Mitt Romney has tapped Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan to be his running mate, The Associated Press reports. A Republican with knowledge of the development confirmed the selection to the AP, hours ahead of an official announcement during a campaign stop … Man kills 3 NATO troops at Afghan base - CNN
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — A man in civilian clothing opened fire on a base shared with Afghan forces, killing three NATO troops, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force said Saturday. Soldiers detained the gunman shortly after the … Clinton arrives in Turkey for key Syria talks - AFP
By Nicolas Revise (AFP) - 3 hours ago ISTANBUL -- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived Saturday in Istanbul for talks on the conflict in Syria with Turkish leaders after Washington slapped fresh sanctions on Bashar al-Assad's regime and its … Obama widens lead over Romney in polls - San Francisco Chronicle
A bumpy overseas trip and a month of pummeling by Democratic ads depicting Mitt Romney as an out-of-touch plutocrat and possible tax evader appear to have taken a toll. Three polls released in the last few days show President Obama widening his lead … Sikhs leave bullet hole to mark mass shooting - STLtoday.com
'Son of Sam' Killer: Aurora, Sikh Massacres 'Senseless' - ABC News
David Berkowitz, who gunned down 13 people, killing six, 35 years ago, says he hopes society takes the "glamour" out of guns. In the wake of the Aurora, Colo. theater massacre and the mass shooting at a Wisconsin Sikh temple, Berkowitz is calling for … Bolt targets record in Olympic finale
Usain Bolt is targeting a spectacular send-off as the Olympic track and field competition draws to a close on Saturday with Jamaica aiming to seal their sprinting supremacy. Colo. suspect said to have 'intellectual and emotional maturity' in Illinois application
DENVER – The Colorado theatre shooting suspect left a good impression on people he met in his pursuit of a neuroscience career, with a reference describing him as having a “great amount of intellectual and emotional maturity.”
Ian Thorpe unbowed by Australia's pool flop
Five-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe said on Saturday Australia's poor showing at the London Games had not dampened his comeback hopes and he expected his homeland to quickly return to form. AL Capsules: Rookie Manny Machado hits 2 homers to lead Orioles over Royals 7-1
BALTIMORE – Manny Machado thrust himself into the Orioles’ record book in his second major league game, hitting two home runs and driving in four runs to carry Baltimore past the Kansas City Royals 7-1 on Friday night.
Dallas County allows aerial spraying for 1st time in decades to fight West Nile virus outbreak
DALLAS – Suffering from the nation’s deadliest outbreak of West Nile virus this year, Dallas County authorized aerial spraying of insecticide on Friday for the first time in nearly five decades to help fight the mosquito-born illness.
Widowed giraffe at Polish zoo to get new mates
A young male giraffe widowed following a hooligan attack in May is set to get three new female partners at his zoo.
Nearly 150,000 Syrian refugees seek UN help
The U.N. refugee agency says nearly 150,000 people fleeing Syria's civil war have sought its help, a figure expected to rise significantly. Spanish police arrest 5 for 'Robin Hood' heist
Spanish police say they have arrested five left-wing union activists for their alleged role in a “Robin Hood”-style looting of a supermarket made to highlight the plight of people suffering through the country’s recession.
Japan to take islands dispute with Korea to international court - Reuters
US slaps sanctions on state-run oil company of Syria - Xinhua
Updated 11:56 PM ET (AP) NORFOLK, Va. – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will announce his running mate Saturday morning in Norfolk, Va., his campaign said Friday night. The short list of candidates -- if there is one -- is believed to … 
Mitt Romney will announce his running mate at 8:45 am ET Saturday in Norfolk, Va., Fox News confirms. Romney will launch his "The Romney Plan For A Stronger Middle Class" bus tour after announcing his choice for vice presidential candidate, … 
BOSTON (Reuters) – Mitt Romney's campaign accused President Barack Obama's re-election team on Friday of "unbelievable distortions," citing an online ad from a pro-Obama group in which a former steel worker seems to link Romney to the death of his wife … 
China dropped further behind the United States on the London Olympics medals table Friday after their first day without a win, as South Korea beat fierce rivals Japan to claim men's football bronze. 
