http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/nationworld nationworld news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-05-21T07:23:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052012_mexico_zetas_elizondo/zetas-cartel-leader-arrested-killings-49/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052012_mexico_zetas_elizondo/zetas-cartel-leader-arrested-killings-49/ 00:13:00Z Priyanka Boghani Daniel Elizondo, a leader of the Zetas drug cartel in Mexico, was arrested in connection to the killings of 49 people whose decapitated and dismembered corpses were found dumped next to a highway last week. 2012-05-21T00:13:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/052012_statedinner/state-dinner/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/052012_statedinner/state-dinner/ 00:04:00Z Roberto De Vido At Camp David, a summit runs on its stomach. 2012-05-21T00:04:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052012_mexico_officers_cartel/fourth-army-officer-held-mexico-drug-cartel-probe/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052012_mexico_officers_cartel/fourth-army-officer-held-mexico-drug-cartel-probe/ 17:28:00Z Luke Browne A fourth high-ranking Mexican military officer has been arrested as part of an investigation into alleged army links to drug cartels. 2012-05-20T17:28:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052012_afghanistan/nato-withdrawal-brings-fears-civil-war-aghanistan/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052012_afghanistan/nato-withdrawal-brings-fears-civil-war-aghanistan/ 15:59:00Z Chris Sands NATO states now meeting in Chicago are reaffirming the departure of foreign combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014. But many Afghans have little faith in their own security forces. 2012-05-20T15:59:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051912_jeep_recall/chrysler-recalls-87000-jeeps/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051912_jeep_recall/chrysler-recalls-87000-jeeps/ 20:45:00Z Amy Silverstein Chrysler has some bad news for people who bought a Jeep in 2010: the car you’ve been driving around town for the past two years might randomly catch on fire. 2012-05-19T20:45:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051912_stuxnet_cyber_security/remember-stuxnet-why-us-still-vulnerable/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051912_stuxnet_cyber_security/remember-stuxnet-why-us-still-vulnerable/ 19:21:00Z Megha Rajagopalan Last week, the Department of Homeland Security revealed a rash of cyber attacks on natural gas pipeline companies. There was no damage, but security experts worry it may only be a matter of time. 2012-05-19T19:21:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051912_obesity_doctors_insurers/doctors-and-insurers-key-fighting-obesity/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051912_obesity_doctors_insurers/doctors-and-insurers-key-fighting-obesity/ 16:32:00Z Judith Graham Although professional medical societies have said for years that physicians should monitor patients’ body mass index, most doctors fail to do so. But that may soon change. 2012-05-19T16:32:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_terror_intel_leaks/white-house-may-have-leaked-counter-terrorism-intel/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_terror_intel_leaks/white-house-may-have-leaked-counter-terrorism-intel/ 01:46:00Z Priyanka Boghani White House efforts to reassure the public that there was never a serious threat from the recently foiled underwear bomb plot may have inadvertently caused information about covert operations to be leaked. 2012-05-19T01:46:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_buffett_newspapers/media-general-sells-63-newspapers-buffett-firm/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_buffett_newspapers/media-general-sells-63-newspapers-buffett-firm/ 19:54:00Z Talia Ralph Media General has sold 63 newspapers to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway for $142 million in cash. 2012-05-18T19:54:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_shipwreck/200-year-old-shipwreck-found-gulf-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_shipwreck/200-year-old-shipwreck-found-gulf-mexico/ 17:25:00Z Stacey Leasca A 200-year-old shipwreck has been found off the Gulf Coast. The ship is filled with glass bottles, ceramic plates and boxes of muskets. 2012-05-18T17:25:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_nuclear_weapons_cuts/former-us-nuclear-chief-proposes-cutting-arsenal-by-80/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_nuclear_weapons_cuts/former-us-nuclear-chief-proposes-cutting-arsenal-by-80/ 15:51:00Z R. Jeffrey Smith A former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is urging that the existing American nuclear arsenal of 5000 warheads be cut by 80 percent, in an effort meant to be matched by similar reductions in the Russian arsenal. 2012-05-18T15:51:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_el_paso_water/with-rio-grande-dry-el-paso-looks-alternative-water-sources/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_el_paso_water/with-rio-grande-dry-el-paso-looks-alternative-water-sources/ 15:29:00Z Kate Galbraith The Rio Grande near El Paso has run dry — a situation that hasn’t occurred in almost 10 years — removing a key source of water for the city. “There is currently no water in the river.” 2012-05-18T15:29:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_solar_tariffs_china/us-slap-huge-tariffs-chinese-solar-panels/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_solar_tariffs_china/us-slap-huge-tariffs-chinese-solar-panels/ 15:11:00Z Samantha Stainburn The U.S. Department of Commerce said Friday that it will seek to slap tariffs ranging from 31 percent to 250 percent on solar panels imported from China. 