Tag: Nation

US sailors sue Japanese utility over radiation

Washington Examiner · December 28, 2012 8:35 pm

US oil, gas exploration rigs drop this week by 11

Washington Examiner · December 28, 2012 8:19 pm

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 24, 2012 file photo, U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Richard Scobie, right, his son Andrew, center, and wife Janis, all take phone calls from children asking where Santa is and when he will deliver presents to their house, during the annual NORAD Tracks Santa Operation, at the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo. NORAD said Friday, Dec. 28, it drew a record number of phone calls and social media followers during its NORAD Tracks Santa operation on Christmas Eve. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

NORAD Santa trackers draw record number of calls

Washington Examiner · December 28, 2012 8:16 pm

In this Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 photo, work continues on the construction of a new domed gym at Edna High School in Edna, Texas. The hurricane dome, a structure being built in part with money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, can be used to house first responders or residents evacuated during a storm. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Texas builds ‘hurricane domes’ for double-duty

Juan Lozano · December 28, 2012 8:06 pm

Trains carrying more oil across US amid boom

JOSH FUNKMATTHEW BROWN · December 28, 2012 7:24 pm

Spokesman: Former President George H.W. Bush remains in intensive care, ‘continues to improve’

Washington Examiner · December 28, 2012 6:42 pm

NYC expects 2012 to have fewest murders on record

Tom Hays · December 28, 2012 6:37 pm

From left, Naveera Karim, Ayesha Akhtar and Anwar Abdulrehman, members of the Islamic Society of Western Connecticut, attend an interfaith prayer vigil to remember the victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shootings Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. Friday morning marked two weeks since a gunman killed 20 children and six educators at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. (AP Photo/Danbury News-Times, Carol Kaliff)

Vigil marks 2 weeks since Conn. school massacre

John Christoffersen · December 28, 2012 6:22 pm

FILE - In this May 10, 2001, file photo, El Cajon, Calif., Police department school resource officer Rich Agundez Jr., who confronted and wounded a student who attacked Granite Hills High School with a shotgun in 2001, testifies in El Cajon. The National Rifle Associationâs response to a Connecticut school massacre envisions, in part, having trained, armed volunteers in every school in America. But Agundez, school safety experts and school board members say thereâs a huge difference between a trained law enforcement officer who becomes part of the school family _ and a guard with a gun. (AP Photo/U-T San Diego, John Gastaldo) SAN DIEGO COUNTY OUT; NO SALES; COMMERCIAL INTERNET OUT; FOREIGN OUT

Experts: Trained police needed for school security

Larry Margasak · December 28, 2012 6:09 pm

Wis. couple says pet chicken alerted them to blaze

Carrie Antlfinger · December 28, 2012 6:05 pm

Oregon chase tops 100 mph; 2 children in back seat

Washington Examiner · December 28, 2012 5:09 pm

Flight returns to Albany, NY, after smoke report

Washington Examiner · December 28, 2012 4:32 pm