South Korea's president has made a surprise, election-year visit to islets also claimed by Japan, which quickly reasserted its sovereignty there, recalled its ambassador from Seoul and warned that the trip would worsen the countries' strained relations. 
Iraq's minority Kurds are upping the ante with their go-it-alone oil policy, luring some of Big Oil's biggest players and again challenging Iraq's central government to a showdown over a shared export route. 
Just days before the eight-year deadline expires, the IOC formally stripped American cyclist Tyler Hamilton of his 2004 gold for doping Friday and awarded the medal to a Russian rider who now becomes a three-time Olympic champion. 
A Russian deputy premier has made a rude statement apparently aimed at Madonna regarding her support for the jailed members of a Russian punk band awaiting a verdict in their trial. 
NORFOLK, Virginia (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will announce his choice of a vice presidential running mate on Saturday, his campaign announced on Friday night, and there was immediate speculation that Congressman Paul Ryan … 
By Jackie Kucinich, USA TODAY NORFOLK, Va. – Mitt Romney will announce his vice presidential choice on Saturday the campaign announced late Friday night. The announcement is scheduled to take place at during an event at the USS Wisconsin, … 
Israel has been sending soldiers into Egypt's Sinai desert to stop African migrants before they reach the border, handing them over to Egyptian forces, human rights groups charged in a report released Friday. 
China's trade and domestic demand have weakened even faster than expected, adding to pressure on Beijing for a more aggressive stimulus to boost the world's second-largest economy out of its worst slump since the 2008 crisis. 
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's president has made a surprise, election-year visit to islets also claimed by Japan, which quickly reasserted its sovereignty there, recalled its ambassador from Seoul and warned that the trip would worsen the … 
AP Egyptian troops and security forces have detained nine Islamic militants in northern Sinai believed to be behind a surprise attack last weekend that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers, a security official says. It was the first reported arrest in … 
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico said on Friday it aims to recover an attractive broadcast spectrum held by private firms within five months and then resell it, a move that could break billionaire Carlos Slim's dominance of the telecoms industry. The government hopes to reclaim the 2.5 GHz band, which is ideal for servicing data-hungry devices like tablets and smartphones, and resell it to companies that could challenge Slim's America Movil. "We estimate the entire (recovery) process could take five months. … 
Now that the murder trial of Gu Kailai has ended, far more detailed accounts have emerged from inside the courtroom of the case that prosecutors built against Ms. Gu, the wife of one of China's most ambitious leaders. The accounts show her plotting … 
By Todd Sperry, CNN (CNN) -- Pumice, the lightweight stone used to smooth skin, is usually found in beauty salons, but on Thursday sailors from New Zealand's Royal Navy found nearly 10000 square miles of the lava rock bobbing on the surface of the South … 
By KAY JOHNSON, AP - 1 minute ago KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An Afghan police officer shot and killed three US Marines after sharing a meal with them before dawn Friday and then fled into the desolate darkness of southern Afghanistan, the third attack … 
When he landed in Lebanon to start a Mideast tour on Friday, John Baird sent a message about Canada's dominant concern about conflict in Syria: the fear it might spread. Mr. Baird's three-day mission, including meetings in Beirut and Amman, … 
The White House expressed confidence Friday that American intelligence will know if Iran escalates its nuclear program in a sprint to build an atomic bomb--a day after Israel's defense minister warned that the allies might not know "in time" to prevent … 
ON JULY 4, a single-engine plane took off from Lithuania and flew southeast toward Minsk, the capital of neighboring Belarus. The plane crossed into Belarus without any interference. Once near Minsk, the plane began to jettison 879 plush teddy bears, … 
Putting too much stock in presidential polls before the party conventions can be tricky. They are meaningful because they offer a snapshot of the state of play at the moment, but they are hardly predictive because many voters don't truly engage until … 
Sane people may be wondering why the New Zealand government utilized its elite counterterrorism unit to raid Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's mansion. And now, via the NZ Herald, we have our answer: the FBI actually believed Dotcom had a Dr. Strangelove-style "doomsday device" that was capable of wiping out all evidence of Internet piracy with the flick of a switch. During a judicial review of the raid at the High Court at Auckland on Friday, raid supervisor Detective Inspector Grant Wormald testified that the FBI told him that Dotcom "carried a device with him to delete servers around the world" that could be set off within seconds from multiple computers, laptops and smartphones within Dotcom's mansion. Needless to say, no such 
Chella Choi rallied with three birdies down the stretch for a four-under 67 and a one-shot lead after the second round of the LPGA Tour's Jamie Farr Toledo Classic. 
