The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: Church-abuse victim faces trial for beating priest

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:28:22 -0600

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Opening statements were scheduled to begin Wednesday in the trial of a man accused of beating an aging Jesuit priest who he says molested him and his younger brother more than 35 years ago.

William Lynch has said the priest abused him and his brother during ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: Testimony nears end in Sandusky's abuse trial

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 06:59:00 -0600

BELLEFONTE, Pa — A jury could hear from Jerry Sandusky himself as the former Penn State assistant football coach's child sex abuse trial nears its end.

Sandusky and attorney Joe Amendola didn't answer questions as they arrived at court Wednesday morning.

Amendola hinted in last week's opening statements that Sandusky ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: Report shows bounce in bouncing babies

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:02:03 -0600

Two-thirds of U.S. pregnancies now end with the birth of a baby, a significantly higher rate than in 1990, when abortions were one-third more common than now, says a federal report on pregnancy rates and outcomes.

In 2008 - the latest year for these data - more than 6.5 million ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: Tobacco tax vote outcome still unknown 2 weeks later

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:44:05 -0600

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two weeks after Californians went to the polls, a closely watched effort to impose a new tax on tobacco in the nation's most populous state remains too close to call.

With 400,000 ballots outstanding as of Tuesday, the measure that would add a $1-a-pack cigarette tax is ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: Wife backs Sandusky in testimony

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:44:05 -0600

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky's wife testified Tuesday that she remembers most of the men who told a jury that her husband sexually abused them, but she insisted he never had inappropriate contact with them as boys.

She also said that the basement where the ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: American Scene: Teen guilty in flame attack on middle-school classmate

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:14:06 -0600

FORT LAUDERDALE — A Florida teenager was convicted Tuesday of aggravated battery in a horrific 2009 attack on a middle-school classmate who was drenched in rubbing alcohol and set on fire.

Matthew "Zeke" Bent was accused of orchestrating the attack on Michael Brewer and charged with attempted second-degree murder. The ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: Southern Baptists make history, elect first black leader

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:14:06 -0600

NEW ORLEANS — The Southern Baptist Convention voted Tuesday to elect its first black president in one of its biggest steps yet to reconcile the 167-year-old denomination's troubled racial past and appeal to a more diverse group of Christians.

The Rev. Fred Luter Jr. was unopposed in being elected by ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: Texan who saved daughter won't face murder rap

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:14:03 -0600

SHINER, Texas — A young Texas father who beat to death with his fists a man molesting his 5-year-old daughter will not be charged, authorities said Tuesday as they released a dramatic 911 tape of the dad frantically pleading for help before the hired ranch helper died.

A Lavaca County ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: Teen recovering after spear removed from his brain

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:41:13 -0600

MIAMI (AP) — Doctors in Miami have successfully removed a spear accidentally shot through a teenager's skull during a spearfishing trip.

Yasser Lopez, 16, was in serious condition Tuesday at Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center.

The spear gun accidentally fired as it was being loaded. Yasser was hospitalized June ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: Southern Baptists' historic presidential vote nears

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:31:11 -0600

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The nation's largest Protestant denomination is set to take its biggest step yet toward resolving its troubled racial past.

On Tuesday, the Southern Baptist Convention is expected to vote on whether to elect an black pastor as its president for the first time in the denomination's ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: Ex-Rutgers student in webcam case leaves jail

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:16:00 -0600

NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A former Rutgers University student who was convicted of bias for using a webcam to see his roommate and another man kissing was released from jail Tuesday after serving 20 days of a 30-day sentence.

Dharun Ravi, 20, reported to the Middlesex County jail on May ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: Psychologist: Sandusky has personality disorder

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 07:04:00 -0600

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has a personality disorder that might explain the "creepy" letters he sent to one of his accusers, a psychologist said Tuesday.

Elliot Atkins, the psychologist, told jurors that he diagnosed Sandusky with histrionic personality disorder after talking with ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: Talk of drones patrolling U.S. skies spawns anxiety

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 05:57:12 -0600

WASHINGTON (AP) — The prospect that thousands of drones could be patrolling U.S. skies by the end of this decade is raising the specter of a Big Brother government that peers into backyards and bedrooms.

The worries began mostly on the political margins, but there are signs that ordinary people ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: PRUDEN: Adidas and Nike: Ignorance runs in on stinky feet

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 04:05:04 -0600

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

Here's an inviting opportunity for Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, the rambling revs who are always on the scout for a lucrative corporate target. Or even President Obama, who is eager to slice and dice the electorate and assign each slice something to take offense at on his way ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: New Asian immigrants to U.S. now surpass Hispanics

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:03:05 -0600

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the influx of Asians moving to the U.S. has surpassed that of Hispanics, reflecting a slowdown in illegal immigration while American employers increase their demand for high-skilled workers.

An expansive study by the Pew Research Center details what it describes as "the rise ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: Alcohol plays role in reports involving the Secret Service

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:06:05 -0600

One U.S. Secret Service special agent drank too much alcohol and got caught after a minor traffic accident. Another agent got nabbed after driving into a telephone pole. Yet another got arrested after getting stuck in a ditch.

As the Secret Service deals with the ongoing fallout from an embarrassing ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: Asians to U.S. pass Hispanics

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:26:04 -0600

For the first time, the influx of Asians moving to the U.S. has surpassed that of Hispanics, reflecting a slowdown in illegal immigration while American employers increase their demand for high-skilled workers.

An expansive study by the Pew Research Center details what it describes as "the rise of Asian-Americans," a ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: American Scene: U.S.-born terrorist pleads guilty in 'mini al Qaeda' case

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:55:04 -0600

NEW YORK

U.S.-born terrorist pleads guilty in 'mini al Qaeda' case

A New Yorker accused of trying to start what prosecutors called "a mini al Qaeda cell" pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges of conspiracy and providing material support to a terrorist organization.

An indictment had alleged that Wesam El-Hanafi ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: Nuns' bus tour highlights clash with bishops over their activism

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:44:08 -0600

DES MOINES, Iowa — A group of Roman Catholic nuns began a nine-state bus tour protesting proposed federal budget cuts Monday, saying they weren't trying to flout recent Vatican criticisms of socially active nuns but felt called to show how Republican policies are affecting low-income families.

The tour was organized ...

The Washington Times - News - Nation/Politics: Sandusky judge says jury could get case by Thursday

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:44:06 -0600

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Friends and ex-colleagues of Jerry Sandusky testified Monday on behalf of the former Penn State assistant football coach as his defense sought to counter claims of prosecution witnesses that he sexually abused boys in the shower on Penn State's campus.

The testimony came on what was a ...

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