2012-05-18T15:11:37+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051812_scotus/how-supreme-court-ruined-your-childs-civics-education/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051812_scotus/how-supreme-court-ruined-your-childs-civics-education/ 14:10:00Z Jimmy Zuma You might be shocked to learn what your child believes about free speech. 2012-05-18T14:10:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051712_facebookipo/the-facebook/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051712_facebookipo/the-facebook/ 01:38:00Z Roberto De Vido Anyway, Facebook shares will be priced at $38, valuing the company at $104 billion. 2012-05-18T01:38:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051712_cross_border_bankrupt/mexican-firms-bankruptcy-case-has-cross-border-impact/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051712_cross_border_bankrupt/mexican-firms-bankruptcy-case-has-cross-border-impact/ 20:54:00Z Julian Aguilar Investors and financial analysts have their eyes on a bankruptcy case, pending in a Dallas courtroom, that they say could systematically shift how American firms do business with Mexican companies. 2012-05-17T20:54:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051712_mex_generals_cartels/2-mexican-army-generals-detained-over-alleged-cartel-ties/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051712_mex_generals_cartels/2-mexican-army-generals-detained-over-alleged-cartel-ties/ 16:01:00Z Allison Jackson Mexican soldiers have detained two army generals, including a former assistant defense secretary, over their alleged links to organized crime. 2012-05-17T16:01:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_alec_goldwater_institute/alec-anti-union-push-includes-az-think-tank/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_alec_goldwater_institute/alec-anti-union-push-includes-az-think-tank/ 15:37:00Z Paul Abowd The Goldwater Institute and the Michigan-based Mackinac Center between them successfully shepherded five model bills through ALEC’s Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task force — all targeting public sector unions — at ALEC Task Force Summit. 2012-05-17T15:37:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_obama_fundraising/obama-campaign-raises-nearly-44m-april/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_obama_fundraising/obama-campaign-raises-nearly-44m-april/ 21:18:00Z David Trifunov President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign raised almost $44 million in April with an average donation of $50.23. 2012-05-16T21:18:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_dc_illegal_immigrants/dc-health-program-illegal-immigrants-avoids-cuts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_dc_illegal_immigrants/dc-health-program-illegal-immigrants-avoids-cuts/ 19:53:00Z Sarah Barr A public health insurance program that primarily serves illegal immigrants in the District of Columbia avoided the chopping block Tuesday under a budget compromise approved by the D.C. Council. 2012-05-16T19:53:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_perry_romney/rick-perry-votes-romney/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_perry_romney/rick-perry-votes-romney/ 19:27:00Z Jay Root Gov. Rick Perry, who bitterly clashed with Mitt Romney on the Republican presidential primary campaign trail, voted for the former Massachusetts governor Wednesday and predicted he would prevail in November. 2012-05-16T19:27:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_demonstrations/demonstrators-beware-you-wont-seen-or-heard/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_demonstrations/demonstrators-beware-you-wont-seen-or-heard/ 17:48:00Z Mike Alberti Cities’ use of “spatial tactics” such as exclusion zones at upcoming political conventions and this weekend’s NATO summit risks muffling dissent, critics say. 2012-05-16T17:48:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_texas_mex_mine/player-bows-out-texas-fight-over-mexican-mine/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_texas_mex_mine/player-bows-out-texas-fight-over-mexican-mine/ 16:58:00Z Julian Aguilar In what the leader of an environmental group said was a surprising and stunning blow to an effort to stop a Mexican company from mining coal on the Texas-Mexico border, an American Indian tribe has backed out of the fight. 2012-05-16T16:58:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051612_corn_syrup/high-fructose-corn-syrup-can-alter-learning-memory/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051612_corn_syrup/high-fructose-corn-syrup-can-alter-learning-memory/ 16:36:00Z Global Post High-fructose corn syrup can interfere with learning and memory, according to a study published on Tuesday 2012-05-16T16:36:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_aaron_presidential_pardon/pardon-attorney-torpedoes-plea-presidential-mercy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_aaron_presidential_pardon/pardon-attorney-torpedoes-plea-presidential-mercy/ 14:53:00Z Dafna Linzer The case of rejected presidential pardon applicant Clarence Aaron illuminates the extraordinary, secretive powers wielded by the Office of the Pardon Attorney, the branch of the Justice Department that reviews commutation requests. 