http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld Nation/World news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2013 2013-06-19T23:56:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061913_job_fears/a-puffed-up-appeal-job-fears/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061913_job_fears/a-puffed-up-appeal-job-fears/ 23:56:00Z Brooks Jackson A TV ad opposing the Senate immigration bill uses inflated numbers in an oversimplified, one-sided appeal to fears about job security. 2013-06-19T23:56:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061913_supe_court_millionaires/majority-supreme-court-members-millionaires/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061913_supe_court_millionaires/majority-supreme-court-members-millionaires/ 23:49:00Z Reity O'Brien At least five and perhaps as many as eight of the nine members of the U.S. Supreme Court are millionaires according to recently released financial disclosures, and only two hold any consumer debt. 2013-06-19T23:49:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061913_irs_probe/irs-probe-so-far-yields-partial-partisan-facts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061913_irs_probe/irs-probe-so-far-yields-partial-partisan-facts/ 23:42:00Z Eugene Kiely The House Oversight Committee chairman and the ranking Democrat are overreaching in recent statements about the committee’s investigation of the IRS. 2013-06-19T23:42:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061913_immig_fight/us-house-bill-sets-up-immigration-fight/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061913_immig_fight/us-house-bill-sets-up-immigration-fight/ 17:38:00Z Julian Aguilar The barrier that divides the U.S. House and Senate plans for immigration reform looms as large as the double-layered border fence that lines much of the Texas-Mexico border. 2013-06-19T17:38:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061913_nsa_eu_terrorists/how-nsas-high-tech-surveillance-helped-europeans-catch-terrorists/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061913_nsa_eu_terrorists/how-nsas-high-tech-surveillance-helped-europeans-catch-terrorists/ 17:28:00Z Sebastian Rotella As debate rages in the United States about the National Security Agency’s sweeping data-mining programs, sources overseas speak about the controversy and how differing U.S. and European approaches to counterterrorism can complement each other. 2013-06-19T17:28:46+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061913_benefit_payments/benefit-payment-change-hurts-poor/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061913_benefit_payments/benefit-payment-change-hurts-poor/ 17:17:00Z Daniel Wagner A government initiative aimed at saving money by eliminating paper checks is hurting some recipients of federal benefits while earning the bank that operates the program millions in fees charged to consumers. 2013-06-19T17:17:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061913_rage_in_rio/video-rage-rio-de-janeiro/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061913_rage_in_rio/video-rage-rio-de-janeiro/ 17:08:00Z Edgar Costa Thousands of protesting youths brave police backlash in Brazil’s largest cities. What’s making Brazilians so angry? 2013-06-19T17:08:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061913_indefinite_detainees/us-releases-names-indefinite-detainees-held-guantanamo/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061913_indefinite_detainees/us-releases-names-indefinite-detainees-held-guantanamo/ 17:02:00Z Kristen Deasy The United States revealed the names and nationalities of 48 Guantanamo captives considered impossible to try yet unsafe to release. 2013-06-19T17:02:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061713_nsa_monitoring/nsa-probed-fewer-than-300-calls-2012-report/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061713_nsa_monitoring/nsa-probed-fewer-than-300-calls-2012-report/ 01:24:00Z Daniel DeFraia The National Security Agency investigated fewer than 300 phone numbers in 2012, according to a three-page US government document. 2013-06-18T01:24:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061713_irs_budget_attack/a-botched-attack-irs-budget/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061713_irs_budget_attack/a-botched-attack-irs-budget/ 01:16:00Z Justin Cohen An ad calling for the abolishment of the IRS incorrectly claimed that the federal agency’s budget increased by $2 billion. In fact, it’s down by nearly $1 billion during President Barack Obama’s first term. 2013-06-18T01:16:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061713_citizen_obligations/citizens-without-obligations/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061713_citizen_obligations/citizens-without-obligations/ 00:59:00Z Mike Alberti If American corporations are, as the Supreme Court ruled in 2010, citizens entitled to free speech and other rights from the nation, what corresponding obligations to the nation do these corporations have? 2013-06-18T00:59:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061713_patriot_act/remember-when-patriot-act-debate-was-all-library-records/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061713_patriot_act/remember-when-patriot-act-debate-was-all-library-records/ 22:48:00Z Justin Elliott In the months following the October 2001, passage of the Patriot Act, there was a heated public debate about the very provision of the law that we now know the government is using to vacuum up phone records of American citizens on a massive scale. Instead, the debate centered on something else: library records. 