Tag: Nation

Court case could mean ‘death’ of software patents

Court case could mean ‘death’ of software patents

The Associated Press · December 6, 2013 7:53 pm

FDA approves first drug for rare erection disorder

FDA approves first drug for rare erection disorder

Washington Examiner · December 6, 2013 7:33 pm

Hillary Clinton: Mandela a ‘giant among us’

Hillary Clinton: Mandela a ‘giant among us’

Ken Thomas · December 6, 2013 5:26 pm

Obama, first lady to travel to South Africa next week to pay respects to Nelson Mandela

Obama, first lady to travel to South Africa next week to pay respects to Nelson Mandela

Washington Examiner · December 6, 2013 4:44 pm

Gov’t to extend authorizations for eagle deaths

Gov’t to extend authorizations for eagle deaths

Dina Cappiello · December 6, 2013 2:55 pm

In this Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, photo, a man sorts through cash after checking out at a Kmart, in New York. The Commerce Department reports how much consumers spent and earned in October on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

US consumer spending up 0.3 percent in October

Martin Crutsinger · December 6, 2013 1:46 pm

US consumer spending up 0.3 percent in October but wages and salaries post weak gain

US consumer spending up 0.3 percent in October but wages and salaries post weak gain

Washington Examiner · December 6, 2013 1:31 pm

US unemployment rate falls to 5-year low of 7 percent as employers add 203,000 jobs

US unemployment rate falls to 5-year low of 7 percent as employers add 203,000 jobs

Washington Examiner · December 6, 2013 1:30 pm

FILE- In thisTuesday, July 16, 2013, file photo, a covered vehicle sits in part of the new paint shop at Chrysler's Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Sterling Heights, Mich. The Commerce Department issues its second of three estimates of how fast the U.S. economy grew in the July-September quarter of 2013 on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. Analyst forecast that third-quarter growth will be revised to a 3.1 percent annual rate, faster than the initial estimate of 2.8 percent. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Solid November jobs report could give economy jolt

Josh Boak · December 6, 2013 5:15 am

In this Dec. 3, 2013, photo Onyango Obama, President Barack Obama's Kenyan-born uncle, arrives at U.S. Immigration Court for a deportation hearing. The White House said Dec. 5, that President Barack Obama briefly lived with an uncle who faced deportation from the United States, correcting its previous statements that the president had never met Onyango Obama. The 69-year-old, Kenyan-born half-brother of Obama's estranged father was granted permission this week to stay in the U.S. after ignoring a deportation order two decades ago. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

White House changes story on Obama’s uncle

Jim Kuhnhenn · December 6, 2013 3:50 am

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, about the death of Nelson Mandela. Obama says the world has lost an influential, courageous and 'profoundly good' man with the death of anti-apartheid icon Mandela. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama mourns death of icon Nelson Mandela

Julie Pace · December 6, 2013 2:45 am

President Barack Obama holds up Kylie Schmitter as she and her sister Lainey Schmitter, lights the menorah during the first of two Hanukkah receptions in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. The Schmitter girls attended the reception with their mother Drew Schmitter and their father Jacob could not attend because he is deployed in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama celebrates end of Hanukkah at White House

Darlene Superville · December 6, 2013 2:40 am