http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld Nation/World news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-02-03T19:33:37+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/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/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/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/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/nationworld/report/012812_romney_space_vets/space-veterans-endorse-mitt-romney/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012812_romney_space_vets/space-veterans-endorse-mitt-romney/ 21:34:00Z Samantha Stainburn The last man to walk on the moon and the first space shuttle pilot are among the eight space leaders who endorsed Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Friday. 2012-01-28T21:34:54+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/nationworld/report/012712_drug_war_numbers/mexicos-drug-war-by-numbers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012712_drug_war_numbers/mexicos-drug-war-by-numbers/ 17:37:00Z Sarah Childress A graphic breaks down Mexico’s drug war by the numbers — the victims, the weapons, the drugs and who controls them — and offers new insight into the dangerous, multi-billion-dollar industry of the drug cartels. 2012-01-27T17:37:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012712_economy/gdp-grows-by-28-last-3-months/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012712_economy/gdp-grows-by-28-last-3-months/ 16:49:00Z Global Post The gross domestic product of the United States grew by an annual rate of 2.8 percent in the last three months of 2011, the Department of Commerce said Friday. 2012-01-27T16:49:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_fbi_social_networks/is-fbi-monitoring-your-twitter-facebook/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_fbi_social_networks/is-fbi-monitoring-your-twitter-facebook/ 04:10:00Z Jennifer Mattson The Federal Bureau of Investigations is seeking to develop an early-warning system based on material “scraped” from social networks. 2012-01-27T04:10:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_clinton_obama/hillary-clinton-quit-if-obama-re-elected/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_clinton_obama/hillary-clinton-quit-if-obama-re-elected/ 01:56:00Z Jessica Phelan Hillary Clinton will not stay on as Secretary of State if Barack Obama is re-elected for a second term as president, she told her department Thursday. 2012-01-27T01:56:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_rail_safety/as-rail-tragedies-fade-from-memory-resistance-safety-rule-gains-steam/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_rail_safety/as-rail-tragedies-fade-from-memory-resistance-safety-rule-gains-steam/ 21:50:00Z Stuart Silverstein Less than four years after a California train disaster spurred passage of major safety legislation, railroad companies are pushing hard to relax the law’s chief provision. 2012-01-26T21:50:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_feds_bpa/feds-have-failed-act-toxic-chemical-report-says/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_feds_bpa/feds-have-failed-act-toxic-chemical-report-says/ 18:47:00Z Chris Hamby Despite growing fears over the health effects of a chemical found in many baby bottles and a host of other products, federal regulators have done little to protect the public, according to a new report from a nonprofit research group. 2012-01-26T18:47:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_army_cuts/army-chief-ok-with-brigade-cuts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_army_cuts/army-chief-ok-with-brigade-cuts/ 18:00:00Z Lillian Rizzo Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno said he is comfortable with the downsizing of his force, after the Pentagon announced it would be cutting the Army brigade. 2012-01-26T18:00:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_gingrich_moon/gingrich-promises-moon-base-by-2020/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_gingrich_moon/gingrich-promises-moon-base-by-2020/ 17:45:00Z Tim Fitzsimmons Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich promised Wednesday to build a base on the moon by the end of his second term in 2020. 2012-01-26T17:45:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_conn_mayor_taco/conn-mayor-trouble-taco-remark/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_conn_mayor_taco/conn-mayor-trouble-taco-remark/ 07:04:00Z Samantha Stainburn The mayor of East Haven, Conn., Joseph Maturo Jr., has apologized for his flippant response to a reporter’s question about what he was doing for the Latino community in his city. 2012-01-26T07:04:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012512_obama_sotu_facts/the-state-obamas-facts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012512_obama_sotu_facts/the-state-obamas-facts/ 17:15:00Z Factcheck.org The president’s State of the Union address got the facts right — mostly. Often the president’s facts and figures were accurate — but not the whole story. (with video) 2012-01-25T17:15:22+00:00