Tag: Nation

Man charged in subway rider’s death blames voices

Washington Examiner · December 8, 2012 4:06 pm

In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 photo, Traylor Renfro examines an American chestnut seedling growing from a diseased stump on his property in Grassy Creek, N.C. The American chestnut tree, the "redwood of the East," once towered over everything in the forest from Georgia to Maine. It provided the raw materials that fueled the young nation's westward expansion, and inspired poets. Then a blight struck, and by the 1950s, this mightiest of trees was all but extinct - "gone down like a slaughtered army," in one naturalist's words. A 50-foot chestnut nearby has yet to show signs of the blight that has all but wiped out the species. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)

Blighted icon: Volunteers aim to revive chestnut

allen-breed · December 8, 2012 3:04 pm

AP IMPACT: An insider attack: Trust cost 2 lives

Robert Burns · December 8, 2012 2:17 pm

4 aboard sailboat stranded near USVI rescued

Washington Examiner · December 8, 2012 2:12 pm

This undated photo provided by the FBI shows a Home Depot bucket containing gun parts, ammunition and other items discovered at a Parishville, N.Y. reservoir after a man jailed in Alaska admitted to a series of killings, including an Anchorage barista and a couple from Vermont. (AP Photo/FBI)

FBI says Alaska man killed people for fun

Mark Thiessen · December 8, 2012 9:29 am

FILE - In this April 5, 2007 file photo, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist talks to the media at the Miami airport, about the plan to restore voting and other civil rights to felons who have finished their sentences. Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has announced on Twitter that he's joining the Democratic Party, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Ex-Fla. Gov. Crist tweets he’s joining Democrats

Gary Fineout · December 8, 2012 9:25 am

Pearl Harbor survivor Daniel Fruchter, of Eastchester, N.Y., salutes members of a color guard from his wheelchair during a visit at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York, before ceremonies commemorating the 71st anniversary of the attack at Pearl Harbor, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. President Barack Obama marked the day on Thursday by issuing a presidential proclamation, calling for flags to fly at half-staff on Friday and asking all Americans to observe the day of remembrance and honor military service members and veterans. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Crowds, vets recall deadly attack on Pearl Harbor

Audrey McAvoy · December 8, 2012 9:16 am

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2012 photo, Karen Bach, Director of Budget, Products and Communications of the Arizona Lottery, announces during a news conference in Phoenix that one of the winning tickets in the $579.9 million Powerball jackpot was purchased in Fountain Hills, Ariz. The other ticket holders in last week's record $577.5 million Powerball jackpot have claimed their half of the prize but aren't stepping into the spotlight just yet, the Arizona Lottery said Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Man in Ariz. claims half of Powerball jackpot

Paul Davenport · December 8, 2012 9:14 am

In this file photo from Aug. 12, 2010, gay couple Tara Walsh, left, and Wen Minkoff embrace outside City Hall in San Francisco. The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, to hear the appeal of a ruling that struck down Proposition 8, the stateâs measure that banned same sex marriages. The highly anticipated decision by the court means same-sex marriages will not resume in California any time soon. The justices likely will not issue a ruling until spring of next year. A federal appeals court ruled in February that Proposition 8âs ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. But the court delayed implementing the order until same-sex marriage opponents proponents could ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the ruling. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Same-sex marriage cases get Supreme Court review

Mark Sherman · December 8, 2012 8:44 am

Elizabeth Johnson completes paperwork after being sentenced Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 in Phoenix. Johnson, an Arizona woman who was convicted in her young son's disappearance nearly three years ago was sentenced Friday to 5 1/4 years in prison after tearfully telling the judge she thought she deserved the maximum of 9 1/2 years. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Mark Henle) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES

Mom of missing boy gets 5 1/4 years in prison

Brian Skoloff · December 8, 2012 6:51 am

Soldier’s slaying in US is bitter irony for family

Dan Elliott · December 8, 2012 5:00 am

Twins have simultaneous and free hip replacements

Kathy Matheson · December 8, 2012 3:16 am