November 14, 2012 in Nation/World TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jill Kelley’s attempt to climb the Tampa social ladder — the rungs of which included some high-ranking military officials — has come to an ignominious halt. …

November 14, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — Citing harm to marine life, California coastal regulators on Wednesday soundly rejected a utility’s plan to map offshore earthquake faults near a nuclear power plant by …

November 14, 2012 in Nation/World HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A registered sex offender was put to death Wednesday evening for the rape, robbery and slaying of a woman abducted from a San Antonio bus stop …

November 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Former CIA Director David Petraeus will testify before the House Intelligence committee Friday on events that led to the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other …

November 14, 2012 in Nation/World TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The mother of three children killed this week in what police believe was a murder-suicide said Wednesday her mother and brother weren’t in their “right minds” …

November 14, 2012 in Nation/World ATLANTA (AP) — An author whose outspoken criticism of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian West Bank got him banned from a Jewish book festival will instead speak at a sold-out …

November 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal law enforcement official says that the ex-CIA director’s biographer and lover sent emails to other senior military officials besides the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. …

November 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner says Republicans want to cooperate with President Barack Obama on reducing federal deficits, but not by raising income tax rates. Boehner spoke soon … 2

November 14, 2012 in Nation/World SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — The New York State Lottery put out false information to snare two Syracuse-area brothers accused of scamming a customer out of a winning $5 million scratch-off …

November 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The ranks of America’s poor edged up last year to a high of 49.7 million, based on a new census measure that takes into account medical costs …

November 14, 2012 in Nation/World INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Investigators looking for the cause of a deadly Indianapolis house explosion got more support for their theory that natural gas was a factor Wednesday when an attorney …

November 14, 2012 in Nation/World MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Lawyers turned over recordings Wednesday of Waffle House CEO Joe Rogers Jr. engaged in sexual acts that were made by a woman who alleges the executive …

November 14, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California began auctioning permits Wednesday for greenhouse gas emissions, launching one of the world’s most ambitious efforts to cut heat-trapping gases from industrial sources. The California …

November 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The ranks of America’s poor edged up last year to a high of 49.7 million, based on a new census measure that takes into account medical costs …

November 14, 2012 in Nation/World INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for the owner of a house believed to be at the center of a deadly Indianapolis explosion says the woman’s 12-year-old daughter smelled a strange …

November 14, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Despite days of dire forecasts and explicit warnings, hundreds of thousands of people in New York and New Jersey ignored mandatory evacuation orders as Superstorm Sandy …