Nation & World

Published
April 19, 2012

World Dispatches

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico Customs inspectors seize 268,000 assault rifle rounds Mexican customs inspectors seized 268,000 rounds of assault rifle ammunition found in a U.S. truck at a border crossing in Ciudad Juarez, authorities reported Wednesday. Angel Torres, a spokesman for federal prosecutors in northern Chihuahua state, said a 37-year-old man from Dallas, Texas, was detained […]
Published
April 19, 2012

Illinois couple claims $218.6 million

Merle Butler routinely laughed off what became the well-worn exchange among locals in Red Bud, Ill., the instant word swept through the tiny southern Illinois village that a Mega Millions lottery ticket bought there scored a share of a record $656 million jackpot. “Are you the winner?” someone would ask. “Yeah, sure, I won it,” […]
Published
April 19, 2012

More body photos create yet another U.S. military scandal

The U.S. military once again condemned the actions of some of its troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday after photographs surfaced of smiling soldiers posing with dead insurgents in the latest battlefield scandal. The photographs, obtained by the Los Angeles Times, show soldiers posing next to Afghan corpses, including the mangled body of a suicide bomber […]
Published
April 18, 2012

Nation Dispatches

WASHINGTON Keystone pipeline proposes new route through Nebraska The company planning the disputed Keystone XL oil pipeline has proposed a new route through Nebraska that avoids the state’s environmentally sensitive Sandhills region. Calgary-based TransCanada submitted a series of proposed routes – including a preferred alternative – late Wednesday to Nebraska environmental officials. The state has […]
Published
April 18, 2012

Kardashian plans run for office Family says Helm nearing end in battle with cancer

– Pippa heats up Daily Mail with party photosWOODSTOCK, N.Y. – Levon Helm, a former member of The Band, is nearing the end of his long fight against cancer. A message posted Tuesday on the 71-year-old musician’s website by his family says “Levon is in the final stages of his battle with cancer.” Helm was […]

Published
April 18, 2012

Billionaire Buffett, 81, has early-stage prostate cancer

OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett told his company’s shareholders in an open letter Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer. The 81-year-old billionaire investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said his condition is “not remotely life-threatening” or debilitating. He said he and his doctors have decided on a two-month treatment plan […]
Published
April 18, 2012

Lawmakers denounce GSA parties, trips

The agency's top official traveled to Hawaii and Napa Valley, despite having been warned not to.
Published
April 18, 2012

Private’s last stanza: Final resting place honors poem’s ‘sleeping sentinel’

Vermont remembers the death of a Civil War soldier who was pardoned for dozing on duty.
Published
April 18, 2012

Food stamp cuts part of GOP budget plan

WASHINGTON — Republicans controlling the House are eying big cuts to food stamps as they piece together legislation to trim $261 billion from the federal budget over the next decade, hoping to forestall major Pentagon cutbacks. The cuts to food stamps would reduce the monthly benefit for a family of four by almost $60, repealing […]
Published
April 18, 2012

Storm chasers taking heat for jamming Kansas roads

But professional spotters defend the value of the reports they provide to emergency management.