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(CNN) -- The United States has pulled its ambassador out of Syria as a "result of credible threats against his personal safety," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Monday, accusing Syria of "incitement" against Ambassador Robert Ford.

A week into the N.H.L. season, a backlash has developed against the league's crackdown on boarding and checks to the head. But its relatively small scale has highlighted how sharply the debate over the physical nature of hockey, including the role of fighting, has evolved - especially in Canada, where reports on the long-term effects of blows to players' heads has been dominating the news.

"HAWTHORNE, Nev. - A mortar shell explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the use of the weapons until an investigation can determine their safety, officials said Tuesday."

"Gov. Chris Christie signed an executive order today instituting gas rationing for the purchase of fuel by motorists in 12 counties. Calling the fuel supply a "shortage" that could endanger public health, safety and welfare, the rationing will take place in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Monmouth, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren counties."

""(Journalism) kids have rights. They have the right to be right. They have the right to make mistakes and the right to learn from those mistakes." So are the words of this year's JEA Administrator of the Year-and my principal-Evans Branigan III. If only more folks in administrative jobs would get behind this philosophy. Just like any students participating in any other activities, mistakes are made. Some mistakes are small, some not-so-small, but it is important educators provide an experience that is real to their students, and a safety net to catch them should they err."

West Virginia's governor on Tuesday named a former head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration to lead a state investigation into last week's coal mine explosion that left 29 miners dead.

(CNN) -- This year's Nobel Peace Prize is shared between three women, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and activist Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and rights activist Tawakkul Karman of Yemen, the Nobel committee in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, announced Friday. The women were awarded the prize "for their nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work," the committee said.

DENVER - Whatever the original impulse behind "Occupy Wall Street," or the speculation of what the movement might become, this much is true: The groups of protesters, now camping or hanging out in many American cities, and the police agencies that have responsibility for public safety and order, are both shifting into new postures of action and response

DENVER - Whatever the original impulse behind "Occupy Wall Street," or the speculation of what the movement might become, this much is true: The groups of protesters, now camping or hanging out in many American cities, and the police agencies that have responsibility for public safety and order, are both shifting into new postures of action and response.

It's National Teen Driver Safety Week this week. Considering that auto crashes are the number-one cause of death for teenagers, it's a good time to think about your (and your friends') driving habits.

Updated Sep 22, 2011 10:17 AM ET Linebacker Bryan Kehl wasn't surprised by the actions by Giants safety Deon Grant and linebacker Jacquian Williams on Monday night when they allegedly faked injuries to slow down the Rams' no-huddle offense and save a timeout in the first quarter. Perry Fewell coaches that," Kehl said.

Crocs, those quirky, brightly colored rubber clogs, may have fallen out of fashion with the masses since 2007. But for nurses and doctors, the comfortable and easy-to-clean shoes are a lifeline.

Cars heading west on Walter Foran Boulevard can go straight across Rt. 31 from the middle lane or the right lane. However, just east of Rt. 31, the two lanes must merge quickly and often dangerously, and I'm sure not all drivers in the right lane know that their lane will vanish momentarily. Solution: the right lane should only be for right turns north onto Rt. 31. Now that we have a beautiful new alignment at the intersection of North Main and Park Avenue, why was a left-turn arrow not been incorporated into the traffic light? The time to make these kinds of decisions is during major construction.