Updated 4:59 p.m. EST NEW ORLEANS Freezing rain and sleet made for a sloppy Christmas trek in parts of the nation's midsection, while residents along the Gulf Coast faced thunderstorms, high winds and tornadoes that were doing damage in some areas. Winds toppled a tree onto a pickup truck in the Houston area, killing the driver. Icy roads already were blamed for a 21-vehicle pileup in Oklahoma,...
Gunman Killed Firemen With Bushmaster, Left Note
Labels: Business A convicted killer, who shot dead two firefighters with a Bushmaster assault rifle after leading them into an ambush when they responded to a house fire he set in Western New York, left behind a typewritten note saying he wanted to "do what I like doing best, killing people," police said.William Spengler, 62, set his home and a car on fire early Monday morning with the intention...
Dec
24
Shootings: Suicide risk gives clues
Labels: WorldA sign near a cemetery of a victim in the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.STORY HIGHLIGHTSDaniel Flannery: Studies show there is no distinct profile of school shooters Flannery: We can take lessons from what we know about risk for suicideHe says we can do better to assess a person's risk for violent action toward others Flannery: Communities and schools should pay more attention to kids' mental...
Yen down against dollar, euro on Abe comments
Labels: Technology NEW YORK: The yen dipped against the dollar and the euro Monday after Japan's incoming prime minister Shinzo Abe renewed calls on the central bank to take further steps to ease monetary policy.At about 1900 GMT in quiet Christmas Eve trade, the dollar stood at 84.83 yen, compared to 84.25 yen late Friday. The common European currency reached 111.87 yen, up from 110.05 yen Friday.Abe has...
Zelizer: Six political lessons of 2012
Labels: Lifestyle2012: The year in pictures2012: The year in pictures2012: The year in pictures2012: The year in pictures2012: The year in pictures2012: The year in pictures2012: The year in pictures2012: The year in pictures2012: The year in pictures2012: The year in pictures2012: The year in pictures2012: The year in pictures2012: The year in pictures2012: The year in pictures2012: The year in pictures2012: The...
4 Firefighters Shot, 2 Killed in NY 'Trap'
Labels: Business A man who served nearly 17 years in jail for killing his grandmother set a house and car on fire this morning in upstate New York and then began shooting at emergency personnel who showed up, killing two firefighters, police said.In all, William Spengler, 62, shot four firefighters, killing two and severely injuring two more after setting his "trap," police said.An off-duty...
Dec
23
Senators slam movie's torture scenes
Labels: WorldIn the new film "Zero Dark Thirty," Jessica Chastain plays a CIA analyst who is part of the team hunting Osama bin Laden. STORY HIGHLIGHTSSens. Feinstein, McCain, Levin send letter calling new film "grossly inaccurate"Letter adds to controversy over depiction of torture as a key to finding bin Laden, Bergen saysSenate committee has approved 6,000-page classified report on CIA interrogations programBergen...
Cycling: British paper sues Armstrong over libel payment
Labels: Technology LONDON: British newspaper The Sunday Times said on Sunday that it is suing Lance Armstrong for over £1 million over a libel payment made to the disgraced cyclist in 2006.The newspaper paid Armstrong £300,000 to settle a libel case after previously suggesting that he may have cheated.But the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) subsequently found that he had led the "most sophisticated"...
NRA leader doubles down: New gun laws won't work
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: NRA's LaPierre: If this idea is crazy, "then call me crazy" NEW: Sen. Lieberman says NRA is willing to deal with every possible cause "except guns"The gun control debate was reignited by the mass shooting at Connecticut elementary schoolHutchinson tells CNN his panel will give educators instructions on placing guards in schools (CNN) -- The National Rifle Association made clear...
Inouye remembered at Hawaii memorial service
Labels: Health HONOLULU President Barack Obama, Gov. Neil Abercrombie and other dignitaries attended a memorial service for the late Sen. Daniel Inouye on Sunday. A 19-gun cannon salute was fired as Inouye's coffin arrived for the service at Honolulu's National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, the final resting place to thousands of World War II veterans. More than 400 members of the storied Japanese-American...
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