June 19, 2013
Nation
Little urgency to avoid budget cuts
WASHINGTON — Ten days before a new deadline for broad, automatic government spending cuts, the sense of urgency that surrounded other recent fiscal crises is absent. Government agencies are prepari...
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White House tries to keep on track
WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday sought to keep delicate immigration negotiations on track, as a key Republican senator distanced himself further from a draft bill President Barack Obama’s a...
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Man fired after assaulting toddler charge
MINNEAPOLIS — A man charged with slapping a toddler on a Minneapolis-to-Atlanta flight is out of a job, his former employer said Sunday. Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, of Hayden, Idaho, is no longer an...
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Fishing’s decline looms for Eastern coast
GLOUCESTER, Mass. — His city’s best fishing days are long past it, but lifelong Gloucester resident Ron Gilson still sees what once was when he drives past what remains. There’s the waterfront l...
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Soybean seed fight reaches Supreme court
WASHINGTON — Vernon Hugh Bowman seems comfortable with the old way of doing things, right down to the rotary-dial telephone he said he was using in a conference call. But the 75-year-old Indiana...
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Other groups hope to grow amid Scout woes
NEW YORK — With the Boy Scouts of America entangled in a furor over its ban on gays, lesser-known youth organizations across the ideological spectrum see an opportunity. They wonder if the turmoil ...
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Ex-boyfriend: McCready left rehab too soon
HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. — Mindy McCready threatened suicide after losing custody of her sons earlier this month, yet she was allowed to leave a court-ordered drug rehabilitation program just days befor...
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First big trial set for refurbished NY courthouse
NEW YORK — A historic courthouse got a facelift just in time for the trial of a police officer accused of plotting to kill and eat women. A six-year gutting of the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courtho...
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Coast Guard: Cause of cruise ship fire was leak
ATLANTA — A leak in a fuel oil return line caused the engine-room fire that disabled a Carnival cruise ship at sea, leaving 4,200 people without power or working toilets for five days, a Coast Guar...
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Lakers’ owner Buss dies at 80
Jerry Buss built a glittering life at the intersection of sports and Hollywood. After growing up in poverty in Wyoming, he earned success in academia, aerospace and real estate before discoverin...
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