2012-05-16T14:53:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_f-22_restrictions/pentagon-limits-f-22-fighter-jet-flights-amid-safety-worries/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_f-22_restrictions/pentagon-limits-f-22-fighter-jet-flights-amid-safety-worries/ 14:31:00Z Jennifer Mattson Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ordered the Air Force on Tuesday to investigate safety problems with the F-22 fighter jet and restrict missions to regions where pilots can quickly land if they experience oxygen problems. 2012-05-16T14:31:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_army_women_combat/army-opens-combat-related-roles-women/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_army_women_combat/army-opens-combat-related-roles-women/ 14:00:00Z Priyanka Boghani Female soldiers serving in the U.S. Army will now be able to take up new positions in traditionally all-male units, as the Army formally opens combat-related roles to women. 2012-05-16T14:00:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051512_french_election_lessons/french-voters-offer-us-campaign-lesson/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051512_french_election_lessons/french-voters-offer-us-campaign-lesson/ 20:53:00Z Sam Fulwood III I’m wondering if there’s a lesson for U.S. politicians and voters in the recently completed French presidential election? My head says “Non!” but my heart screams “Oui! Oui!” 2012-05-15T20:53:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_meads/another-250-million-drink-missile-defenses/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_meads/another-250-million-drink-missile-defenses/ 18:43:00Z Aaron Mehta The talk of the defense world is the budget — specifically, how to shrink it and what will be cut. Given the austerity pressures, it’s remarkable that a costly program targeted for cancellation can get a new government check for a quarter of a billion dollars . 2012-05-15T18:43:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051512_acs_gop_op/killing-community-survey-bad-govt-and-business/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051512_acs_gop_op/killing-community-survey-bad-govt-and-business/ 17:21:00Z Kristina Costa Last week’s House vote to end the American Community Survey defied the advice of conservative think tank experts, the interests of the business community, and, most critically, common sense. 2012-05-15T17:21:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_romney_gay_marriage/do-most-americans-agree-with-romney-gay-marraige/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_romney_gay_marriage/do-most-americans-agree-with-romney-gay-marraige/ 17:10:00Z Eugene Kiely The Republican party chairman claims “most Americans” agree with Mitt Romney “that marriage ought to be defined between one man and one woman.” Americans are closely divided on the issue. 2012-05-15T17:10:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_ron_paul/ron-paul-ending-active-campaigning-president/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_ron_paul/ron-paul-ending-active-campaigning-president/ 17:06:00Z Minjae Park Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul announced in a statement released Monday announced that he would stop campaigning in states that have not yet voted. 2012-05-15T17:06:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_mccain_myanmar/mccain-wants-us-sanctions-against-myanmar-lifted/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_mccain_myanmar/mccain-wants-us-sanctions-against-myanmar-lifted/ 16:27:00Z Patrick Winn In a speech at Washington, D.C.‘s Center for Strategic and International Studies, Sen. John McCain advocated suspending — not permanently removing — almost all American sanctions against Myanmar. 2012-05-15T16:27:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_same_sex_insurance/firms-offer-benefits-same-sex-couples-ahead-laws/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_same_sex_insurance/firms-offer-benefits-same-sex-couples-ahead-laws/ 15:52:00Z Julie Appleby Last year, 52 percent of all employers offered domestic partner health benefits, with the percentage varying widely by region and industry. That’s up from 31 percent in 2010. 2012-05-15T15:52:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_super_pac_youth/new-republican-super-pac-targets-young-voters/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_super_pac_youth/new-republican-super-pac-targets-young-voters/ 15:19:00Z Rachael Marcus Three Republican groups have formed a super PAC called “Crossroads Generation” and given it $750,000 in seed money in an attempt to attract young voters, a population that has traditionally eluded the GOP. 2012-05-15T15:19:27+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_mexico_journalist_killed/mexican-police-find-slain-journalist-car-trunk/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_mexico_journalist_killed/mexican-police-find-slain-journalist-car-trunk/ 15:02:00Z Allison Jackson Another journalist has been killed in Mexico, this time in the central state of Morelos. 2012-05-15T15:02:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051412_stand_your_ground/flas-stand-your-ground-defense-fails-2-cases/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051412_stand_your_ground/flas-stand-your-ground-defense-fails-2-cases/ 23:59:00Z Talia Ralph Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, which has been used to defend George Zimmerman’s murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, failed as a defense strategy in two separate court cases. 2012-05-14T23:59:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051412_mexico_prisons/who-controls-mexicos-prisons/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051412_mexico_prisons/who-controls-mexicos-prisons/ 18:56:00Z David Agren Mexico’s prison problems stem primarily from a lack of control. Corruption is rife among guards and wardens, who have been implicated in abetting mass escapes and allowing mafias to charge inmates fees for simple comforts such as sleeping on bunks. 