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Archive: News / U.S. / National (45 Stories)

Tattoos memorialize victims of RI nightclub fire

01/22/2013 12:47am
The sacred heart tattoo inside Paula McLaughlin's wrist serves as an everyday reminder of her brother and sister-in-law, Michael and Sandy Hoogasian, who were among the 100 people killed by one of the nation's worst nightclub fires.

AP Interview: UN chief wants action on climate

01/22/2013 1:05am
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says his top hopes for 2013 are to reach a new agreement on climate change and to urgently end the increasingly deadly and divisive war in Syria.

Vegas officer, wife and son dead in murder-suicide

01/22/2013 1:14am
A police lieutenant, his wife and son are dead after an apparent double murder, suicide and arson at their home, authorities said.

US pays tribute to King as Obama begins new term

01/22/2013 3:02am
The youngest daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. hailed the inauguration of the nation's first black president to a new term as one of the achievements made possible by the civil rights struggle her father helped lead decades ago.

Man sues after Ga. rejects GAYGUY license plate

01/22/2013 4:00am
An Atlanta man is suing the Georgia Department of Driver Services, contending that his rights were violated when the state rejected his application for vanity plates making reference to his sexual orientation.

North Fla. mom pays for security at child's school

01/22/2013 5:41am
A north Florida woman is paying an armed deputy to patrol her child's elementary school due to safety concerns following the shooting that killed 20 children in Newtown, Conn.

Ohio teacher may be fired over duct-taped students

01/22/2013 5:55am
A northeast Ohio middle-school teacher has until later this week to respond to an allegation that she posted a Facebook photo of her students with their mouths covered with duct tape.

Golden retrievers key to lifetime dog cancer study

01/22/2013 5:59am
When Jay Mesinger heard about a study seeking golden retrievers to help fight canine cancer, he immediately signed up 2-year-old Louie.

Mass. thieves thwarted by restaurant cash register

01/22/2013 7:46am
Police say three masked men who tried to rob a Chinese restaurant in Massachusetts ran away empty handed because they couldn't figure out how to open the cash register.

Beaverton, Ore., man begging for kidney donor

01/22/2013 7:49am
A man begging along the side of a road in Beaverton isn't asking for spare change.

Numbers to know when you file your 2012 tax return

01/22/2013 9:57am
Key numbers to know when filing your 2012 tax returns, according to the Internal Revenue Service:

Expiring credits, deductions extended by Congress

01/22/2013 10:13am
Taxpayers preparing to file their 2012 returns can breathe a collective sigh of relief.

Some shore towns eye sea walls to guard boardwalks

01/22/2013 10:53am
As Jersey shore towns spend millions to rebuild boardwalks wrecked by Superstorm Sandy, some are opting for an additional layer of protection in the form of steel sea walls placed between the boards and the shoreline.

New York City extols virtues of tiny apartments

01/22/2013 10:54am
Sam Neuman jokes that he doesn't casually throw off his coat when he gets home at night _ it would take up half his apartment.

Bound, burned doctor found dead in Philly home

01/22/2013 11:05am
The search for clues continued Tuesday in the murder of a young doctor whose body was found bound and burned inside her home in a bustling downtown neighborhood, but investigators said they have not uncovered any substantial leads.

Dallas stepmom gets 85 years in dehydration death

01/22/2013 11:33am
A Dallas woman whose 10-year-old stepson died after she denied him water, even as temperatures soared over 100 degrees, was sentenced Tuesday to 85 years in prison.

Numbers to know when you file your 2012 tax return

01/22/2013 12:02pm
Key numbers to know when filing your 2012 tax returns, according to the Internal Revenue Service:

Police: Girl Scouts robbed of $20 at Pa. market

01/22/2013 12:16pm
Police are investigating the strong-arm robbery of Girl Scouts who were selling cookies at a Pennsylvania supermarket.

Lawyer: Pastor had 'perfect storm' before shooting

01/22/2013 12:17pm
The lawyer for an Alabama minister charged with murdering his wife and shooting his daughter says the pastor was caught up in a "perfect storm" of personal and professional problems.

Rival Conn. casino tribes forge alliance

01/22/2013 12:23pm
At sunrise one day last spring, the leaders of the Connecticut tribes that own two of the world's largest casinos stood together at the site of a 1637 massacre, commemorating the Pequot War attack in which one of their tribes took part in nearly wiping out the other.

NY Orthodox counselor gets 103 years for sex abuse

01/22/2013 12:23pm
An esteemed religious counselor in New York City's ultra-orthodox Jewish community was sentenced Tuesday to 103 years in prison for molesting a girl who came to him with questions about her faith.

14 hurt, 3 critically, in Los Angeles hotel fire

01/22/2013 12:28pm
Fire roared through a 90-year-old residential hotel in Los Angeles' harbor area early Tuesday, injuring 14 people, three of them critically.

Ex-Stanford executive gets 5 years in $7B swindle

01/22/2013 12:59pm
The star prosecution witness at the fraud trial of Texas financier R. Allen Stanford expressed remorse Tuesday before being sentenced to five years in prison for helping to bilk investors out of more than $7 billion in one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history.

