Late News..........

A Few Thoughts on Gun Control

Obama would just love to delay those defense-cu​t-related pink slips until after the election

Carbon emissions down thanks to fracking

Guess who else won't be going to Tampa

Chavez's gasoline rationing plan causes uproar

Syrian Kurds give ultimatum to Assad's security forces

More Kurdish cities in Syrian Kurdistan liberated as Assad's army withdraws from area

Syria army retains grip on border gate with Northern Iraq

Fighting renewed near Iraqi borders, security forces prevent Syrian refugees from entering

Iran introduces tiered exchange rates for imports

Unemployme​nt up in 6 of 10 swing states

Recession deepens as British economy shrinks for third straight quarter

Worst drought in decades in the American heartlands threatens to put farmers out of business

Syria rebels seize north Iraq crossing: Iraq governor

Germany may need to - er - "adjust" its own clean-ener​gy standards