Tag: Nation

FILE - In a Tuesday, June 12, 2012 file photo, former President George H.W. Bush, and his wife, former first lady Barbara Bush, arrive for the premiere of HBO's new documentary on his life near the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said Wednesday, Dec. 26. 2012 that doctors at the Houston hospital where Bush has been treated for a month remain "cautiously optimistic" that he will recover. Still, no discharge date has been set, and McGrath says that doctors are being cautious because at Bush's age "sometimes issues crop up that are beyond anybody's ability to discern or foretell."(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Health of George H.W. Bush ‘improving’

Associated Press, Michael Graczyk · December 28, 2012 5:00 am

A vehicle stands abandoned facing in the wrong direction as traffic flows around floodwaters on Route 35 in Keyport, N.J., where an overnight storm caused coastal flooding, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Storm blows through East; 135K in dark in Arkansas

Holly Ramer · December 28, 2012 4:01 am

President Barack Obama waves to reporters as he steps off the Marine One helicopter and walks on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, as he returns early from his Hawaii vacation for meetings on the fiscal cliff. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama invites congressional leaders to cliff talk

David Espo · December 28, 2012 3:47 am

A burned city bus bench seen in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles on Thursday Dec. 27,2012 after police arrested a man for allegedly setting a 67-year-old woman on fire who was sleeping on the bus stop bench. Authorities said the man, who is in his 20s, was arrested early Thursday. Police said the attack occurred shortly after 1 a.m. outside a drug store. A witness said he saw a man come out of the store and pour something on the woman who had been sleeping on a bench before striking a match and setting her ablaze. The woman, who may be homeless, was taken to a hospital and listed in critical condition. (AP Photo/Greg Risling)

Woman set on fire in LA as she sleeps on bench

Greg Risling · December 28, 2012 3:28 am

Hawaii Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz speaks the state Capitol in Honolulu on Wednesday, Dec. 26. 2012 after Gov. Neil Abercrombie, right, announced he was appointing Schatz to fill the seat vacated by the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

Governor faces backlash in Hawaii with Senate pick

Becky Bohrer · December 28, 2012 2:48 am

Vegas police investigate discovery of girl’s body

Ken Ritter · December 28, 2012 2:24 am

Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf’s sister says he died of complications from pneumonia

Washington Examiner · December 28, 2012 2:22 am

This undated booking photo provided by the Milwaukee County SheriffÃs Department shows Ben Sebena, 30, of Menomonee Falls, Wis. Sebena was charged Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 with first-degree intentional homicide in the shooting death of his wife, Wauwatosa police officer Jennifer Sebena, 30. (AP Phoito/Milwaukee County SheriffÃs Department)

Husband charged in killing of Wisconsin officer

Dinesh Ramde · December 28, 2012 1:53 am

FILE - In a Tuesday, June 12, 2012 file photo, former President George H.W. Bush, and his wife, former first lady Barbara Bush, arrive for the premiere of HBO's new documentary on his life near the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said Wednesday, Dec. 26. 2012 that doctors at the Houston hospital where Bush has been treated for a month remain âcautiously optimisticâ that he will recover. Still, no discharge date has been set, and McGrath says that doctors are being cautious because at Bushâs age âsometimes issues crop up that are beyond anybodyâs ability to discern or foretell.â(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Chief of staff: Bush getting excellent treatment

Michael Graczyk · December 28, 2012 1:11 am

FILE - This Oct. 27, 2004 file photo shows Jack Lee Harelson, left, in Jackson County Circuit Court in Medford, Ore., with attorney Bob Abel. Authorities said Harelson, a former insurance agent and amateur archaeologist convicted of looting ancient Indian graves in the Nevada desert and later offering $10,000 in opals for a hit man to kill a former business partner, died Dec. 14, 2012 at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Ore. (AP Photo/Roy Musitelli, Pool, File)

Oregon man convicted in murder-for-hire plot dies

Jeff Barnard · December 28, 2012 12:33 am

Emails show OSU officials fretted over coverage

Sean Murphy · December 28, 2012 12:32 am

A look at military-style semiautomatic rifles

Brian Skoloff · December 28, 2012 12:21 am