change of heart and islamic states. k coming to the aid of kobani. u.s. has been pressuring turkey to help aid the kurds in kobani. to south africa, where oscar pistorius has been sentenced to five years in prison for killing his girlfriend. his lawyer says he must serve 10 months in jail and then could be sentenced to house arrest. he was convicted of the equivalent of manslaughter. he killed his model girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, when he fired four shots into a closed bathroom door. in russia, one of the heads of the world s largest oil companies has been killed in a plane crash when his plane struck a snow plow on a runway in moscow. investigators say the snowplow driver was drunk. apple is getting ready for another end of the year shopping spree. the complete forecast for the current quarter beat estimates. ceo tim cook says demand has been staggering. he would say that. the story with the ipad is not quite as good. sales of the tablet missed estimates, down 13% from on