Number of calls swamps DCS child abuse hotline
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Department of Children's Services is trying to more quickly answer hotline calls about suspected child abuse.
According to The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/RZgYLg ) that line rings more than 400 times daily. And usually, the caller is put on "hold." The department says that results in as many as 25% of them
...Landmark mosque in Aleppo burned in fighting
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered on Monday immediate repairs to a historic mosque in the city of Aleppo, a move likely aimed at containing Muslim outrage after fierce fighting between rebels and regime forces set parts of the mosque on fire over the weekend.
Government troops
...Akin getting campaign help from reality TV stars
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin is getting some help from a large Arkansas family that has its own TV reality show.
Akin's campaign says the family of Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar will be appearing at several of his campaign events this week. The Duggars star on the TLC reality show "19 Kids and Counting," which gets
...Centrist Sen. Specter died fighting for moderation
Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Arlen Specter, a pugnacious and prominent former moderate in the U.S. Senate who developed the single-bullet theory in President John F. Kennedy's assassination and played starring roles in Supreme Court confirmation hearings, lost a battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma at a time
...Candidates consumed by debate preparations
By JULIE PACE and STEVE PEOPLES
Associated Press
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - With the White House race barreling toward the finish, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney were staying out of the spotlight Monday, underscoring the intense focus each campaign is placing on the second presidential debate.
Obama's campaign, seeking to
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