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Archive: News / U.S. / National (34 Stories)

Original Iwo Jima monument coming to NYC auction

02/08/2013 1:05am
A long-forgotten piece of America's military history is going up for sale.

Suspected gunman manifesto: Politics, pop culture

02/08/2013 2:08am
The rambling manifesto police say was written by suspected killer Christopher Dorner focuses mainly on his anger at the Los Angeles Police Department and those he felt wronged him. But it also shows a more human side, including musings about music, celebrities, politics and even the proper room temperature. Here are some samples, which are as originally written but in some cases edited for length:

Cast out of Monopoly, the clothes iron endures

02/08/2013 2:09am
When online voters nixed the clothes iron token from Hasbro's Monopoly game, the appliance was held up as passe, as something your grandmother once used to ease the wrinkles out of linens and handkerchiefs.

Philly boy, 7, finds loaded gun in bag at school

02/08/2013 5:18am
Police say a 7-year-old boy alerted a teacher after finding a loaded gun in his backpack at a Philadelphia elementary school.

Bush family emails, photos apparently hacked

02/08/2013 6:00am
A criminal investigation is under way after a hacker apparently accessed private photos and emails sent between members of the Bush family, including both former presidents.

Add-ons let semi-autos fire like military weapons

02/08/2013 6:16am
In the video, a shooter cradles a rifle equipped with a grenade launcher and 250-round magazine. But the star of this demonstration, posted online, is a deceptively low-tech plastic device that enables semi-automatics like this one to mimic the withering fire of weapons usually reserved for the military or police.

Wash. police say homeless man sent dog to get help

02/08/2013 6:32am
It's the kind of thing Lassie did.

Feds: Bulger likely bought guns via private sales

02/08/2013 7:16am
Reports filed by prosecutors in the case against James "Whitey" Bulger show the Boston mobster bought at least 15 handguns and a 12-gauge shotgun during his years as a fugitive.

Popularity poll: Hillary Clinton outranks Obama

02/08/2013 10:52am
Out of a job but still popular, Hillary Rodham Clinton tops President Barack Obama in a new poll.

US education official named NC college chancellor

02/08/2013 11:03am
An Obama administration official is the new chancellor at North Carolina Central University.

'Modest does not equal frumpy,' Christian fashion designers say

02/08/2013 11:15am
The organizers of a Christian Fashion Week event have a message: modest does not equal frumpy.

Budget cut woes leave military, families uncertain

02/08/2013 11:35am
With family members waving from a pier, sailors aboard a Navy destroyer left for an overseas mission with more uncertainty than ever about their homecoming as potentially massive budget cuts reshape military plans.

NY attorney general looks at ratings agencies

02/08/2013 12:15pm
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is examining the nation's biggest credit rating agencies' compliance with agreements reached in 2008.

Students learn Utah scholarships were mistake

02/08/2013 1:23pm
The offer seemed too good to be true: A four-year scholarship at Utah Valley University just for the asking.

Fla. woman apologizes for flipping off judge

02/08/2013 1:24pm
A Miami woman has apologized for flipping off a judge, who then dropped contempt charges and vacated her 30-day jail term.

Emails: Decision on NBC host stirred response

02/08/2013 1:40pm
District of Columbia prosecutors received scores of emails from citizens upset because NBC television journalist David Gregory was not criminally charged for displaying a high-capacity ammunition magazine on his "Meet the Press" show.

NY attorney general looks at ratings agencies

02/08/2013 2:38pm
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has begun examining the nation's biggest credit rating agencies' compliance with agreements reached by his predecessor, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, that ended an investigation into mortgage-backed securities.

Gay sperm donor, lesbian couple reach agreement

02/08/2013 4:04pm
When Massimiliano Gerina donated his sperm to a lesbian couple nearly three years ago, the gay hair dresser wanted to be a father, not just a donor. Several months into his friend's pregnancy, though, he said the couple tried to force him out, leading to a lengthy court battle.

