or Caldwell 63) is a large planetary nebula (PN) located in the constellation Aquarius.

Humans Broke Off Neanderthal Sex After Discovering Eurasia

Humans Broke Off Neanderthal Sex After Discovering Eurasia
By Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor | LiveScience.com
Neanderthals apparently last interbred with the ancestors of today's Europeans after modern humans with advanced stone tools expanded out of Africa, researchers say.
The last sex between Neanderthals and modern humans likely occurred as recently as 47,000 years ago, the researchers added.

TV networks will skip exit polls in 19 states presumably already won by either Obama or Romney

Where the media won't be on Election Day
TV networks and AP will skip exit polls in 19 states presumably already won by either Obama or Romney.

Eilat shooting: US tourist opens fire at Eilat hotel, shot dead a colleague

Eilat shooting: U.S. tourist shot dead after opening fire at ...
The gunman - a U.S. citizen - is thought to have shot an employee at a hotel in Eilat, on Israel's Red Sea, because he was involved in a personal dispute with him.

After fatal Eilat shooting, Jewish Agency to probe how U.S ...
Following the fatal shooting in Eilat on Friday, in which a U.S. citizen shot dead a colleague at the hotel where he was employed, and was himself killed by police ...

US tourist opens fire at Eilat hotel, ki... JPost - National News
American tourist at Leonardo Club Hotel grabs security guard's gun, opens fire ... Eilat shooting Leonardo Club hotel argument barricaded Counterterrorism Unit

Good Morning America's Sam Champion, Boyfriend Rubem Robierb Engaged! his ‘Sea Rescue’ returns

Sam Champion Is Gay and Engaged to Be Married
- E! Online
Another newsworthy wedding is in the works, and this time it's for GMA weather anchor Sam Champion! The Good Morning America television personality is engaged to...

Good Morning America's Sam Champion, Boyfriend Rubem Robierb Engaged!
- US Weekly - Oct 05
Sam Champion Engaged, He and Longtime Partner Plan New Year's Wedding
- E! Online - Oct 05
Sam Champion: He’s engaged; his ‘Sea Rescue’ returns
- Orlando Sentinel - Oct 05

Medicare Fraud Strike Unit Nabs 91 Doctors, Nurses for $492 Million in False Billing

Medicare Fraud Strike Unit Nabs Doctors, Nurses for $492 Million in False Billing Senior Journal 53pm
MEDICARE FRAUD STRIKE FORCE CHARGES 91 INDIVIDUALS FOR APPROXIMATELY $430 MILLION... Highland Community News
Authorities Charge 91 in $430 Million Medicare Fraud New York Times - Oct 04

Honda recall: Expands headlight recall to 820,000 vehicles; Power Steering Recall; Potential Fire Hazard Discovered

Honda recall: expands headlight recall to 820,000 vehicles
- Los Angeles Times
Added are 2002-03 Civic sedans and 2004-05 Pilot SUVs. It's the second expanded Honda recall this week. Honda has expanded its March headlight recall to 820,000...

Honda Expands Power Steering Recall - Analyst Blog
- Nasdaq
Honda Recall After Potential Fire Hazard Discovered
- KOMU Columbia

Ann Romney to co-host ‘Good Morning America’; Will Michelle Obama follow?

Ann Romney as 'GMA' guest host blurs news-entertainment line
- Los Angeles Times
Media and their ethical norms have changed so much in recent times that no one seemed to miss a beat when ABC announced that it had invited would-be First Lady Ann... full story
Ann Romney to host GMA. Will Michelle Obama follow?
- The Christian Science Monitor - Oct 05
Ann Romney to co-host ‘Good Morning America’
- The Daily Caller via Yahoo! News

Season's First Snow Dusts NW Kansas; Boulder gets a little taste of winter

Season's First Snowfall Dusts NW Kansas
- WIBW Topeka
GOODLAND, Kan. (AP) _ The summer's blistering heat is still a recent memory, but northwestern Kansas has received its first snowfall of the season. The National...

October usually welcomes season's first freeze, snow
- Denver Post
Boulder gets a little taste of winter, with first dusting of snow
- Boulder Daily Camera - Oct 05

Chris Matthews is still angry about Obama’s debate performance; Pre-Debate Advice: “Kick Him In The Balls!”

Chris Matthews is still angry about Obama’s debate performance
- The Ticket via Yahoo! News - Oct 04
Minutes after Wednesday's presidential debate ended, MSNBC host Chris Matthews unloaded on President Barack Obama's lackluster performance. Thursday morning, he was...

Chris Matthews’ Pre-Debate Advice: “Kick Him In The Balls!” [Video]
- The Inquisitr - Oct 04
Chris Matthews Heartbroken By President Obama’s Debate Performance ...
- The Inquisitr - Oct 04
Chris Matthews can't seem to get over Obama's debate performance ...
- Mobile Press-Register - Oct 04