Mitt Romney and President Obama fight for edge on Medicare - Newsday
Bondholders, insurers challenge San Bernardino bankruptcy - Reuters
Activists get 2 years for anti-Putin church stunt - The Associated Press
By By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, AP - 1 minute ago MOSCOW (AP) -- Three punk rock-style activists who briefly took over a cathedral in a raucous prayer for deliverance from Vladimir Putin were sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism on Friday, … Police Defend Role at South Africa Mine Clash - Wall Street Journal
By DEVON MAYLIE MARIKANA, South Africa--A day after firing live ammunition that killed nearly three dozen striking platinum miners here, South African police sought to justify the use of deadly force, as families searched for lost relatives and the … New book says Paterno was prodded by family to read Sandusky report
Joe Paterno had to be prodded by his family to read the grand jury report regarding Jerry Sandusky and did not understand some of its graphic terminology, according to a new book.
Blue Jays manager John Farrell dismisses speculation of move to Red Sox
TORONTO – Blue Jays manager John Farrell made it clear that he has no plans to leave Toronto any time soon.
Syria fighting deeply scars Aleppo neighborhoods
Entire neighborhoods of Syria's largest city bear battle scars: buildings toppled by government shells, charred tanks blown up by rebels and trash-strewn no-man's lands where neither side has full control after nearly a month of deadly street battles. Activists get 2 years for anti-Putin church stunt
Three punk rock-style activists who briefly took over a cathedral in a raucous prayer for deliverance from Vladimir Putin were sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism on Friday, a decision that drew protests around the world as it highlighted the Russian president's intensifying crackdown on dissent. Infiltration or bad blood? Reasons for Afghan forces' attacks on allies offer little comfort
the latest of nine U.S. service personnel gunned down in two weeks by their supposed Afghan allies.
Police find more body parts in Toronto-area river
TORONTO (Reuters) – Police scouring a Toronto-area river and nearby park for body parts discovered two severed hands on Friday, adding to the grisly finds in an investigation that brings to mind another case of dismemberment in Canada this year. The discovery of the hands – one right and one left – follows the finding of a severed female head and a foot with painted toenails this week. All the parts have been found in or along the Credit River in Mississauga, Ontario, a city of 700,000 located just west of Toronto. …
Analysis: U.S. corporate earnings point to further gloom
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Earnings season is drawing to a close and the results raise a number of worrying questions about the economy’s direction. For the second quarter, the percentage of companies beating revenue forecasts was the lowest since 2009. For every company that gave a positive outlook, nearly five companies gave negative outlooks, Thomson Reuters data showed. Third-quarter earnings estimates are down sharply, and now show a year-over-year decline of 1.8 percent, which would be the first quarter of negative growth in three years. …
Egypt's Mursi accused of stifling dissent in media crackdown
CAIRO (Reuters) – A media crackdown in the first month of Mohamed Mursi's rule has raised fears Egypt's Islamist president is moving to stifle criticism of the Muslim Brotherhood. This week, formal accusations by state prosecutors were filed against two journalists, while an issue of the newspaper al-Dostour was confiscated by the state's censorship unit – disappointing those who believed last year's overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak would lead to greater media freedom. … 
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