Tag: Nation

US housing permits rise at fastest pace in 5 years on apartments; houses remain mostly flat

US housing permits rise at fastest pace in 5 years on apartments; houses remain mostly flat

Washington Examiner · November 26, 2013 1:31 pm

FILE - This May 22, 2013 file photo shows customer at a Hobby Lobby store in Denver. President Barack Obama's health care law is headed for a new Supreme Court showdown over companies' religious objections to the law's birth-control mandate. The administration wants the court to hear its appeal of the Denver-based federal appeals court ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby, an Oklahoma City-based arts and crafts chain that calls itself a "biblically founded business" and is closed on Sundays. Founded in 1972, the company now operates more than 500 stores in 41 states and employs more than 13,000 full-time employees who are eligible for health insurance. The Green family, Hobby Lobby's owners, also owns the Mardel Christian bookstore chain. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

Supreme Court weighs new health law dispute

Mark Sherman · November 26, 2013 8:09 am

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about immigration reform, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, at the Betty Ann Ong Chinese Recreation Center in San Francisco. Obama is traveling on a three day West Coast swing to Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles that will feature a bit of official business but mostly fundraising for the Democratic party. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama pushes back against critics of Iran deal

Julie Pace · November 26, 2013 6:07 am

APNewsBreak: Ex-NHLers sue league on concussions

APNewsBreak: Ex-NHLers sue league on concussions

Frederic J. Frommer · November 26, 2013 1:33 am

Woman pleads guilty to stealing $5M from nonprofit

Woman pleads guilty to stealing $5M from nonprofit

Washington Examiner · November 25, 2013 10:47 pm

This undated handout photo provided by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/ Energy Department shows a Cessna plane, making continuous observations of carbon dioxide, flying over an Atmospheric Radiation Measurement tower used by the Energy Department near the town of Lamont, Oklahoma. Pat Dowell, a research technician at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is collecting flask samples from the tower. America is spewing 50 percent more methane _ a potent heat-trapping gas _ than the federal government estimates, a new comprehensive scientific study said. And much of it is coming from just three energy-and-cow heavy states: Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. (AP Photo/Roy Kaltschmidt, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.)

Study: US spewing 50% more methane than EPA says

Seth Borenstein · November 25, 2013 10:27 pm

This photo taken July 29, 2013, shows The National Cathedral in Washington. Struggling to cover its costs, Washington National Cathedral has decided to begin charging an admission fee for tourists who visit the church beginning in 2014. Cathedral officials say they will charge a $10 fee for adults and $6 for children, seniors and military. Admission will be free on Sundays and for those who visit to worship or pray on weekdays. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Cathedral in DC to charge tourist fee

Brett Zongker · November 25, 2013 10:09 pm

FILE - In this file photo made June 30, 2010 three Avandia pills are displayed near the bottle in Palo Alto, Calif. The Food and Drug Administration said Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, it is lifting severe safety restrictions on the former blockbuster diabetes pill Avandia, citing recent data suggesting that the much-debated medication does not increase the risk of heart attack. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

FDA overturns safety limits on diabetes drug

Matthew Perrone · November 25, 2013 9:55 pm

Rice, Karzai disagree in meeting on security pact

Rice, Karzai disagree in meeting on security pact

Washington Examiner · November 25, 2013 9:50 pm

Health website call center closed on Thanksgiving

Health website call center closed on Thanksgiving

Washington Examiner · November 25, 2013 9:40 pm

Prospects brighten for small-scale budget deal

Prospects brighten for small-scale budget deal

Andrew Taylor · November 25, 2013 8:51 pm

FDA tells 23andMe to halt sales of genetic test

Matthew Perrone · November 25, 2013 8:19 pm