http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/nationworld nationworld news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-02-04T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_supreme_court_1070/supreme-court-hear-sb-1070-case-april/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_supreme_court_1070/supreme-court-hear-sb-1070-case-april/ 21:15:00Z Dylan Smith The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Arizona’s immigration enforcement law, SB 1070, on April 25. The justices will hear an appeal by the state of an appeal’s court ruling that upheld an injunction blocking much of the law. 2012-02-03T21:15:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020312_mex_juarez_police/juarez-police-officers-hiding-after-cartel-threat/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020312_mex_juarez_police/juarez-police-officers-hiding-after-cartel-threat/ 19:33:00Z Simeon Tegel Even by Ciudad Juarez’s grim standards, a threat from a Mexican drug cartel to kill an officer a day until the city’s police chief steps down is being seen as an unusually terrifying escalation in the violence. 2012-02-03T19:33:37+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_boehner_birth_control/boehner-obamas-birth-control-order-unconstitutional/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_boehner_birth_control/boehner-obamas-birth-control-order-unconstitutional/ 06:15:00Z Global Post The White House was on the defensive Thursday over its requirement that church-affiliated employers cover birth control after House Speaker John Boehner called the order unconstitutional. 2012-02-03T06:15:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_holder_fast_furious/holder-accused-obstructing-fast-furious-probe/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_holder_fast_furious/holder-accused-obstructing-fast-furious-probe/ 02:22:00Z Victoria Pelham House members accused Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday of stonewalling their probe of Operation Fast and Furious, and threatened him with contempt unless the Justice Department hands over thousands more documents. 2012-02-03T02:22:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020212_scorpionsinmymailbox/scorpions-my-mailbox/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020212_scorpionsinmymailbox/scorpions-my-mailbox/ 00:15:00Z Roberto De Vido Donate to Jan PAC! Get a “free” book! 2012-02-03T00:15:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020212_media_execs_pacs/media-execs-firms-giving-conservative-super-pacs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020212_media_execs_pacs/media-execs-firms-giving-conservative-super-pacs/ 22:40:00Z Corbin Hiar News companies and their executives donated more than $350,000 to conservative super PACs in 2011, according to financial disclosure forms filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission. 2012-02-02T22:40:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020212_gop_defense_cuts/kyl-mccain-propose-bill-stop-defense-cuts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020212_gop_defense_cuts/kyl-mccain-propose-bill-stop-defense-cuts/ 21:36:00Z Lillian Rizzo Republican senators proposed a plan that would spare the U.S. military from nearly $500 billion in automatic spending cuts next January by reducing the federal workforce instead. 2012-02-02T21:36:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020212_soccer_riots_egypt/officials-fired-after-egypt-soccer-riots-that-killed-74/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020212_soccer_riots_egypt/officials-fired-after-egypt-soccer-riots-that-killed-74/ 20:00:00Z Lillian Rizzo Egyptian Football Association officials, along with officials in Port Said, have been fired following the riots after Wednesday’s soccer match between Al Masry and Al Ahly, in which 74 people died. 2012-02-02T20:00:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020212_groundhogday/groundhog-day-same-as-it-ever-was/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020212_groundhogday/groundhog-day-same-as-it-ever-was/#When: 12:25:000 Dylan Smith Updated: Every Feb. 2, it’s time for the obligatory Groundhog Day story. Here in the Sentinel newsroom, we’d rather watch the same old Youtube videos than check whether some rodent is having a bad hair day. Enjoy! %2012-%02-%02GMT%19:%25:%00%Q http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020212_red_cross_fine/red-cross-hit-with-10m-fine-over-bad-blood-handling/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020212_red_cross_fine/red-cross-hit-with-10m-fine-over-bad-blood-handling/ 16:39:00Z Lena Groeger The FDA has hit the American Red Cross with a nearly $10 million fine for safety violations, lax oversight and faulty testing of its blood services. The fine is just the latest of more than a dozen the Red Cross has racked up in the last decade. 