2013-06-17T22:48:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061713_ice_resign/ice-director-leaving-post-july/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061713_ice_resign/ice-director-leaving-post-july/ 22:44:00Z Julian Aguilar The director who has overseen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a period of increased deportations is resigning from his post. John Morton, who has been in charge of the chief investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security since his confirmation in 2009, will return to the private sector at the end of July. 2013-06-17T22:44:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061713_gun_control_op/recommendations-executive-action-combat-gun-crimes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061713_gun_control_op/recommendations-executive-action-combat-gun-crimes/ 17:00:00Z Arkadi Gerney Most of the attention in the current gun debate has been focused on congressional action (or inaction) on legislation designed to protect public safety by preventing dangerous individuals from having easy access to guns. There is much that can be done outside of Congress, however, to help strengthen oversight of the gun industry, enhance law-enforcement investigations of gun-related crime, and make it more difficult for criminals to get guns. 2013-06-17T17:00:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061713_columbia_drug/colombia-beware-zombie-drug/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061713_columbia_drug/colombia-beware-zombie-drug/ 16:38:00Z John Otis The drug scopolamine is also known as “the devil’s breath” or “burundanga.” The late salsa diva Celia Cruz sang about it. In a recent documentary, Vice called it “the world’s scariest drug.” 2013-06-17T16:38:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061613_b_of_a_foreclosures/bofa-lied-homeowners-rewarded-foreclosures-former-employees-say/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061613_b_of_a_foreclosures/bofa-lied-homeowners-rewarded-foreclosures-former-employees-say/ 00:36:00Z Paul Kiel Bank of America employees regularly lied to homeowners seeking loan modifications, denied their applications for made-up reasons, and were rewarded for sending homeowners to foreclosure, according to sworn statements by former bank employees. 2013-06-17T00:36:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061613_rubio_immig/marco-rubio-immigration-reform-bill-almost-ready-go/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061613_rubio_immig/marco-rubio-immigration-reform-bill-almost-ready-go/ 23:29:00Z Kaitlin Funaro Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said on Sunday that 95 percent of the comprehensive immigration reform bill is “ready to go” but he is still pushing for more border security measures. Rubio dismissed concerns from conservative critics that he’s been too soft on immigration and was manipulated by Democrats in the group steering the legislation. 2013-06-16T23:29:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061613_latin_am_unification/latin-america-divided-we-stand/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061613_latin_am_unification/latin-america-divided-we-stand/ 23:13:00Z Simeon Tegel United and integrated, the region would be a force to reckon with on the world stage. But does Latin America’s unification reality match up to the rhetoric? 2013-06-16T23:13:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061413_syria/us-aid-syrian-rebels-concluding-regime-used-chemical-weapons/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061413_syria/us-aid-syrian-rebels-concluding-regime-used-chemical-weapons/ 16:32:00Z Lizzy Tomei U.S. and European intelligence analysts believe Bashar al-Assad’s regime has used chemical weapons against its own people, according to a memo circulated within the U.S. government on Thursday. The White House confirmed Thursday evening that it will be militarily aiding the Syrian rebels in response to convincing evidence of chemical weapons use by the regime. 2013-06-14T16:32:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061313_military_rape/five-ways-congress-trying-curb-rape-military/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061313_military_rape/five-ways-congress-trying-curb-rape-military/ 17:39:00Z Christie Thompson When the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the U.S. military’s sexual assault crisis, lawmakers grilled Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine officials on the alarmingly high number of rapes and other sexual abuses in their ranks. 