More Marines charged over corpse urination video

02/08/2013 4:26pm
Two more Marines face criminal charges over a 2011 YouTube video showing members of a scout sniper platoon urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.

Christie seeks to address his weight on own terms

02/08/2013 4:50pm
Chris Christie began the workweek doughnut in hand, playfully embracing fat jokes on David Letterman's couch.

Trial set for starvation death on Okla. Army base

02/08/2013 4:51pm
Almost two years after a 10-year-old boy starved to death at an Oklahoma Army base, a soldier accused of first-degree murder is set to go on trial in a rare case in which federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

Court file: LA ex-cop was disturbed, self-obsessed

02/08/2013 4:53pm
Court documents show an ex-girlfriend of a former Los Angeles police officer suspected of three murders called him "severely emotionally and mentally disturbed" after the two split.

Iowa governor pardons pig before bacon festival

02/08/2013 5:04pm
A young pig has won a reprieve from the frying pan just as Iowa's popular bacon festival is about to begin.

Hacker gains access to Bush family emails, photos

02/08/2013 5:31pm
Turns out even former presidents can fall prey to hackers.

US airlines to halt Northeast flights

02/08/2013 6:16pm
Most airlines were giving up on flying in and out of New York, Boston and other cities in the Northeast Friday as a massive storm threatened to dump snow by the foot on the region.

Court file: LA ex-cop was disturbed, self-obsessed

02/08/2013 6:48pm
A photo never tells the whole story, and that's especially true for Christopher Dorner. The images on his Facebook page are essentially the same: Dorner, smiling, seemingly loving life and all it offers.

Man arrested in alleged bomb plot at Calif. bank

02/08/2013 7:45pm
The FBI arrested a San Jose man as he went through the motions of detonating what he believed to be a car bomb in front of a Northern California bank, federal authorities said Friday.

A look at Big Bear Lake, where cop fugitive may be

02/08/2013 7:49pm
Located just 90 miles east of Los Angeles in the rugged San Bernardino National Forest, Big Bear Lake provides the perfect weekend refuge for folks fleeing the crowded, smelly streets and smoggy skies of the city for a quick winter weekend of alpine skiing. In the summer months, it offers a respite of boating and swimming in one of California's most pristine alpine lakes. This week, however, the quiet resort with the picturesque lake and rugged snow-capped peaks may be providing the perfect hideout for a disgruntled ex-police officer authorities believe is holed up somewhere in its rugged backcountry after allegedly killing three people.

US Fish and Wildlife boat sinks in Kodiak harbor

02/08/2013 8:20pm
Salvors on Friday attempted to raise a 63-foot U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service vessel that sank overnight while docked at a Kodiak harbor.

Hunt for ex-officer goes on amid Calif. snowstorm

02/08/2013 9:03pm
All that was left were footprints leading away from Christopher Dorner's burned-out pickup truck, and enormous, snow-covered mountains where he could be hiding among hundreds of cabins, deep canyons and dense woods.

5 killed in head-on collision in southwest Georgia

02/08/2013 9:03pm
Authorities say five people in southwest Georgia have been killed in a head-on collision.

Arrest made in slaying of girl, 13, in California

02/08/2013 10:07pm
Police said Friday they have arrested a barber in the death of a 13-year-old girl whose naked body was found last week in a Northern California park.

Snowstorm hits NYC, Boston; 1 to 3 feet feared

02/08/2013 10:53pm
A storm that forecasters warned could be a blizzard for the history books, with a potential for up to 3 feet of snow, clobbered the New York-to-Boston corridor on Friday, grounding flights, sending office workers home early and knocking out power to half a million customers across the Northeast.

Mass. nuclear plant shuts down during snowstorm

02/08/2013 11:01pm
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says a power plant in Massachusetts has lost power and shut down during a massive snowstorm.
 
   
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