2012-02-02T16:39:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_manufactured_homes/slow-moving-regulation-hurting-manufactured-home-builders/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_manufactured_homes/slow-moving-regulation-hurting-manufactured-home-builders/ 16:03:00Z Salvador Rodriguez The director of engineering for a Phoenix-based manufactured-home company told Congress on Wednesday that a federal agency’s inefficient handling of regulations has contributed to an 80 percent drop in construction in his industry since 2000. 2012-02-02T16:03:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020112_verypoor/romneys-poverty-plan/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020112_verypoor/romneys-poverty-plan/ 04:36:00Z Roberto De Vido You don’t need a Ph.D. in boulangerie to know Mitt Romney has always been more brioche than Wonder Bread guy. 2012-02-02T04:36:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_afghanistan_panetta/panetta-troops-end-combat-role-afghanistan-2013/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_afghanistan_panetta/panetta-troops-end-combat-role-afghanistan-2013/ 23:24:00Z Talia Ralph Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday that U.S. troops in Afghanistan would step out of combat into an “advise-and-assist” role in Afghanistan as early as mid-2013. 2012-02-01T23:24:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_xrays/drive-by-x-rays-security-screeners-expanding-radiation-use/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_xrays/drive-by-x-rays-security-screeners-expanding-radiation-use/ 20:49:00Z Michael Grabell U.S. law enforcement agencies are exposing people to radiation in more settings and in increasing doses to screen for explosives, weapons and drugs. In addition to the controversial airport body scanners,  X-ray devices have proliferated in prisons, on the streets of New York and at our borders. 2012-02-01T20:49:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_mccain_earmarks/mccain-flubs-earmark-claim-against-gingrich/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_mccain_earmarks/mccain-flubs-earmark-claim-against-gingrich/ 17:30:00Z Eugene Kiely Sen. John McCain incorrectly claimed that earmarks nearly doubled from $7.8 billion to $14.5 billion in Newt Gingrich’s first two years as House speaker. Actually, the increase was about half that. 2012-02-01T17:30:46+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_romney_poor/romney-im-not-concerned-very-poor/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_romney_poor/romney-im-not-concerned-very-poor/ 16:26:00Z Tim Fitzsimmons Flub comes a day after Romney swept the Florida primary, and the sound bite in which he says, “I’m not concerned about the very poor,” could haunt him in the general election if he becomes the GOP nominee. 2012-02-01T16:26:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_pfizer_the_pill/birth-control-pills-recalled/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_pfizer_the_pill/birth-control-pills-recalled/ 16:03:00Z Jessica Phelan Roughly 1 million packets of birth control pills have been recalled, after pharmaceutical company Pfizer said they might not provide the correct dose to prevent pregnancy. 2012-02-01T16:03:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_florida_primary_romney/romney-takes-florida-primary/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_florida_primary_romney/romney-takes-florida-primary/ 09:15:00Z Global Post Mitt Romney won the Florida primary, report The New York Times and other major news organizations, based on exit polling and actual vote counts. Romney held a nearly 18 percent lead over Newt Gingrich, at approximately 48 percent, and Rick Santorum was a distant third at 12.8 percent. 2012-02-01T09:15:46+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_dover_whistleblowers/4-punished-blowing-whistle-dover-afb-body-handling/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_dover_whistleblowers/4-punished-blowing-whistle-dover-afb-body-handling/ 08:38:00Z Samantha Stainburn Four civilian employees at the Port Mortuary at Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base were illegally punished after blowing the whistle on the mortuary’s mishandling of dead troops’ remains, the Office of Special Counsel said in a report sent to Air Force officials on Monday 2012-02-01T08:38:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020112_gun_walkers/report-officials-allowed-gun-walking-years-az/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020112_gun_walkers/report-officials-allowed-gun-walking-years-az/ 08:26:00Z Dustin Volz Operation Fast and Furious was the fourth “gun–walking” investigation run by the ATF in the Phoenix area, according to a congressional report released Tuesday. The four operations began in 2006 and let roughly 2,800 firearms walk into the hands of drug cartels and other criminals. 