Category: National News
Gunman opens fire on co-workers at North Carolina lumber company killing three
STAR, N.C. (AP) – A gunman who opened fire at a North Carolina lumber company targeted four of his co-workers with a shotgun Friday, killing three of them and critically injuring the other person, police said. Ronald Dean Davis went home after the rampage at the warehouse and shot himself in the head, leaving him [...]
Utah man gets class ring back … 45 years later
A Utah man who lost his class ring six months after he bought it is getting the keepsake back 45 years later, thanks to some Facebook detective work. Brent Aguirre said his mother was disappointed when the 1966 Bonneville High School graduate lost the ring, which is gold toned with a deep blue stone. “It’s [...]
Weather officials confirm tornado hit North Carolina
ELLENBORO, N.C. (AP) — Weather officials confirm there was a tornado in the storm system that swept through parts of western North Carolina this week, flinging mobile homes into valleys, damaging dozens of buildings and injuring nearly 20 people. The storm system struck Rutherford and Burke counties on Wednesday, as a cold front moved through [...]
South Carolina TV already awash in GOP attack ads
By BRIAN BAKST Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Mitt Romney is “a Massachusetts moderate” who “can’t be trusted” on abortion and other core Republican values. Newt Gingrich has questionable judgment for “teaming up with Nancy Pelosi,” the Democratic lawmaker the GOP loves to malign. Rick Santorum is a “serial hypocrite” with “a record of [...]
Scientists say cut soot, methane to curb warming
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An international team of scientists says it’s figured out how to slow global warming in the short run and prevent millions of deaths from dirty air: Stop focusing so much on carbon dioxide. They say the key is to reduce emissions of two powerful and fast-acting causes [...]
Ohio panel sticks to 'White Only' pool sign ruling
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS AP Legal Affairs Writer COLUmBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Cincinnati landlord who claimed a black girl’s hair products clouded an apartment complex’s swimming pool discriminated against the child by posting a poolside “White Only” sign, an Ohio civil rights panel said Thursday in upholding a previous finding. The Ohio Civil Rights Commission voted [...]
Panetta calls marines actions "utterly deplorable"
By ROBERT BURNS and PAULINE JELINEK AP National Security Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday condemned as “utterly deplorable” a video that purports to depict four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters, saying such behavior is “entirely inappropriate for members of the United States military” and those responsible will [...]
Blast kills Iran nuclear expert
This undated photo released by Iranian Fars News Agency, claims to show Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, who they say was killed in a bomb blast in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. Two assailants on a motorcycle attached a magnetic bomb to the car of an Iranian university professor working at a key nuclear facility, killing him and [...]
Romney, Santorum head to NH after virtual tie in Iowa
By STEVE PEOPLES and KASIE HUNT Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A squeaker of an Iowa victory behind him, Mitt Romney jumped into the New Hampshire primary Wednesday, declaring that his staying power sets him apart from caucus runners-up Rick Santorum and Ron Paul and the rest of the GOP presidential field. Michele [...]
Bachmann quits race after Iowa loss, says she'll fight for issues
By MIKE GLOVER Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Michele Bachmann announced Wednesday that she has “decided to stand aside” and is ending her bid for Republican presidential nomination after her last-place finish in the Iowa caucuses. The conservative Minnesota congresswoman’s decision, widely expected following her dismal Iowa showing, leaves her supporters up for [...]
