Tag: Nation

Accrediting panel puts U. of Virginia on warning after failed attempt to oust president

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2012 5:44 pm

Juvenile driver from chopper shooting recaptured

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2012 5:34 pm

NY’s top court: NYC gang member not a terrorist

Michael Virtanen · December 11, 2012 5:31 pm

FILE - This undated file aerial photo provided by the Louisiana State Police via The Shreveport Times shows part of the smokeless explosive powder improperly stored outside Explo Systems Inc., a munitions dismantling facility at Camp Minden at Doyline, La. Explo Systems is currently under investigation for improperly storing millions of pounds of a military propellant, prompting the evacuation of the nearby town of Doyline. Documents reviewed by The Associated Press show Explo Systems Inc. was previously cited for safety violations in 2007 after old Army explosives were used in mining operations in West Virginia. (AP Photo/Louisiana State Police via The Shreveport Times)

APNewsBreak: Explo faced scrutiny before La. scare

Holbrook Mohr · December 11, 2012 4:53 pm

Penn students give out $100K in philanthropy class

Kathy Matheson · December 11, 2012 3:44 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2006 file photo, Jose Padilla, center, is escorted to a waiting police vehicle by federal marshals near downtown Miami. The American Civil Liberties Union says it will ask the OAS' human rights commission to investigate the U.S. government for allegedly violating the rights of convicted terrorism plotter Jose Padilla by labeling him an "enemy combatant" a decade ago and subjecting him to interrogation that amounted to torture, including sleep and sensory deprivation in solitary confinement. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, File)

AP Exclusive: ACLU seeks OAS probe of Padilla case

PETER JAMES SPIELMANN · December 11, 2012 3:25 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, people attending an Amendment 64 watch party celebrate after a local television station announced the marijuana amendment's passage in Denver. Using marijuana for recreational use is now effectively legal in Colorado. Gov. John Hickenlooper declared a voter-approved marijuana legalization amendment as part of the state constitution on Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. It was the last procedural step needed for the amendment to take effect. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Marijuana legalization low-key by design in Colo.

Kristen Wyatt · December 11, 2012 1:33 pm

Delta Air Lines to buy 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic, eyeing better access to Heathrow

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2012 1:06 pm

Jet fuel pumped into cars at 3 NJ gas stations

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2012 12:56 pm

In a 1988 photo Manuel Pardo listens as his sentence is read; he was found guilty of nine counts of murder. Pardo, 56, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday night Dec. 10, 2012, at Florida State Prison in Starke barring a last-minute stay, fulfilling a request he made to jurors at his 1988 trial. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, ) MAGS OUT NO SALES

Former Fla. police officer scheduled for execution

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2012 11:35 am

Delta buys 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic

Joshua Freed · December 11, 2012 8:16 am

FILE - This April 2, 2012 file photo shows Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor in Washington. Sotomayor says in her upcoming memoir that her lifelong battle against diabetes and the fear that she might die early played a big part in her decision not to have children. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

APNewsBreak: Sotomayor book offers personal look

Mark Sherman · December 11, 2012 7:47 am