November 12, 2012 in Nation/World ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT OVER THE PACIFIC (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday the Obama administration is nearing a decision in the next few weeks on how …

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. military has been criticized for its spotty record on convicting troops of killing civilians, but a hearing against Army Staff Sgt. Robert …

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Your emails are not nearly as private as you think. The downfall of CIA Director David Petraeus demonstrates how easy it is for federal law enforcement agents …

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney Co. executives may be confident in the department-store chain’s everyday low pricing strategy, but its investors are panicking. The company’s stock fell more than …

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The extramarital affair that brought down David Petraeus’ celebrated career last week raised many questions. Among them: when exactly the affair began, how the FBI stumbled upon …

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A spokeswoman for a gas company says the utility didn’t receive any reports about a faulty furnace at an Indianapolis home that exploded, killing two people. The …

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress returns Tuesday to a crowded agenda of unfinished business overshadowed by the urgent need for President Barack Obama and lawmakers to avert the economic double hit …

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney Co. executives may be confident in the department-store chain’s everyday pricing strategy, but investors are panicking. The company’s stock fell nearly 11 percent on …

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Ex-CIA director David Petraeus has told friends he was shocked to find that his biographer and girlfriend, Paula Broadwell, was suspected of sending anonymous, threatening emails to …

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Women have passed men on the nation’s roads. More women than men now have driver’s licenses, a reversal of a longtime gender gap behind the wheel that … 1

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA is denying an assertion made by David Petraeus’ biographer and girlfriend that the agency held militants in Libya before the Sept. 11 attack. During a …

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World HICKSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Two weeks after Superstorm Sandy, while most utilities have restored electricity to nearly all their customers, there was one glaring exception Monday: a Long Island power … 1

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World HOUSTON (AP) — An attorney for a woman who is on trial after four children died in a fire at her Houston home day care says the blaze was a …

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — An aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says the Virginia congressman first heard about CIA Director David Petraeus’ extramarital affair on Saturday, Oct. 27, from an … 1

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Police are investigating what prompted a 64-year-old military veteran to stride into a suburban Detroit police station then open fire on officers, leading to an exchange …

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — From sea to shining sea, the nation paid tribute to its members of the armed services Sunday, both with somber traditions such as a Virginia wreath-laying …

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Garbage trucks, hulking military vehicles and mud-caked cars move slowly through a Staten Island waterfront neighborhood still reeling from Superstorm Sandy’s storm surge. Then comes an …

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Ex-CIA director David Petraeus is telling friends he was shocked to find that his biographer, Paula Broadwell, was suspected of sending anonymous, threatening emails to a Petraeus … 5

November 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A former spokesman for David Petraeus says the retired general’s affair with a female biographer started after Petraeus left the Army. Retired Army Col. Steve Boylan tells …