2012-05-14T18:56:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051412_mex_pres/mexicos-suave-presidential-front-runner-glides-ahead/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051412_mex_pres/mexicos-suave-presidential-front-runner-glides-ahead/ 18:40:00Z David Agren The Mexican presidential election is Enrique Peña Nieto’s to lose. The PRI candidate has projected polish, popular appeal and power in his drive to take the presidency. 2012-05-14T18:40:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_population_op/on-population-us-remains-full-denial-mode/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_population_op/on-population-us-remains-full-denial-mode/ 18:33:00Z Craig Gurian Of all the fantasies indulged in by a society speeding toward self-destruction, none is as consequential as the idea that continuing growth — both in population and size of our economy — has a happy-ever-after ending.  Yet, when overpopulation is discussed at all, it is discussed as a problem limited to the developing world. 2012-05-14T18:33:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_palin_death_panel/palins-death-panel-rhetoric-torpedoed-medicare-savings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_palin_death_panel/palins-death-panel-rhetoric-torpedoed-medicare-savings/ 18:02:00Z Wendell Potter We’ll be hearing a lot from politicians this summer and fall about the urgency of dealing with Medicare spending. If we’re fortunate, some courageous candidates will call for renewed debate on a provision of the health care reform bill that had once enjoyed bipartisan support. 2012-05-14T18:02:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_military_pay_op/top-10-things-know-military-compensation/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_military_pay_op/top-10-things-know-military-compensation/ 17:51:00Z Lawrence J. Korb The Pentagon’s personnel budget is composed of three major items: pay, retirement, and health care. These costs have nearly doubled in the past 10 years and now consume one-third of the baseline defense budget. If they continue growing, these costs will begin to divert funds from other critical national security initiatives such as training and modernization. 2012-05-14T17:51:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_time_magazine_greece/meanwhile-greece/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_time_magazine_greece/meanwhile-greece/ 17:21:00Z Roberto De Vido While Greece continues to circle the drain, Time magazine focuses elsewhere ... 2012-05-14T17:21:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051412_chamber_health_care/us-chamber-continues-mislead-health-care-law/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051412_chamber_health_care/us-chamber-continues-mislead-health-care-law/ 17:07:00Z D'Angelo Gore The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s latest onslaught of television ads continues to miseducate voters about the potential impact of the health care law. 2012-05-14T17:07:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051312_bodies_found_mexico/mexican-police-find-49-mutilated-bodies-near-monterrey/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051312_bodies_found_mexico/mexican-police-find-49-mutilated-bodies-near-monterrey/ 21:55:00Z Luke Browne Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found in black plastic bags near Mexico’s northern city of Monterrey, apparently killed by the Zetas drug cartel. 2012-05-13T21:55:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051212_mex_cartel_violence/zetas-cartel-hit-man-arrested-over-marine-torture-slayings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051212_mex_cartel_violence/zetas-cartel-hit-man-arrested-over-marine-torture-slayings/ 19:18:00Z Global Post Authorities in Mexico have arrested a senior member of the violent Zetas drug cartel who is suspected of being involved in the torture and murders of four marines last month. 2012-05-12T19:18:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051112_reagan/charting-rise-stupidity/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051112_reagan/charting-rise-stupidity/ 12:18:00Z Jimmy Zuma Smart v. Stupid: As America grapples with a long-term decline, we have only Ronald Reagan to blame. 2012-05-11T12:18:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_talk_about_greece/romney-talk-greece/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_talk_about_greece/romney-talk-greece/ 00:59:00Z Roberto De Vido Mitt Romney must be so frustrated ... an endorsement of gay marriage should be the electoral kiss of death, yet President Obama has pissed off only those who hated him already. 2012-05-11T00:59:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051012_mayan_calendar/new-mayan-calendar-discovered-world-wont-end-2012/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051012_mayan_calendar/new-mayan-calendar-discovered-world-wont-end-2012/ 20:59:00Z Stacey Leasca Earth has a new reason to celebrate. It’s looking like we will make it past Dec. 21, 2012. Researchers have unearthed the oldest-known version of the ancient Maya calendar in the Guatemalan rainforest. 2012-05-10T20:59:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051012_romney_hrc_factcheck/romneys-gross-exaggeration-obamacare/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051012_romney_hrc_factcheck/romneys-gross-exaggeration-obamacare/ 19:40:00Z Eugene Kiely Mitt Romney claims government will “constitute … almost 50 percent” of the U.S. economy when the new federal health care law takes full effect. That’s nonsense. 