Secret Service in disarray, fueling questions over Obama's safety

#GNN U.S: When Secret Service officer Timothy McCarthy took a bullet to protect Ronald Reagan in a 1981 assassination attempt and agent Jerry Parr shoved the president into a limousine, their quick reflexes projected a

U.S. defends Ebola response, about 50 under observation

#GNN U.S: U.S. officials on Friday broadly defended the response to the country's first case of Ebola, although one acknowledged that while the government was confident of containing the virus, it had been "rocky" in D

Missouri police make arrests as protests persist over black teen killing

#GNN U.S: Police in Ferguson, Missouri arrested several people, an official said on Friday, following another night of protests over the police shooting of a black teenager in August. Protests have been staged almos

Fire burning at Pennsylvania memorial for 9/11 victims: official

#GNN U.S: A major fire broke out on Friday at the Flight 93 National Memorial's headquarters complex in Pennsylvania, causing no reported injuries but extensive damage near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, crash of a hi

New Mexico police shooting ruled unjustified, charges weighed

#GNN U.S: A special prosecutor may soon be appointed to determine whether to press criminal charges against two New Mexico police officers after a grand jury ruled that a 2013 shooting of a motorist in Santa Fe was unj

I Just Used Nimbl To Get 40 Bucks Delivered To The AOL Office

And now there’s an Uber for cash. I first became aware Nimbl earlier this afternoon, when I saw some skeptical commentary about it on Twitter. The idea, basically, is that you can use the app to call a Nimbl “runner

Airbnb Lifestyle: The Rise Of The Hipster Nomad

Editor’s note: Prerna Gupta is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor, currently working on a stealth project; she is also a nomad. For the past year, I’ve lived exclusively in temporary housing I’ve found on si

Yahoo Acquires Mobile Messaging App MessageMe

#GNN #Yahoo has acquired #mobile #messaging application MessageMe, a Whatsapp-like service with $11.9 million in reported outside funding. The deal, we’re hearing from multiple sources, is a talent acquisition falling

'Earnings stripping': The next tax-dodging strategy in Obama's crosshairs?

#GNN finance / WASHINGTON: When the Obama administration clamped down last month on companies that reincorporate abroad to escape high U.S. taxes, it did not address a tax-dodging technique known as "earnings stripping

ECB targets bundled-debt market to boost economy

#GNN finance / NAPLES Italy: The European Central Bank laid out plans on Thursday to buy rebundled packets of debt within weeks to shore up the flagging euro zone economy and its president said the bank would do more i

Denmark says EU green energy deal best way to sanction Russia

#GNN Russia: A European Union deal to cut fuel use and increase renewable energy would be a better punishment on Moscow than more sanctions as it would clearly show the EU means to cut reliance on Russian gas, Denmark'

Liberia says may prosecute man who flew to U.S. with Ebola

#GNN Health Africa: Liberia could prosecute a national who flew to the United States and was diagnosed with the Ebola for making a false statement on travel documents, the head of the West African nation's airport auth

French troops edge closer to Libya border to cut off Islamists

#GNN PARIS: France is setting up a base in northern Niger as part of an operation aimed at stopping al Qaeda-linked militants from crisscrossing the Sahel-Sahara region between southern Libya and Mauritania, officials

Rousseff widens Brazil election lead, challengers even

#GNN Brazil: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has extended her lead ahead of Sunday's election and would win re-election in a likely second-round runoff, while her main challengers are running neck-and-neck for secon

An environmentalist's calculated push toward Brazil's presidency

#GNN Brazil: In March 2003, three months into her tenure as Brazil's environment minister, Marina Silva gathered a half-dozen aides at the modernist ministry building in Brasilia, the capital. She told them the new g

Mexico captures drug lord Beltran Leyva: government source

#GNN MEXICO CITY: Hector Beltran Leyva, head of a family crime syndicate that waged a bloody conflict in Mexico with a former ally, drug kingpin Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, was captured on Wednesday, an interior ministry

Kidnapped Texas girl found in Mexico after 12-year search: police

BY TONY C. DREIBUS / #GNN - AUSTIN Texas: A Texas girl kidnapped 12 years ago at the age of four and taken to Mexico by her mother has been found, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday. Sabrina Allen was taken f

Reaction: Pakistan welcomes US-Afghan deal

#GNN - #Pakistan has welcomed the bilateral security agreement between the US and Afghanistan, saying that it would help in providing the new Afghan government with economic and military resources. Talking to the BBC

Successful talks: Govt and #PAT likely to strike a deal

#GNN - #ISLAMABAD: Negotiations between the #government and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) are likely to bear fruit in a day or two as both parties are continuously engaged with each other to reach a final consensus draf

Fighting for rights: Asma Jehangir receives French honour

#GNN - #ISLAMABAD: Honouring the efforts of the lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jehangir, the French Ambassador Philippe Thiebaud presented her with the award of ‘Officier de la Legion d’Honneur’ on Tuesday at a

ECP issues list of lawmakers who failed to submit their asset details

#GNN - #ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday issued a list of lawmakers who have not submitted details of their assets, Express News reported. The deadline to submit details expired on September 3