2013-06-13T17:39:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061313_pacs_2013/lobbying-firm-pacs-start-2013-slow/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061313_pacs_2013/lobbying-firm-pacs-start-2013-slow/ 17:31:00Z David Levinthal Most lobbying firms are not in a hurry to pad politicians’ political coffers early this election cycle, with only a few either raising or spending significant cash, a Center for Public Integrity analysis of Federal Election Commission records indicates. 2013-06-13T17:31:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061213_immig_then_vs_now/the-top-5-reasons-why-immigration-reform-2013-different-than-1986/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061213_immig_then_vs_now/the-top-5-reasons-why-immigration-reform-2013-different-than-1986/ 00:34:00Z Philip E. Wolgin The specter of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, or IRCA, has haunted every immigration-reform effort over the past few decades and continues to influence the 2013 reform debates. 2013-06-13T00:34:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061213_housing_crisis/housing-crisis-widespread-discrimination-little-taste-enforcement/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061213_housing_crisis/housing-crisis-widespread-discrimination-little-taste-enforcement/ 00:26:00Z Nikole Hannah-Jones The results of Tuesday’s U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development national study on the persistence of housing discrimination are unlikely to shock: Racial and ethnic minorities continue to find themselves locked out of many housing opportunities. 2013-06-13T00:26:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_water_treaty/federal-legislation-targets-mexico-over-water-treaty/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_water_treaty/federal-legislation-targets-mexico-over-water-treaty/ 00:51:00Z Julian Aguilar A growing list of federal U.S. lawmakers is urging Mexico to comply with the terms of a 1944 water treaty they say its southern neighbor is violating. 2013-06-12T00:51:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_tx_aquifers/focus-aquifers-urged-during-push-water/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_tx_aquifers/focus-aquifers-urged-during-push-water/ 00:44:00Z Julian Aguilar As Texas lawmakers say farmers in the Rio Grande Valley are hurting because Mexico is not honoring a treaty on surface water delivery, experts caution that greater attention should be paid to water deep below the surface. 2013-06-12T00:44:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_sotomayor_book/sonia-sotomayor-courts-riches-from-book-deal/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_sotomayor_book/sonia-sotomayor-courts-riches-from-book-deal/ 19:50:00Z Reity O'Brien When they aren’t busy handing down landmark decisions, professing the law or attending the opera, U.S. Supreme Court Justices can make millions in book deals. The high court’s authors raked in nearly $2 million in publishing advances, appearances and royalties during 2012, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor taking home the lion’s share. 2013-06-11T19:50:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_pac_matches/charitable-matches-used-entice-pac-giving/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_pac_matches/charitable-matches-used-entice-pac-giving/ 19:48:00Z Michael Beckel Federal law prohibits companies from donating directly to political candidates, which is why individual employees must voluntarily fund corporate-sponsored political action committees — and their bosses can’t force them to donate. Yet one enticement companies are using to attract PAC support is a program that will “match” employees’ donations with contributions to charities of their choosing. 2013-06-11T19:48:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_usa_overrated/7-graphs-that-prove-america-overrated/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_usa_overrated/7-graphs-that-prove-america-overrated/ 18:50:00Z Kyle Kim Here are seven metrics that show U.S. citizens’ quality of life isn’t as high as many imagine. 2013-06-11T18:50:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_cat_mayor/think-youre-political-animal-think-again/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_cat_mayor/think-youre-political-animal-think-again/ 18:21:00Z Hannah Smith Morris the Cat is running for mayor of a city in Veracruz, Mexico, joining a pantheon of esteemed animal leaders in North America who have not only run, they’ve won. 2013-06-11T18:21:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_factcheck_judges_obama/factcheck-obamas-judicial-juggling/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_factcheck_judges_obama/factcheck-obamas-judicial-juggling/ 17:10:00Z Brooks Jackson President Obama incorrectly claims that the Senate has taken three times longer to confirm his court nominees than those of his predecessor, George W. Bush. The president made the claim recently as he announced that he would nominate three judges to fill vacancies on the federal Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. 