2012-05-10T19:40:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051012_railroad_safety/obama-administration-heeds-industry-call-ease-rail-safety-rules/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051012_railroad_safety/obama-administration-heeds-industry-call-ease-rail-safety-rules/ 19:26:00Z Stuart Silverstein The Obama administration announced Thursday that it will scale back federal rail safety rules spurred by a Southern California train wreck in 2008 that killed 25 people and hurt 135 others. 2012-05-10T19:26:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_atty_general_arpaio/asst-attorney-general-no-choice-but-sue-arpaio/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_atty_general_arpaio/asst-attorney-general-no-choice-but-sue-arpaio/ 17:32:00Z Thomas E. Perez The police are supposed to protect and serve our communities, not divide them. At its core, this is an abuse of power case involving a sheriff and sheriff’s office that disregarded the Constitution. 2012-05-10T17:32:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051012_arpaio_suit/fed-sue-arpaio-over-racial-profiling-retaliation/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051012_arpaio_suit/fed-sue-arpaio-over-racial-profiling-retaliation/ 17:05:00Z Dylan Smith The U.S. Justice Department filed a complaint Thursday against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, alleging racial profiling, discrimination in the Maricopa County Jail, and illegal retaliation against critics of the sheriff. “Arpaio ... intentionally and systematically discriminated against Latinos,” the department said. 2012-05-10T17:05:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_mccain_f-22/mccain-f-22-safety/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_mccain_f-22/mccain-f-22-safety/ 15:37:00Z John McCain U.S. Sen. John McCain released this statement Thursday regarding concerns about the safety of flying the F-22A Raptor. 2012-05-10T15:37:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050912_obama_mans_up/obama-mans-up-gay-marriage/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050912_obama_mans_up/obama-mans-up-gay-marriage/ 15:16:00Z Roberto De Vido Half of Americans support gay marriage. And of course, half don’t. But that’s the same for every issue. So why not say what you think? Well done, Mr. President. 2012-05-10T15:16:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050912_worst_places_mothers/best-and-worst-places-mother/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050912_worst_places_mothers/best-and-worst-places-mother/ 14:27:00Z Alexander Besant The charity group Save the Children released their annual best and worst places to be a mother ranking, with Norway coming in first and the African nation Niger coming in last — just after Afghanistan. 2012-05-09T14:27:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050912_dollars_for_docs/pain-advocacy-group-shuts-down-as-senators-launch-painkiller-probe/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050912_dollars_for_docs/pain-advocacy-group-shuts-down-as-senators-launch-painkiller-probe/ 13:16:00Z Charles Ornstein A leading pain advocacy organization shuts down ahead of an investigation launched by the Senate Finance Committee into makers of narcotic painkillers and groups that champion them. 2012-05-09T13:16:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050812_eastofaden/war-terror-east-aden/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050812_eastofaden/war-terror-east-aden/ 04:38:00Z Roberto De Vido A would-be al-Qaeda suicide bomber was in fact a Saudi Arabian intelligence operative who turned over the bomb to his agency and the CIA. 2012-05-09T04:38:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_gay_marriage_poll/poll-gay-marriage-supported-by-50-americans/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_gay_marriage_poll/poll-gay-marriage-supported-by-50-americans/ 00:00:00Z Sarah Wolfe Half of Americans support legalizing same-sex marriage, a slight drop from last year but the second year in a row that a majority of the country believes gay marriages should be recognized by law. 2012-05-09T00:00:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_feds_enforce_e-rate/govt-tells-phone-companies-follow-low-price-rule-schools/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_feds_enforce_e-rate/govt-tells-phone-companies-follow-low-price-rule-schools/ 18:11:00Z Jeff Gerth Federal regulators are finally telling phone companies how to comply with a rule requiring them to charge bargain prices to schools and libraries. 2012-05-08T18:11:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_romney_santorum/santorum-endorses-mitt-romney/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_romney_santorum/santorum-endorses-mitt-romney/ 16:20:00Z Global Post Late Monday night Rick Santorum endorsed Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nomination in an email to his supporters. 2012-05-08T16:20:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_health_care_costs/health-care-increasingly-out-reach-millions/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_health_care_costs/health-care-increasingly-out-reach-millions/ 16:00:00Z Phil Galewitz Having trouble finding a doctor? You’re not alone.Tens of millions of adults under 65 — both those with insurance and those without — saw their access to health care dramatically worsen over the past decade. 