Tag: Nation

Pinnacle to buy Ameristar Casinos for about $869M

Washington Examiner · December 21, 2012 2:37 pm

In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 publicity photo released by FOX X FACTOR season two winner Tate Stevens performs during THE X FACTOR Finale Thursday night Dec. 22, 2012 on FOX. (AP Photo/FOX, Ray Mickshaw)

Country singer Tate Stevens wins Fox’s ‘X Factor’

Washington Examiner · December 21, 2012 1:58 pm

State lawmakers, governors talk guns after Newtown

Washington Examiner · December 21, 2012 10:12 am

LL Bean CEO Chris McCormack, right, and company spokesman Carolyn Beem prepare packages for shipping at the company's order fulfillment center, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in Freeport, Maine. At this time of the year the company's white-collar executives have abandoned their desks in favor of the shipping department at L.L. Bean, part of a final push to get things shipped in time for Christmas. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

It’s all-hands-on-deck for final retail push

David Sharp · December 21, 2012 7:58 am

Peter Madoff exits Manhattan federal court after receiving a 10 year sentence for his participation in the largest Ponzi scheme in history, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

Bernard Madoff’s brother gets 10-year sentence

COLLEEN LONGLARRY NEUMEISTER · December 21, 2012 7:54 am

In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 photo, Michael Sciaraffo, as Santa Claus, arrives at the home of the Creamer family to deliver toys in the Belle Harbor neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. Using Facebook, Sciaraffo started a charitable enterprise to collect and personally deliver toys to children affected by superstorm Sandy, dressed as Santa Claus. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

“Sandy Claus” delivers toys to storm-stricken kids

Meghan Barr · December 21, 2012 7:51 am

FILE - In this June 6, 2012, file photo, a man looks at the tsunami dock that washed ashore on Agate Beach in Newport, Ore. A decision by a federal agency means Oregon may have to eat $350,000 it has spent on tsunami cleanup, including thousands to destroy and remove a 200-ton dock. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Weather prevents dock inspection on Wash. coast

Doug Esser · December 21, 2012 4:48 am

A flight information screen displays canceled flights as passenger walk at Midway airport in Chicago, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The first widespread snowstorm of the season crawled across the Midwest on Thursday, with whiteout conditions stranding holiday travelers. The storm led airlines to cancel about 1,000 flights ahead of the Christmas holiday â relatively few compared to past big storms, though the number was climbing. Southwest Airlines scratched all of its flights scheduled after 4:30 p.m. today at Midway. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Snow in Midwest leaves some travelers scrambling

DAVID PITTMARGERY BECK · December 21, 2012 4:32 am

Correction: Paintball Argument-Shooting story

Washington Examiner · December 21, 2012 3:11 am

Senator jokes about Speaker Boehner’s ‘Plan B’

Washington Examiner · December 21, 2012 3:06 am

Fla. teen arrested for threat to ‘shoot everyone’

Washington Examiner · December 21, 2012 2:16 am

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2012 file photo, FedEx workers sort packages at the Oakland Regional Sort Facility in Oakland, Calif. A storm bringing heavy winds and snow to much of the Midwest on Thursday, Dec. 20 â the heaviest shipping day of the year â could mean that some packages might not make it under the tree in time for Christmas. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

All we want for Christmas is our gifts on time!

Mae Anderson · December 21, 2012 1:57 am