Neb. governor OKs Keystone XL route through state

01/22/2013 1:25pm
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman approved a new route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Tuesday that avoids the state's environmentally sensitive Sandhills region.

How the AP-GfK poll was conducted

01/22/2013 2:04pm
The Associated Press-GfK poll on immigration was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from Jan. 10-14. It is based on landline telephone and cellphone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,004 adults. Interviews were conducted with 604 respondents on landline telephones and 400 on cellular telephones.

Calif. men who drowned in Hawaii were best friends

01/22/2013 2:57pm
Two California men who drowned off Kauai were best friends who shared a love of music, were attracted to the water and often took trips together, according to loved ones remembering Brian Baker and Adam Griffiths.

Woman miraculously survives getting hit by boulder

01/22/2013 3:05pm
A southern Utah woman is badly injured but grateful to be alive after a boulder the size of a small car broke free from a cliff above her house, crashed through her bedroom wall, and hit her like a "giant fist" while she slept, her husband said Tuesday.

Texas college shooting was between 2 people

01/22/2013 3:28pm
Authorities say the shooting at a Texas community college was the result of an altercation between two people, and at least one was a student.

Ex-La. gov seeks early end to supervised release

01/22/2013 3:32pm
A colorful ex-governor of Louisiana who had spent eight years in federal prison for his role in a riverboat casino corruption scandal is requesting an early and immediate end to supervised release.

Katrina burned body trials March 11, March 18

01/22/2013 3:36pm
A new trial will begin March 11 for a former New Orleans police lieutenant accused of covering up a police killing after Hurricane Katrina. The ex-officer accused of killing the man will be tried a week later.

Convicted ex-Ill. powerbroker reports to prison

01/22/2013 3:39pm
A well-connected businessman once known as the King of Clout for the enormous behind-the-scene influence he wielded in Illinois politics reported to prison on Tuesday to start a yearlong sentence for trying to extort a Hollywood movie producer.

Lawyer defends Mont. family accused in phone scam

01/22/2013 3:42pm
The lawyer for a Montana family accused of cramming $70 million in bogus charges on phone bills nationwide says his clients followed industry standards.

Barge damages Miss. River lock gate, idles traffic

01/22/2013 3:53pm
Mississippi River shipping was halted Tuesday north of St. Louis after a barge got caught up on an auxiliary lock's gate at one of the waterway's busiest points, causing a swelling barge jam that could persist into the week, the Army Corps of Engineers said.

Lawyer defends Mont. family accused in phone scam

01/22/2013 4:07pm
The lawyer for a Montana family accused of cramming $70 million in bogus charges on phone bills nationwide says his clients followed industry standards.

40 years after Roe v. Wade, abortion foes march on

01/22/2013 4:27pm
Abortion opponents marked the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision Tuesday with workshops, prayers and calls for more limits on the rights established by the Supreme Court in the landmark ruling that still defines one of the nation's most intractable debates.

Poll: Many say let illegal immigrants stay in US

01/22/2013 4:36pm
More than 6 in 10 Americans now favor allowing illegal immigrants to eventually become U.S. citizens, a major increase in support driven by a turnaround in Republicans' opinions after the 2012 elections.

NC woman sues NYPD over Empire State shooting

01/22/2013 4:48pm
A North Carolina college student hit by police gunfire during a shooting outside the Empire State Building argued in a lawsuit Tuesday that the police department and the officers involved need better training to deal with such confrontations in the future.

Texas parents get custody of kids living in bus

01/22/2013 5:08pm
Nearly a year after their two children were found living virtually unsupervised in an old school bus in Southeast Texas, the parents regained full custody of their kids Tuesday when a judge dismissed a child welfare case against them.

Ex-foster child testifies in Mass. class action

01/22/2013 5:19pm
Beginning at age 8, Lauren James bounced among at least 14 different foster homes, along the way being forced to scrub floors, clean up after dogs, miss meals and take up to five psychiatric mediations at a time.

Outdoor trade show staying in Utah through 2016

01/22/2013 5:24pm
One of the world's largest outdoor gear trade shows will remain in Salt Lake City through at least 2016.

Woman learns new hobby every week of the year

01/22/2013 5:30pm
From hang gliding, to a flying trapeze, you could say Libby Segal has done it all, or at least tried to.

Clinton retires debt from 2008 campaign

01/22/2013 8:02pm
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has paid off the outstanding debt from her 2008 presidential campaign.

Authorities: NM teen planned more shootings

01/22/2013 9:37pm
The New Mexico teenager accused of gunning down five family members over the weekend ambushed his father as he returned home from an overnight shift at a rescue mission, then reloaded his rifles and planned to go to a Wal-Mart and randomly shoot people, authorities said Tuesday.

AP IMPACT: Recession, tech kill middle-class jobs

01/22/2013 10:28pm
Five years after the start of the Great Recession, the toll is terrifyingly clear: Millions of middle-class jobs have been lost in developed countries the world over.

3 hurt as gunfire erupts on Texas college campus

01/22/2013 10:46pm
A fight between two people erupted in gunfire Tuesday at a Houston-area community college, leaving three people wounded, including a maintenance worker caught in the crossfire.
 
   
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