2012-05-08T16:00:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050812_sendak_obit/childrens-author-maurice-sendak-dies-83/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050812_sendak_obit/childrens-author-maurice-sendak-dies-83/ 15:34:00Z Jessica Phelan Maurice Sendak, the author and illustrator of “Where the Wild Things Are,” has died aged 83 2012-05-08T15:34:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_alec_lobbying_pass/three-states-give-alec-pass-lobbying-rules/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_alec_lobbying_pass/three-states-give-alec-pass-lobbying-rules/ 15:24:00Z Paul Abowd South Carolina, Indiana and Colorado have all given the free-market group a pass on registering or reporting lobbying expenditures. 2012-05-08T15:24:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050812_underwearbomb/1-800-happy-2cu/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050812_underwearbomb/1-800-happy-2cu/ 15:14:00Z Roberto De Vido In War on Terror news, another pair of exploding tighty whities have been captured, making the world a safer place. 2012-05-08T15:14:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_government_aig_bailout/us-government-could-make-15b-profit-from-aig-bailout/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_government_aig_bailout/us-government-could-make-15b-profit-from-aig-bailout/ 14:48:00Z Samantha Stainburn The U.S. government’s bailout of AIG in 2008 may end up being a profitable move, according to the Government Accountability Office. 2012-05-08T14:48:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_al_qaida_plot/cia-thwarts-bomb-plot-near-anniversary-bin-ladens-death/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_al_qaida_plot/cia-thwarts-bomb-plot-near-anniversary-bin-ladens-death/ 02:07:00Z Priyanka Boghani The CIA thwarted a plot by al-Qaida’s Yemen affiliate to bomb a U.S.-bound airplane around the first anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death. 2012-05-08T02:07:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050712_daily_show_vagina/vagina-diaries-daily-show-loses-round/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050712_daily_show_vagina/vagina-diaries-daily-show-loses-round/ 22:57:00Z Thomas Mucha Delta Airlines pulls its ads from “The Daily Show.” Jon Stewart nemesis Bill Donohue of the Catholic League claims victory. Up next: Kellogg’s? 2012-05-07T22:57:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_perry_obama_immigration/perry-urges-obama-address-surge-immigrant-minors/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_perry_obama_immigration/perry-urges-obama-address-surge-immigrant-minors/ 22:09:00Z Julian Aguilar Citing an unprecedented level of unaccompanied illegal-immigrant minors breaching the U.S.-Mexico border, Gov. Rick Perry sent a letter Friday asking the Obama administration to address the “humanitarian crisis.” 2012-05-07T22:09:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_depakote_settlement/az-get-nearly-2m-from-depakote-settlement/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_depakote_settlement/az-get-nearly-2m-from-depakote-settlement/ 20:23:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Arizona will receive nearly $2 million of a $100 million, multi-state settlement with Abbott Laboratories over allegations of illegal off-label marketing for the drug Depakote. 2012-05-07T20:23:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_fda_implant_monitoring/fda-lax-monitoring-medical-implants/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_fda_implant_monitoring/fda-lax-monitoring-medical-implants/ 17:16:00Z Lena Groeger The FDA doesn’t track data on medical implants, despite numerous high profile cases of malfunctioning devices that led to injury or even death. 2012-05-07T17:16:32+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_rubio_immigration/sen-rubios-immigration-plan-under-inspection/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_rubio_immigration/sen-rubios-immigration-plan-under-inspection/ 17:04:00Z Marshall Fitz U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s plan to introduce a bill to provide legal status—but not citizenship—for undocumented youth ran into an obstacle when Speaker Boehner announced that such a proposal would not pass his chamber. 2012-05-07T17:04:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_walmart_lawsuit/pension-plan-sues-wal-mart-over-alleged-bribery-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_walmart_lawsuit/pension-plan-sues-wal-mart-over-alleged-bribery-mexico/ 16:57:00Z Talia Ralph Wal-Mart has been sued by the second-largest pension plan in the United States, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, over the retailer’s alleged mishandling and cover-up of bribery in their Mexico division 2012-05-07T16:57:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_flex_patriotism/flexible-patriotism/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_flex_patriotism/flexible-patriotism/ 16:56:00Z Matt Davies Where do U.S. corporations put their allegiance? 2012-05-07T16:56:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_immigration_texas_sheriff/immigration-forefront-texas-sheriff-race/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_immigration_texas_sheriff/immigration-forefront-texas-sheriff-race/ 16:36:00Z Julian Aguilar A controversial immigration-enforcement policy is at the forefront of the sheriff’s race in Travis County, Texas. 2012-05-07T16:36:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_hc_quick_fix_potter/false-quick-fixes-american-health-care/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_hc_quick_fix_potter/false-quick-fixes-american-health-care/ 16:36:00Z Wendell Potter You’ve heard it before. Let’s deep-six ObamaCare and replace it with sure-fire free-market solutions: tort reform, allow insurance to be sold across state lines and encourage people to set up health savings accounts. Here’s the problem: there is mounting evidence that all three of these strategies not only are ineffective but may actually be making matters worse. 