The Washington Post OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland, Calif. police union on Tuesday slammed the mayor for her stance on the city’s Occupy Wall Street protests, further testing the embattled leader’s administration a day before demonstrators planned a… more »

NBC New York View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com. A freak October Nor'Easter thrashed the tri-state with heavy snow and wild wind gusts, stranding motorists, downing trees and causing outages for more than 1 million tri-state… more »

UK Telegraph By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard German finance minister Wolfgang Schauble said it would be a folly to boost the EU's bail-out machinery (EFSF) beyond its €440bn lending limit by deploying leverage to up to €2 trillion, perhaps by raisin… more »

Accuweather.com By Bill Deger, Meteorologist Hurricane Irene made landfall on Cape Lookout in eastern North Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane and will continue track to the north with conditions deteriorating for millions across the mid-Atlantic t… more »

By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles TimesAugust 20, 2011, 6:39 a.m.Reporting from Beirut—Iranian authorities sentenced two Americans arrested and detained along the Iran-Iraq border to eight years in prison, state television cited an unnamed judi… more »