Tag: Nation

New EPA rule could upend high court runoff case

Mark Sherman · December 3, 2012 2:09 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2010 file photo, Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Dr. Bill Hazel speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Conservative opponents of President Barack Obama's health care law are leaning on lawmakers to turn down the Medicaid money. Hospitals, doctors' groups, advocates for the poor, and some business associations are pressing them to accept it. âHere's the big thing: The state does not want to expand Medicaid and get stuck with the bill,â said Dr. Bill Hazel, Virginia's health secretary. âOur legislators do not like to raise taxes to pay for a benefit someone else has promised. The concerns we have ... are around federal solvency and the ability of the federal government to meet its commitment.â (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Brinksmanship on Obama Medicaid expansion for poor

Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar · December 3, 2012 1:36 pm

Homeless man shoeless again in NYC despite boots

Washington Examiner · December 3, 2012 12:52 pm

In this Nov. 17, 2012, photo, Sarah Jane Coffman practices the viola with the Hiland Mountain Correctional Facility Orchestra in Eagle River, Alaska. After serving a 14-year sentence for murder, Sarah Jane Coffman, a founding member of the women's string orchestra at the prison in 2003, will debut as a citizen member when the two annual holiday concerts are held Dec. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Alaska inmates find identity in orchestra

Mark Thiessen · December 3, 2012 9:25 am

Partisan split over UN Ambassador Rice widens

Matthew Lee · December 3, 2012 8:48 am

FILE - This undated handout photo provided by the Anchorage Police Department shows Israel Keyes. Keyes, charged in the death of an Alaska barista, has killed himself, and authorities say he was linked to at least seven other possible slayings in three other states. Keyes was found dead in his Anchorage jail cell Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. Officials say it was a suicide. (AP Photo/Anchorage Police, file)

Man in barista death linked to 7 other killings

Rachel D'oro · December 3, 2012 5:01 am

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks at Lincoln High School in Gahanna, Ohio. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer. Five states announced Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, they will add at least 300 hours of learning time to the calendar in some schools starting in 2013. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

5 states to increase class time in some schools

Josh Lederman · December 3, 2012 5:00 am

Law enforcement officers watch as a bus which hit a concrete overpass at Miami International Airport is hauled away, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 in Miami. The vehicle was too tall for the 8-foot-6-inch entrance to the arrivals area, and buses are supposed to go through the departures area which has a higher ceiling, according to an airport spokesperson. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

2 dead in bus crash into overpass at Miami airport

Suzette Laboy · December 3, 2012 4:33 am

A group of Santas ride a chairlift, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012, at the Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry, Maine. More than 250 skiers and snowboarders participated in the annual Santa Sunday event to raise money to benefit the Bethel Rotary Club's Christmas for Children program.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Skiing Santas hit the slopes in Maine

Washington Examiner · December 3, 2012 3:23 am

Boston church votes to sell book published in 1640

Jay Lindsay · December 3, 2012 3:14 am

Counselor: Manning’s history showed self-harm risk

David Dishneau · December 3, 2012 1:39 am

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2008, file photo, Carmen Tarleton is interviewed in her home in Thetford , Vt. The Vermont woman who was disfigured and blinded in a lye attack by her ex-husband has written a book recounting her experiences. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Lye attack victim writes of blessings, forgiveness

Lisa Rathke · December 3, 2012 12:37 am