2012-05-07T16:36:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_military_compensation/time-control-runaway-military-personnel-costs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_military_compensation/time-control-runaway-military-personnel-costs/ 16:06:00Z Lawrence J. Korb Military personnel costs have nearly doubled since fiscal year 2001. If these costs are allowed to continue rising at their current rate, they will eat through the entire defense budget by FY 2039. 2012-05-07T16:06:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_pentagon_whistleblowers/report-pentagon-failed-protect-whistleblowers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_pentagon_whistleblowers/report-pentagon-failed-protect-whistleblowers/ 15:19:00Z R. Jeffrey Smith The Defense Department has inadequately protected from reprisals whistleblowers who have reported wrongdoing, according to an internal Pentagon report, and critics are calling for action to be taken against those who have been negligent. 2012-05-07T15:19:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050512_forward/forward/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050512_forward/forward/ 05:15:00Z Roberto De Vido “Forward.” Someone probably got paid (well) to think that one up. 2012-05-06T05:15:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050512_secret_files_missing/boxes-top-secret-documents-go-missing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050512_secret_files_missing/boxes-top-secret-documents-go-missing/ 22:34:00Z Aaron Mehta While the federal government has been eager to prosecute officials for leaks of classified information, the government itself has lost track of hundreds of boxes filled with classified documents at its main records storage site, the Washington National Records Center. 2012-05-05T22:34:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050512_obama_women_health/white-house-spins-womens-health/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050512_obama_women_health/white-house-spins-womens-health/ 21:29:00Z Lori Robertson Republicans are right: The White House is greatly exaggerating when it says that “women, in particular,” benefit from a prevention fund that the House GOP proposes to repeal. 2012-05-05T21:29:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050512_immigrant_stash_house/115-illegal-immigrants-found-locked-texas-house/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050512_immigrant_stash_house/115-illegal-immigrants-found-locked-texas-house/ 19:40:00Z Amy Silverstein Police in Edinburg, Texas, received a phone call Wednesday morning from an immigrant trapped inside a so-called “stash house.” The caller said more than 100 people were locked inside and they had gone days without food or water. 2012-05-05T19:40:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050512_cinco_de_mayo/the-facts-cinco-de-mayo/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050512_cinco_de_mayo/the-facts-cinco-de-mayo/ 18:43:00Z Daniel DeFraia It’s Cinco de Mayo, and for millions of Americans that means drinking Corona instead of Bud Light. But the holiday has an interesting history, even if it is misunderstood by millions. 2012-05-05T18:43:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050512_supermoon/get-ready-supermoon-saturday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050512_supermoon/get-ready-supermoon-saturday/ 18:06:00Z Kristen Deasy Take a walk in the moonlight Saturday and you’ll soak up 30 percent more moonbeam than normal, according to information provided by NASA on this weekend’s “supermoon” event. 2012-05-05T18:06:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050512_lookinforlove/lookin-love/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050512_lookinforlove/lookin-love/ 17:05:00Z Roberto De Vido Who is Chen Guangcheng? Just another blind Chinese dissident lawyer ... lookin’ for love. 2012-05-05T17:05:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_mex_dead/14-decapitated-9-hanged-bodies-found-nuevo-laredo/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_mex_dead/14-decapitated-9-hanged-bodies-found-nuevo-laredo/ 01:09:00Z Dylan Smith The bodies of 9 people were found Friday morning hanged from a Nuevo Laredo bridge. The mutilated bodies of 14 others were found later in the day, reports said. 2012-05-05T01:09:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_tsa_complaints/tsa-reveals-passenger-complaints-four-years-later/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_tsa_complaints/tsa-reveals-passenger-complaints-four-years-later/ 18:14:00Z Michael Grabell From intrusive pat-downs to body scans to perceived profiling, the Transportation Security Administration always seems to be the target of complaints. Here’s another one: It took the TSA almost four years to tell me what people complained about — in 2008. 2012-05-04T18:14:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_obama_romney_medicare/qa-obama-vs-ryan-controlling-medicare-spending/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_obama_romney_medicare/qa-obama-vs-ryan-controlling-medicare-spending/ 18:05:00Z Marilyn Werber Serafini Looking at Paul Ryan and Barack Obama’s plans in detail shows that practical effects are likely to be very different when it comes to restraining federal spending and impact on seniors. 