A federal commission charged with building a national memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower voted unanimously Wednesday to approve architect Frank Gehry's design for a park near the National Mall, allowing the project to move forward over the objections of Eisenhower's family.
Biden calls for DC voting rights during tribute
Valerie Bonk, Associated Press |
posted 9 minutes ago
Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday used a tribute to 19th-century abolitionist Frederick Douglass to renew the call for equal voting rights for people who live in the nation's capital.
Oversight board concerned about NSA surveillance
Stephen Braun, Associated Press |
posted 15 minutes ago
In an interview this week with television talk show host Charlie Rose, Obama said he planned to meet with the oversight board and "set up and structure a national conversation" about the NSA's surveillance programs and also "about the general problem of these big data sets because this is not going to be restricted to government entities."
IRS draws new criticism over $70M employee bonuses
Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press |
posted 21 minutes ago
Already reeling from a pair of scandals, the Internal Revenue Service is drawing new criticism over plans to hand out millions of dollars in employee bonuses.
Feds make find at former home of NY mobster
Verena Dobnik and Jake Pearson, Associated Press |
posted 22 minutes ago
An FBI excavation has turned up possible human remains at a home once occupied by a famed gangster who inspired Robert De Niro's character in the movie "Goodfellas," authorities said Wednesday.
Bulger's ex-enforcer grilled about varying stories
Denise Lavoie, Associated Press |
posted 32 minutes ago
A former hit man who admitted killing 20 people insisted Wednesday that he told authorities the truth when he implicated James "Whitey" Bulger in 11 slayings, but he acknowledged lying in the past, including to a close friend just before he shot him in the head.
Russia could stand in way of Obama's nuke cuts
Robert Burns, Associated Press |
posted 39 minutes ago
By saying he intends to bargain with Russia over new reductions in nuclear weapons, rather than make cuts on his own, President Barack Obama is asking for cooperation from a former Cold War foe in no mood to agree.
Greek coalition talks drag on to end TV crisis
Derek Gatopoulos and Nicholas Paphitis, Associated Press |
posted 43 minutes ago
Greece's governing coalition failed to end a political crisis triggered by the closure of state broadcaster ERT, but said talks would continue Thursday to try to avoid a snap election that could delay vital economic reforms and disrupt the country's bailout program.
Kerry calls Karzai to ease anger on Taliban office
Deb Riechmann, Associated Press |
posted 48 minutes ago
Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday made his second call to the Afghan president in 24 hours to ease Hamid Karzai's anger over the rollout of the Taliban's new political office in Qatar _ a rift that temporarily delayed U.S. talks with the militant group set to begin later this week.
Ohio woman, allegedly enslaved, spent time in jail
Thomas J. Sheeran and John Seewer, Associated Press |
posted 51 minutes ago
A mentally disabled mother authorities said was enslaved for two years along with her daughter spent time in jail this year after pleading guilty to beating the girl, but her attorney told a judge that her captors forced her to do it.
As fires rage, feds cut funding on prevention
Nicholas Riccardi and Mead Gruver, Associated Press |
posted 51 minutes ago
As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.
FBI ends Michigan search for Hoffa's remains
Corey Williams, Associated Press |
posted 52 minutes ago
Beneath a swimming pool, under a horse farm and now a weed-grown field north of Detroit. For at least the third time in a decade, FBI agents grabbed shovels and combed through dirt and mud in the search for Jimmy Hoffa's remains or clues to the disappearance of the former Teamsters boss.
OfficeMax, Office Depot pit Ill. v. Fla. for HQ
David Mercer, Associated Press |
posted 54 minutes ago
OfficeMax Inc. and Office Depot Inc. want Illinois and Florida to compete to be the home of their combined headquarters if their proposed merger is approved by offering the best package of tax breaks that they can.
Zimmerman jurors asked about neighborhood watch
Kyle Hightower and Mike Schneider, Associated Press |
posted 54 minutes ago
Attorneys quizzed a whittled-down group of prospective jurors Wednesday in the Trayvon Martin case about whether they had fired guns, made judgments based on how people dressed or had been neighborhood watch volunteers like the teen's shooter.
Official: Philly not liable for private demo work
Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press |
posted 55 minutes ago
The city issues demolition permits, but it isn't responsible for the work done by contractors on private property, Philadelphia officials said Wednesday at the first public hearing on this month's fatal building collapse.
New Colo. wildfire prompts evacuations of homes
A new wildfire in the foothills southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of dozens of homes Wednesday as hot and windy conditions in much of Colorado were making it easy for new fires to start and spread.
Dem senator presses Pentagon on Guantanamo feeding
Donna Cassata, Associated Press |
posted 34 minutes ago
The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says she opposes the force-feeding of terror suspects at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is pressing the Pentagon to establish a more humane treatment.
Bus company owner faces charges from 2008 crash
Associated Press |
posted 36 minutes ago
The owner of a bus that crashed and killed 17 people on their way to a religious retreat in Texas in 2008 has been indicted on federal charges that include making false statements on official documents.
Bipartisan proposal on student loans circulating
Philip Elliott, Associated Press |
posted 36 minutes ago
Students applying for financial aid for the coming school year could find some comfort in a bipartisan student loan compromise taking shape in the Senate that would prevent interest rates from doubling and set a single rate each year for undergraduate students, rich or poor.
Father sentenced for binding kids outside Wal-Mart
Associated Press |
posted 39 minutes ago
A suburban Chicago man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in prison for binding and blindfolding two of his children a year ago in a Wal-Mart parking lot in eastern Kansas.
Defense: US man never joined Syrian al-Qaida group
Matthew Barakat, Associated Press |
posted 44 minutes ago
A U.S. Army veteran was confused and mistaken when he told authorities he fought with an al-Qaida group seeking to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, his defense lawyer said Wednesday in court papers.
Obama making plans to tackle global warming
Dina Cappiello, Associated Press |
posted 47 minutes ago
President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term.
Feds: 2 upstate NY men tried to make X-ray weapon
Michael Virtanen, Associated Press |
posted 54 minutes ago
Federal authorities accused two upstate New York men Wednesday of assembling a portable X-ray weapon that they intended to use to secretly sicken opponents of Israel.
Mikulski backs oversight of military academies
Brian Witte, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 2:48pm
U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski has called on the Pentagon to increase oversight and accountability of military service academy superintendents in response to increasing rates of sexual assaults.
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