2013-06-11T17:10:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_govt_surveillance/nsa-black-hole-5-things-we-still-dont-know-agencys-snooping/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_govt_surveillance/nsa-black-hole-5-things-we-still-dont-know-agencys-snooping/ 16:57:00Z Justin Elliott Last week saw revelations that the FBI and the National Security Agency have been collecting Americans’ phone records en masse and that the agencies have access to data from nine tech companies. But secrecy around the programs has meant even basic questions are still unanswered. Here’s what we still don’t know. 2013-06-11T16:57:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061013_govt_surveillance/the-best-stories-governments-growing-surveillance/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061013_govt_surveillance/the-best-stories-governments-growing-surveillance/ 19:11:00Z Christie Thompson Since 9/11, the government has been collecting enormous amounts of information on citizens. But most of the data grabbing is done in secret. What do we know about what the government knows? Here’s our reading guide to the government’s growing surveillance. 2013-06-10T19:11:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061013_pentagon_waste/pentagon-may-wasting-1b-year-erroneous-payments-contractors/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061013_pentagon_waste/pentagon-may-wasting-1b-year-erroneous-payments-contractors/ 07:25:00Z Richard H.P. Sia The Pentagon has been paying hundreds of millions of tax dollars a year to people and companies that don’t deserve it, but its financial management shortcomings are so severe that it’s made little progress in halting the errors or even measuring their magnitude, according to a report released by a Senate committee.. 2013-06-10T07:25:32+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060913_nonprofits_politics/do-nonprofits-names-imply-political-activity/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060913_nonprofits_politics/do-nonprofits-names-imply-political-activity/ 06:25:00Z Michael Beckel Trevor Potter — a Republican lawyer and president of the Campaign Legal Center, which advocates for stronger campaign finance regulations — says that the Internal Revenue Service is right to be on the lookout for organizations with a “significant amount of political activity.” 2013-06-10T06:25:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060913_schizophrenia/schizophrenia-diagnosis-possible-using-nerve-cells-from-nose/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060913_schizophrenia/schizophrenia-diagnosis-possible-using-nerve-cells-from-nose/ 06:20:00Z Alexander Besant Nerve cells in the nose may help in diagnosing those with schizophrenia according to new research. The finding could be revolutionary for treating schizophrenia, which presently can only be diagnosed through a mental evaluation. 2013-06-10T06:20:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060913_verizon_records_judge/secret-court-judge-attended-expenses-paid-terrorism-seminar/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060913_verizon_records_judge/secret-court-judge-attended-expenses-paid-terrorism-seminar/ 06:01:00Z Chris Young U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, who signed an order requiring Verizon to give the National Security Agency telephone records for tens of millions of American customers, attended an expense-paid judicial seminar sponsored by a libertarian think tank that featured lectures from a vocal proponent of executive branch powers. 2013-06-10T06:01:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060613_d-day_facts/d-day-five-facts-know/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060613_d-day_facts/d-day-five-facts-know/ 16:26:00Z Stacey Leasca June 6, 1944, marked the first day of the the Normandy landings during WWII. While this day will forever be marked in history, there are a few facts that go unnoticed. 2013-06-06T16:26:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060613_immig_factcheck/factcheck-immigration-bills-63-trillion-price-tag/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060613_immig_factcheck/factcheck-immigration-bills-63-trillion-price-tag/ 16:09:00Z Robert Farley Critics of a bipartisan Senate bill to overhaul the nation’s immigration system falsely claim that it will cost an additional $6.3 trillion, citing a study by a conservative group that opposes the bill. However, the report is not an analysis of the bill, and it says the cost of keeping the status quo “could run into the trillions” – so the net cost would be substantially lower than $6.3 trillion. 2013-06-06T16:09:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060413_knights_templar_explainer/explainer-who-are-mexicos-knights-templar/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060413_knights_templar_explainer/explainer-who-are-mexicos-knights-templar/ 18:19:00Z Dudley Althaus They worship their leader “San Nazario” like a saint and claim they need extortion cash to protect the unprotected. But for many, this cult-like, meth-pushing Mexican gang is a menace to society. 