Talks in Philadelphia transit strike break off PHILADELPHIA Negotiations aimed at ending a transit strike in Philadelphia broke off Saturday night over disagreement on pensions and the impact of possible national health care overhaul, and Pennsylvania's governor walked away from the negotiations.Va. Tech advises Army on Texas shootings response BLACKSBURG, Va. Virginia Tech administrators have been advising Pentagon officials on how to respond to the mass shootings at Fort Hood.Alleged Ohio serial killer rare among mass killers CLEVELAND Authorities say Anthony Sowell lured women into his home in a busy neighborhood, killed them most by strangulation and scattered their remains throughout the inside and buried some in the backyard.
Ida hurricane watch for Mexico's Caribbean coast CANCUN, Mexico Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico's Caribbean coast Saturday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats amid warnings that Tropical Storm Ida could become a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun.Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan forces KABUL U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of the country's west.Mexican army makes large opium seizure MORELIA, Mexico The Mexican army said Saturday it has seized a shipment of almost a quarter-ton of opium in the country's northern mountains, one of the largest such seizures made in Mexico.
