National News

Fri, May 25, 2012

Heard in more states: See you in tax court!

By Nanette Byrnes

(Reuters) - Georgia State Representative Allen Peake owns 20 restaurants and this year he took his frustrations with his tax bills to ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Northern California yacht racing to resume after wreck

By Ronnie Cohen

FAIRFAX, California (Reuters) - The Coast Guard is set to allow sailboat racing in the Pacific off northern California for the first ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

New Mexico wildfires merge; blazes rage in five states

By Zelie Pollon

SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Two raging wildfires in southwest New Mexico merged on Thursday to become the biggest blaze among ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

16-year-old boy in court for shootings after NBA game

By Steve Olafson

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A 16-year-old boy who police said confessed to shooting into a crowd and wounding eight people outside an ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

New Orleans newspaper cuts print edition to three days a week

By Kathy Finn

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The 175-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winning New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper will reduce the number of days it publishes a print ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Gun dealer gets 5 years in prison in U.S.-Mexico gun case

By Ashley Meeks

(Reuters) - A gun store owner who conspired with leaders of a small New Mexico border town to run nearly 200 firearms ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Soldier convicted of bomb plot near Texas Army post

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A jury on Thursday convicted a soldier of attempting to build a bomb and use it to blow ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Finn dies in ski accident on Alaska's Mount McKinley

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A Finnish climber has died after falling some 2,000 feet while attempting to ski down a notoriously ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Alaskan crews gear up to tackle Japan tsunami debris

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Cleanup workers will soon attack a jumble of debris from Japan's 2011 tsunami that litters an Alaskan ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

New bust of Limbaugh gets security camera protection

By Kevin Murphy

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Rush Limbaugh is no stranger to the limelight, but now a newly installed bust of the acerbic ...