National News

Thu, May 17, 2012

U.S. Postal Service to close or consolidate 140 sites

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service will close or consolidate operations at 140 mail processing sites through February 2013, a postal official said ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

More minority babies than whites in U.S.: Census Bureau

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the first time, there are more black, Hispanic and other minority babies being born in the United States than white babies ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Weather Watch: Rain showers here and there in U.S. Midwest

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Showers expected in Minnesota, northern Iowa, northern Nebraska and the Dakotas this weekend, bringing 1/2 to 1-1/2 inches of rain ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Arguments due in ex-US Senator Edwards' campaign finance case

By Colleen Jenkins

GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Attorneys are scheduled to give their closing arguments on Thursday in former U.S. Senator John Edwards ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Defeated Ohio Democrat Kucinich declines run in Washington state

By Steve Gorman

(Reuters) - Veteran Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, a liberal stalwart who lost his primary race after redistricting forced him to run against ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Crews battle to contain raging Arizona wildfires

By Tim Gaynor

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Crews with hand tools battled to contain wind-whipped Arizona wildfires on Wednesday that have raced across more than 30 ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Family cancels weekend search for missing Hollywood executive

By Dan Whitcomb

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The family of a Hollywood executive reported missing more than two weeks ago called off on Wednesday a ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Venezuelan-born academic named president of MIT

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday named Rafael Reif, an electrical engineer born in Venezuela who has been the university ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Data suggests drug treatment can lower U.S. crime

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. crime statistics show illegal drugs play a central role in criminal acts, providing new evidence that tackling ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

U.S. lowers threshold for lead poisoning in children

By David Beasley

ATLANTA (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut its threshold level for defining lead poisoning in children ...