The Security Council agreed to a Saturday vote on sanctions. Negotiators eliminated a mention of military enforcement that had brought objections from China and Russia.
America's pediatricians have struck a blow for all moms tired of driving the kids to endless rounds of sports practices and lessons–and for all kids who'd rather just hang out at home.
The group's chairman and adviser resigned this week, for reasons that are not clear. As he resigned, the adviser sent a letter urging local Republican officials to "sever all ties to this chapter of the College Republicans," the Daily Collegian reports. Officials who received the letter would not explain the former adviser's reasons. But the College Republicans plan to move on anyway; the group yesterday elected a new chairman, who said his "first order of business" will be to work with local Republicans. Maybe they'll have some advice about party unity.
AP - Results from an initial air sampling after North Korea's announced nuclear test showed no evidence of radioactive particles that would be expected from a successful nuclear detonation, a U.S. government intelligence official said Friday.
AP - Buffalo lay all but paralyzed Friday after a record-breaking early snowstorm whited out the brilliant colors of fall, buried pumpkins and apples and caught this city famous for its wintry weather flat-flooted. At least three deaths were blamed on the storm.
AP - The body of a University of Vermont student was found along a rural road Friday, and police said they were questioning a man who lent her his cell phone on the night she vanished nearly a week ago.
A man and a woman clutching two children, were found shot to death Friday at an isolated stretch of Florida's Turnpike. "The woman, in a defensive posture, had both of the children surrounded underneath her arms, in an effort... to protect them from the gunfire," said County Sheriff Ken J. Mascara. He added it was not a murder-suicide.
Diplomats say a U.N. Security Council vote on punitive sanctions against North Korea is near, but likely not as soon as the United States wishes. Kenzo Oshima, Japanese ambassador to the United Nations, all but ruled out a Friday vote despite U.S. efforts to get a decision on a draft resolution by the end of the day.