2013-06-04T18:19:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060413_knights_templar_mx/confronting-mexicos-knights-templar-cartel/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060413_knights_templar_mx/confronting-mexicos-knights-templar-cartel/ 17:01:00Z Dudley Althaus The county of Coalcoman, Michoacan became fed up with the cult-like Knights Templar gang’s extorting, raping and killing. Here’s what it took to stop it — for now. 2013-06-04T17:01:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060313_immg_economy_tx/report-immigrants-increasing-economic-strength/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060313_immg_economy_tx/report-immigrants-increasing-economic-strength/ 18:38:00Z Julian Aguilar Since the 2010 U.S. census, the number of naturalized citizens has increased substantially in Texas, and the state’s immigrants account for significant purchasing power and economic output, according to an analysis by a Washington-based think tank urging immigration reform. 2013-06-03T18:38:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060313_wva_guns/now-you-cant-ban-guns-public-pool/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060313_wva_guns/now-you-cant-ban-guns-public-pool/ 18:04:00Z Lois Beckett If you feel unsafe at a public pool in Charleston, W.Va., you may soon have the right to lie there on a towel with a handgun at your side. For 20 years, Charleston has been an island of modest gun restrictions in a very pro-gun rights state. But its gun laws — including a ban on guns in city parks, pools and recreation centers — are now likely to be rolled back, the latest victory in a long-standing push to deny cities the power to regulate guns. 2013-06-03T18:04:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053113_mx_city_kidnappings/mexico-city-police-investigate-possible-kidnapping-11-people-from-bar/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053113_mx_city_kidnappings/mexico-city-police-investigate-possible-kidnapping-11-people-from-bar/ 01:09:00Z Dudley Althaus It may seem hard to believe — 11 young people kidnapped in broad daylight in this bustling capital. But that is exactly what distraught relatives believe happened last Sunday morning. 2013-06-01T01:09:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053113_immig_medicare/study-immigrants-contribute-more-medicare-than-they-take-out/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053113_immig_medicare/study-immigrants-contribute-more-medicare-than-they-take-out/ 18:37:00Z Jordan Rau As Congress mulls changing America’s border and naturalization rules, a study finds that immigrant workers are helping buttress Medicare’s finances, because they contribute tens of billions a year more than immigrant retirees use in medical services. 2013-05-31T18:37:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053113_executions/a-prolonged-stay-reasons-behind-slow-pace-executions/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053113_executions/a-prolonged-stay-reasons-behind-slow-pace-executions/ 15:24:00Z Raymond Bonner States that impose the death penalty have been facing a crisis in recent years: They are short on the drugs used in executions. 2013-05-31T15:24:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053113_eyelid_lifts/eyelid-lifts-skyrocket-among-medicare-patients-costing-taxpayers-millions/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053113_eyelid_lifts/eyelid-lifts-skyrocket-among-medicare-patients-costing-taxpayers-millions/ 15:17:00Z Joe Eaton Aging Americans worried about their droopy upper eyelids often rely on the plastic surgeon’s scalpel to turn back the hands of time. Increasingly, Medicare is footing the bill. 2013-05-31T15:17:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053013_guns_mental_crisis/texas-bill-lets-police-take-guns-from-those-mental-crisis/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053013_guns_mental_crisis/texas-bill-lets-police-take-guns-from-those-mental-crisis/ 01:57:00Z Brandi Grissom Police would have new authority to take firearms away from Texans who are in a mental crisis under a bill the House approved last Tuesday that is now headed to Gov. Rick Perry’s desk. 2013-05-31T01:57:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053013_rand_paul_pac/pro-rand-paul-super-pacs-name-may-violate-law/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053013_rand_paul_pac/pro-rand-paul-super-pacs-name-may-violate-law/ 01:53:00Z Michael Beckel Supporters of Republican Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., have launched “Rand PAC 2016.” But because the super PAC uses the potential presidential candidate’s first name, this action may violate federal law. 2013-05-31T01:53:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053013_peru_counterfeit/peru-counterfeit-currency-king/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053013_peru_counterfeit/peru-counterfeit-currency-king/ 