America's women smashed a sprint relay record which had stood since 1985, as Usain Bolt's teammates left him on the verge of yet more history at the London Olympics. 
Syrian troops and rebels clashed in the city of Aleppo, where several people died when a shell crashed into a bakery as hundreds of residents queued for bread, AFP correspondents said. 
The nation's punishing drought is pushing corn prices to record levels as the government predicted Friday that this season's yield will fall 15.5% to its lowest since 1995. In cutting its estimate for the corn crop, the US Department of Agriculture … 
WASHINGTON — On Aug. 18 last year, President Barack Obama issued a statement that for the first time demanded that Syrian leader Bashar Assad step aside. Similarly worded statements came from Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the … 
BEIJING -- The flamboyant police official who blew the whistle onChina's most sensational murder case by fleeing to a US Consulate appears headed for prosecution himself. Four underlings of the official, Wang Lijun, went on trial Friday on charges of … 
EL-ARISH, Egypt -- The new police chief peered through the black grill of a holding cell and asked a baby-faced prisoner inside when he had gotten there. The young man -- he might have been a teenager -- had been detained in the previous day or two as … 
NEW YORK (Reuters) – It's another one of those moments that always follow a big move in the stock market: Either you're a believer – or you're not. Right now, the market has its fair share of both. The S&P 500 is up 12 percent so far this year. Through July, it had its best first seven months since 2003 and its second- best seven-month run since 1998. That sounds like a bull market. But there is clearly a disconnect between the way markets have performed and the high level of caution among many investors. … 
In a photograph studio in Kenya's bustling capital, a line of nearly empty frames are lined up: gold, silver and bronze coloured, it was hoped they would be filled each time a Kenyan won an Olympic medal. 
By DANNY YADRON The Strategy: Negative campaigning has been a central feature of the presidential contest for months. This week, the campaign turned to outright name-calling, as President Barack Obama labeled his opponent's economic plan as "Robin Hood … 
* "Unbelievable distortions" in ad, Romney aide says * A negative campaign gets nastier * Romney prepares for bus tour, prepared to pick running mate By Steve Holland BOSTON, August 10 (Reuters) – Mitt Romney's campaign accused President Barack Obama's … 
The knives are out for Benjamin Lawsky, New York's top state banking regulator. This week the financial press has been full of nameless, faceless critics from the federal government anonymously attacking him for going it alone with money-laundering … 
China lost their appeal seeking to have hammer thrower Zhang Wenxiu awarded the bronze medal over an unusual technical glitch during the women's final here on Friday. 
