Tag: Nation

Authorities in NY: 4 firefighters shot, 2 dead at blaze near Rochester

Washington Examiner · December 24, 2012 3:21 pm

Robert Frost’s Christmas cards collected in NH

Holly Ramer · December 24, 2012 3:02 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo, Piers Morgan, host of CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight," leaves the CNN building in Los Angeles. More than 31,400 people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the U.S. over his gun-control views. Morgan has taken an aggressive stand for tighter U.S. gun laws in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. Last week, he called a gun advocate appearing on his "Piers Morgan Tonight" show an "unbelievably stupid man." Now, gun-rights activists are fighting back. A petition created Dec. 21 on the White House e-petition website by a user in Texas accuses Morgan of engaging in a "hostile attack against the U.S. Constitution" by targeting the Second Amendment and demands he be deported immediately. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Thousands sign US petition to deport Piers Morgan

Washington Examiner · December 24, 2012 2:31 pm

In this Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011 photo, Gen. Carter Ham, head of the U.S. African command, attends a conference on terrorism in the Sahara in Algiers, Algeria. A U.S. Army brigade will begin sending small teams into as many as 35 African nations in early 2013, part of an intensifying Pentagon effort to train countries to battle extremists and give the U.S. a ready and trained force to dispatch to Africa if crises requiring the U.S. military emerge. Ham, the top U.S. commander in Africa, noted that the brigade has a small drone capability that could be useful in Africa. But he also acknowledged that he would need special permission to tap it for that kind of mission. (AP Photo)

Army teams going to Africa as terror threat grows

Lolita Baldor · December 24, 2012 10:12 am

This Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 booking photo provided by the Alexandria, Va. Police Department shows Idaho U.S. Sen. Michael Crapo. Crapo was arrested early Sunday morning, Dec. 23, 2012 and charged with driving under the influence in a Washington, D.C., suburb, authorities said. (AP Photo/Alexandria Police Department)

DUI charge: Jan. 4 court date for Idaho Sen. Crapo

Washington Examiner · December 24, 2012 9:53 am

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks to reporters about the fiscal cliff negotiations at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Hopes for avoiding the "fiscal cliff" that threatens the U.S. economy fell Friday after fighting among congressional Republicans cast doubt on whether any deal reached with President Barack Obama could win approval ahead of automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts kick in Jan. 1. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Anti-tax conservatives say no to tax-increase deal

Steve Peoples · December 24, 2012 9:11 am

Heroic actions bring change in tone on teachers

Christine Armario · December 24, 2012 8:33 am

Lawmakers look to restrict gun magazine capacity

Kevin Freking · December 24, 2012 8:26 am

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2002 file photo, Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee Bill McBride, center, talks to supporters during a campaign stop in Orlando, Fla. McBride, the Florida Democrat who defeated Janet Reno for the party's gubernatorial nomination in 2002 but lost to Republican Gov. Jeb Bush, has died at the age of 67. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Ex-Florida governor candidate McBride dies at 67

Jennifer Kay · December 24, 2012 5:34 am

The Troy family poses for a group photo in their Long Beach, N.Y., home., which is under renovation courtesy of Donald Denihan, a stranger who wanted to help a family impacted by Superstorm Sandy,. Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Denihan, who considers himself lucky to have survived three near-death experiences, is paying for renovations to the Troy's home . From left are Katie, 4, mother Kerry Ann, 12 year-old Connor, who suffers from a life-threatening neuromuscular disease, firefighter Chris Troy, and Ryan, 13. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

For family that lost home to Sandy, ‘a miracle’

Helen O'neill · December 24, 2012 5:29 am

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attend a memorial service for the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama’s Christmas vacation in Hawaii: Day 2

Washington Examiner · December 24, 2012 4:05 am

The National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, gestures during a news conference in response to the Connecticut school shooting on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 in Washington. The nation's largest gun-rights lobby is calling for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings." (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Unwavering NRA opposes any new gun restrictions

Kevin Freking · December 24, 2012 12:28 am