2012-05-04T18:05:27+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_stimulus_jobs/stimulus-money-jobs-overseas/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_stimulus_jobs/stimulus-money-jobs-overseas/ 17:50:00Z Robert Farley An ad from the conservative Americans for Prosperity distorts the truth about stimulus money for “green jobs” going overseas. The ad, titled “Wasteful Spending,” introduces some new wrinkles to this well-used line of attack. 2012-05-04T17:50:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_economy_jobs/job-growth-report-april-disappoints/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_economy_jobs/job-growth-report-april-disappoints/ 17:25:00Z Priyanka Boghani The U.S. economy created 115,000 jobs in April, fewer than analysts had expected, according to the Labor Department’s report on Friday. However, the unemployment rate dipped slightly, from 8.2 percent to 8.1 percent. 2012-05-04T17:25:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_mexio_journalists_dead/journalists-found-slain-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_mexio_journalists_dead/journalists-found-slain-mexico/ 16:37:00Z Global Post The dismembered bodies of two photojournalists were found in Mexico’s eastern state of Veracruz Thursday, less than a week after a magazine reporter was found dead in her home in the same state. 2012-05-04T16:37:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050312_blind_justice/blind-justice-china/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050312_blind_justice/blind-justice-china/ 00:33:00Z Roberto De Vido Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng sought refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing, but later, perhaps bowing to pressure from China, he left the embassy grounds. 2012-05-04T00:33:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050312_afghan_corruption/corruption-still-threatens-us-efforts-afghanistan/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050312_afghan_corruption/corruption-still-threatens-us-efforts-afghanistan/ 16:45:00Z Aaron Mehta As U.S. heads for the door in Afghanistan, deep corruption persists in the country, and can easily undermine the success of U.S. development efforts there. A report expressed concern about continuing thefts of fuel and cash, the shortcomings of local security forces, bribery of local and U.S. officials, and contractors that fail to deliver. 2012-05-03T16:45:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050312_f-22_pilots/air-force-pilots-balk-flying-f-22-fighters/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050312_f-22_pilots/air-force-pilots-balk-flying-f-22-fighters/ 16:28:00Z Cora Currier The pricey F-22 Raptor jet has just gotten back up in the air, but the safety problem that grounded it doesn’t seem to be resolved. The Air Force’s Air Combat Command confirmed that some pilots — they would specify only “a very small” number — have requested not to fly the F-22. 2012-05-03T16:28:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_obama_afghanistan/obama-makes-surprise-visit-afghanistan/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_obama_afghanistan/obama-makes-surprise-visit-afghanistan/ 20:38:00Z Priyanka Boghani President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Kabul, Afghanistan, on the one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death. 2012-05-01T20:38:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_latin_america_reporters/journalists-missing-killed-latin-america/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_latin_america_reporters/journalists-missing-killed-latin-america/ 19:36:00Z Alex Leff It’s been another week of chilling reminders of the high risks for journalists in parts of Latin America, with two killings turning the news lens on reporters. Now, a possible kidnapping in Colombia has put the danger further into focus. 2012-05-01T19:36:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_murdoch_news_corp1/british-mps-rupert-murdoch-not-fit-run-global-firm/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_murdoch_news_corp1/british-mps-rupert-murdoch-not-fit-run-global-firm/ 16:38:00Z Jessica Phelan News Corporation’s Rupert Murdoch is “not a fit person” to run an international company, British lawmakers have said. 2012-05-01T16:38:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050112_the_carterschool/the-carter-school/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050112_the_carterschool/the-carter-school/ 15:56:00Z Roberto De Vido “Even Jimmy Carter would have given that order.” 2012-05-01T15:56:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_fed_mandate_ignored/att-feds-neglect-low-price-school-internet-mandate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_fed_mandate_ignored/att-feds-neglect-low-price-school-internet-mandate/ 15:21:00Z Jeff Gerth As schools struggle for funding amid widespread budget cuts, there is growing evidence that a requirement to offer low-price connectivity has been widely neglected by federal regulators and at least one telecom giant. 2012-05-01T15:21:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_michelle_obama/michelle-obama-cites-special-tie-with-tucson/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_michelle_obama/michelle-obama-cites-special-tie-with-tucson/#When: 07:55:000 Dylan Smith Updated: Appearing at a Tucson fundraiser Monday, the first lady said Democrats can win Arizona in November. “It is time for us to roll up our sleeves and get to work,” she said, reciting a list of her husband’s accomplishments and giving shout-outs to Calexico and congressional candidate Ron Barber. (with complete speech) 2012-05-01T07:55:14-07:00