01:47:00Z Simeon Tegel South America’s cocaine giant is also the best at fabricating phony dollar bills. The US Secret Service is working with Peruvian police to stop it. 2013-05-31T01:47:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053013_bachmann_donors/small-donors-fueled-michele-bachmanns-campaign/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053013_bachmann_donors/small-donors-fueled-michele-bachmanns-campaign/ 01:38:00Z Michael Beckel What do the woman who founded the Congressional Tea Party Caucus, the co-chairmen of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the U.S. Senate’s lone self-described “democratic socialist” have in common? They all rank among the top beneficiaries of small-dollar political donors, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of federal records. 2013-05-31T01:38:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052913_eu_syria/eu-lifts-arms-embargo-syrian-rebels-extends-sanctions-assads-regime/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052913_eu_syria/eu-lifts-arms-embargo-syrian-rebels-extends-sanctions-assads-regime/ 01:25:00Z Paul Ames The European Union decided to let an arms embargo against the Syrian rebels expire, while the White House reportedly asked the Pentagon to draw up plans for a no-fly zone in Syria. 2013-05-30T01:25:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052813_hrw_immig_prosecutions/detained-immigrants-increasingly-hit-with-criminal-charges/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052813_hrw_immig_prosecutions/detained-immigrants-increasingly-hit-with-criminal-charges/ 19:11:00Z Kevin Douglas Grant The U.S. government now brings federal criminal charges against undocumented immigrants at an exponentially higher rate than it did 10 years ago, finds a Human Rights Watch report released last week. The result is a much high number of detained immigrants spending time in jail before deportation and for many, exclusion from future legalization under immigration reform legislation. 2013-05-28T19:11:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052813_mccain_syria/mccain-sneaks-into-syria-meets-with-rebels/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052813_mccain_syria/mccain-sneaks-into-syria-meets-with-rebels/ 16:59:00Z Talia Ralph John McCain, Republican senator and former presidential candidate, secretly visited Syria on Monday, where he met with rebel leaders. 2013-05-28T16:59:27+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052713_gop_irs_overreach/republican-overreach-irs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052713_gop_irs_overreach/republican-overreach-irs/ 00:07:00Z Robert Farley While there has been plenty to find fault with in the revelation that the IRS targeted some tea party groups seeking tax exempt status, some of the Republican rhetoric has been an overreach. 2013-05-28T00:07:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052713_background_factcheck/factchecking-flake-background-checks/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052713_background_factcheck/factchecking-flake-background-checks/ 16:50:00Z Robert Farley An ad from Mayor’s Against Illegal Guns accuses Sen. Jeff Flake of breaking a promise to strengthen background checks because he voted against a bill that would have expanded background checks. But Flake did not promise to expand background checks, and he voted in favor of a bill that he argues (though others contest) would have strengthened the system. 2013-05-27T16:50:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052613_tx_immigration/texas-stands-out-multiple-immigration-fronts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052613_tx_immigration/texas-stands-out-multiple-immigration-fronts/ 00:14:00Z Julian Aguilar As Congress wades deeper into the debate over comprehensive immigration reform legislation, Texas is standing out both for enforcement within its borders and for its appeal to 21st century activists who are seeking an overhaul to the country’s system. 2013-05-27T00:14:46+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052413_irs_facts/six-facts-lost-irs-scandal/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052413_irs_facts/six-facts-lost-irs-scandal/ 19:24:00Z Kim Barker In the furious fallout from the revelation that the IRS flagged applications from conservative nonprofits for extra review because of their political activity, some points about the big picture — and big donors — have fallen through the cracks. Consider this our Top 6 list of need-to-know facts on social welfare nonprofits, also known as dark money groups because they don’t have to disclose their donors. 2013-05-24T19:24:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052213_bostom_bomb_fbi/fla-man-with-alleged-ties-tsarnaev-killed-during-fbi-questioning/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052213_bostom_bomb_fbi/fla-man-with-alleged-ties-tsarnaev-killed-during-fbi-questioning/ 15:56:00Z Kaitlin Funaro A man shot and killed during FBI questioning in Orlando, Fla. allegedly had ties to Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the dead suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, sources said Wednesday. 