Mitt Romney's campaign took to the airwaves Friday to condemn an ad that ties the Republican presidential candidate to a woman's death, releasing a TV ad of their own accusing President Obama's campaign of trying to "use the tragedy of a woman's death … 
By Hibah Yousuf August 10, 2012: 3:02 PM ET Corn prices hit a fresh record high Friday as the US government slashed its forecast for the drought-damaged corn crop even more than analysts were expecting. Corn prices rose more than 3% to an all-time high … 
OAK CREEK, Wis. -- Hundreds of people streamed into a Wisconsin high school Friday to pay their final respects to six worshippers gunned down by a white supremacist at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee. Somber, tearful mourners, most wearing scarves … 
* USDA slashes US corn crop estimate, cuts soy crop * USDA corn yield forecast below trade estimate * CBOT corn futures end lower after setting new high * USDA cuts FSU wheat production, but less than expected (Adds corn ending lower, weekly price … 
By Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON Aug 10 (Reuters) – The United States imposed a new round of largely symbolic penalties against Syria on Friday that targeted state-run oil company Sytrol and said it was exposing Hezbollah for providing support to … 
(CNN) — The wife of a former top Chinese politician has admitted to poisoning a British businessman, blaming a "total breakdown" for her actions that resulted in Neil Heywood's death, state news reported. The closely watched murder trial of Gu Kailai … 
Oscar Pistorius might have seen his South African relay team's Olympic medal hopes go up in smoke, but the history-making double amputee described his Games experience as "phenomenal" and "humbling". 
A conservationist says seven of the world's rarest rhinoceroses were photographed at a national park in Indonesia. It is the first sighting there in 26 years. 
Thousands of football fans were in Cardiff to watch South Korea win a bronze medal in the last Olympic match at the city's Millennium Stadium. South Korea became only the second Asian nation to win an Olympic men's football medal when they beat near … 
By AP | Aug.11, 2012 | 1:02 AM Egyptian security forces stand by their Armored Personnel Carriers ahead of a military operation in the northern Sinai peninsula, August 08, 2012. Photo by AFP The Associated Press Egyptian troops and security forces on … 
By Kevin Sieff and Javed Hamdard A man wearing an Afghan police uniform shot and killed three US Special Forces troops Thursday night as they met tribal leaders in southern Afghanistan, Afghan and US officials said. It was the 25th incident this year … 
By JILL LAWLESS, AP - 38 minutes ago LONDON (AP) -- The London Games are set to end in a blazing tribute to British pop and pizazz, with a closing ceremony that will see stars from the Spice Girls to The Who turn Olympic Stadium into a giant jukebox of … 
Canada's foreign affairs minister will tour a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan later this week as Canada prepares to dedicate itself to the humanitarian mission behind the brutal Syrian civil war, analysts said on Friday. Foreign Affairs Minister John … 
The US still believes that Iran is not on the verge of building a nuclear weapon, despite comments by Israel's defense minister that Washington has changed its assessment. A National Security Council spokesman confirmed Friday the US government … 
ADEN (Reuters) – A senior Yemeni military officer was killed when a bomb planted in his car exploded in the southeastern city of Mukalla in an attack blamed on al Qaeda, a security official said on Friday. The bombing was the latest in a series of attacks on senior figures or government institutions in Yemen since a U.S.-backed offensive drove Islamist militants linked to al Qaeda from their strongholds in the southern part of the country in June. … 
The political scandal surrounding one of China's most high-profile politicians, Bo Xilai, is the messiest to strike the ruling Communist Party in years, exposing divisions just ahead of a crucial leadership transition in the fall. Here's a look at the leading characters in the scandal and his wife's murder trial. 
(Reuters) – Standard Chartered is in talks with multiple law-enforcement officials, including New York's banking regulator, to resolve a probe into improper Iranian money transactions by the British bank, according to people familiar with the situation. The settlement negotiations are expected to last through the weekend and could result in a resolution by next week, these people said. The negotiations are at a delicate stage and could collapse, these people said. … 
A ticket-holder in Britain has won a record 190 million euros (over $230 million) in the Euro Millions lottery, the Francaise des Jeux announced on Friday. 
South Korea's men beat fierce Asian rivals Japan 2-0 in the play-off for bronze Friday to claim the country's first ever Olympic football medal.