2012-02-01T08:26:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013112_occupy_mexico/occupy-mexico-how-end-drug-war/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013112_occupy_mexico/occupy-mexico-how-end-drug-war/ 00:35:00Z Nathanial Parish Flannery Mexico’s Occupy protesters, who focus on poverty and workers’ rights, have failed to win many followers. The movement has been entirely ignored by Mexico’s mainstream politicians. And most Mexicans are more concerned with an end to drug violence. 2012-02-01T00:35:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013112_napolitano_border/napolitano-touts-border-crackdown-urges-dream-act-support/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013112_napolitano_border/napolitano-touts-border-crackdown-urges-dream-act-support/ 18:49:00Z Dustin Volz Calling the nation’s immigration laws “sorely outdated and in need of revision,” Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano pressed Monday for passage of the DREAM Act, saying it is the most-urgently needed change to immigration policy. 2012-01-31T18:49:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_soldierbraininjury/specialized-rehab-rare-brain-injured-soldiers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_soldierbraininjury/specialized-rehab-rare-brain-injured-soldiers/ 22:18:00Z Joaquin Sapien Although 230,000 soldiers have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries, only 20 at a time get advanced personalized rehabilitation at a new state-of-the-art treatment center — and they must stay in the military to do so. 2012-01-30T22:18:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_mex_ambassador/mexican-ambassador-kidnapped-released-venezuela/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_mex_ambassador/mexican-ambassador-kidnapped-released-venezuela/ 22:00:00Z Girish Gupta The quick kidnap and release of Mexico’s ambassador to Venezuela Sunday night highlights the country’s issues with security. Caracas is often listed amongst the most dangerous cities in the world, ranked alongside war zones. 2012-01-30T22:00:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_nuclear_risks/loophole-nuclear-bill-may-create-risk-terrorist-bomb/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_nuclear_risks/loophole-nuclear-bill-may-create-risk-terrorist-bomb/ 21:31:00Z Aaron Mehta Nuclear experts have told Congress that a loophole in a bill meant to limit the use of bomb-grade uranium in medical isotopes could undo years of work to curb the risk of a terrorist nuclear bomb. 2012-01-30T21:31:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_immigrants_houston/a-divide-payoff-legalizing-immigrants/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_immigrants_houston/a-divide-payoff-legalizing-immigrants/ 21:26:00Z Julian Aguilar Granting legal status to the illegal immigrants living in one of Texas’ largest metropolitan areas would generate at least $1.4 billion a year in revenue for state and federal agencies, with Social Security and Medicare being the largest potential beneficiaries. 2012-01-30T21:26:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012912_liarliar/liar-liar/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012912_liarliar/liar-liar/ 04:17:00Z Roberto De Vido Mitt Romney is a dishonest man, according to Newt Gingrich: “He would say thing after thing after thing that just plain wasn’t true.” 2012-01-30T04:17:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012712_themoonpranos/the-moonpranos/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012712_themoonpranos/the-moonpranos/ 05:41:00Z Roberto De Vido Seriously, Newt? A moon colony? That can apply for statehood? Seriously? That’s your idea for intelligently spending $1 trillion? (Yes, that’s what it would cost.) 2012-01-28T05:41:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012712_obama_tuition_hikes/obama-stop-college-tuition-hikes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012712_obama_tuition_hikes/obama-stop-college-tuition-hikes/ 21:30:00Z Lillian Rizzo President Barack Obama stood before a crowd of thousands of students at the University of Michigan, calling for more initiatives that will make college more affordable for Americans. 2012-01-27T21:30:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012712_factcheck_gop_florida/more-factual-fouls-latest-fla-gop-debate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012712_factcheck_gop_florida/more-factual-fouls-latest-fla-gop-debate/ 19:30:00Z Factcheck.org The four GOP presidential candidates met for yet another debate. This one, the final debate prior to Florida’s Jan. 31 primary, brought out false claims about immigration, health care, President Obama and terrorists seeking missile bases in Cuba. 2012-01-27T19:30:03+00:00