2013-05-22T15:56:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052213_immg_bill/key-senate-committee-approves-immigration-overhaul/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052213_immg_bill/key-senate-committee-approves-immigration-overhaul/ 15:33:00Z Kaitlin Funaro The Senate Judiciary Committee gave a sweeping immigration bill the stamp of approval Tuesday, setting the stage for a debate before the full Senate next month. 2013-05-22T15:33:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052113_tea_party_endorsements/tea-party-nonprofits-rarely-endorsed-political-candidates/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052113_tea_party_endorsements/tea-party-nonprofits-rarely-endorsed-political-candidates/ 01:39:00Z Michael Beckel Tea party groups and other conservative nonprofits at the heart of a scandal rocking the Internal Revenue Service have, of late, largely avoided electoral politics, according to a Center for Public Integrity review of Federal Election Commission filings. 2013-05-22T01:39:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052113_montt_conviction/genocide-conviction-rios-montt-overturned-guatemala-now/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052113_montt_conviction/genocide-conviction-rios-montt-overturned-guatemala-now/ 01:04:00Z Faine Greenwood Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt’s conviction for genocide was overturned and his trial must begin anew starting from the point in mid-April when a dispute started over which judge should hear the case, the country’s highest court said Monday. 2013-05-22T01:04:46+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052113_israel_syria/israeli-defense-chief-warns-syria-cross-border-fire-golan-heights/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052113_israel_syria/israeli-defense-chief-warns-syria-cross-border-fire-golan-heights/ 00:57:00Z Noga Tarnopolsky A new front seems to be developing in the ever-changing Syrian civil war — a front of cross-border bluster. 2013-05-22T00:57:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052113_irs_denials/irs-rarely-denies-social-welfare-applications/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052113_irs_denials/irs-rarely-denies-social-welfare-applications/ 19:01:00Z Michael Beckel During its past four fiscal years, the Internal Revenue Service has formally denied the applications of just 60 organizations seeking recognition under Section 501(c)(4) of the U.S. tax code as “social welfare” groups. In the same period, the agency processed 8,214 applications and approved 6,837 of them. 2013-05-21T19:01:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052013_dsm5_released/dsm-5-controversial-update-psych-manual-released/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052013_dsm5_released/dsm-5-controversial-update-psych-manual-released/ 00:54:00Z Talia Ralph The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known simply as the DSM-5, was released by the American Psychiatric Association this week amid criticism of the guide’s changes. 2013-05-21T00:54:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052013_african_coins/ancient-african-coins-suggest-australia-was-discovered-earlier-than-1606/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052013_african_coins/ancient-african-coins-suggest-australia-was-discovered-earlier-than-1606/ 00:49:00Z Samantha Stainburn An Australian anthropologist plans to lead an expedition to the Wessel Islands off the coast of northern Australia in July to excavate a site where five ancient African coins were found. 2013-05-21T00:49:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052013_doj_ap_probe/ap-chief-unconstitutional-doj-probe-makes-sources-shy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052013_doj_ap_probe/ap-chief-unconstitutional-doj-probe-makes-sources-shy/ 20:43:00Z Daniel DeFraia The Justice Department’s seizure of journalists’ phone records has made sources reluctant to talk, damaging the wire agency’s ability to report the news, said Associated Press chief Gary Pruitt. 2013-05-20T20:43:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052013_irs_med_records/gop-fears-irs-access-medical-records-disputed/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052013_irs_med_records/gop-fears-irs-access-medical-records-disputed/ 20:09:00Z Mary Agnes Carey Listening to recent statements from some congressional Republicans, you might think that the 2010 health law allows the Internal Revenue Service to have access to your medical records. 2013-05-20T20:09:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052013_medicaid_enrollment/feds-make-it-easier-states-enroll-poor-under-health-law/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052013_medicaid_enrollment/feds-make-it-easier-states-enroll-poor-under-health-law/ 19:47:00Z Phil Galewitz States will have the option to use data from food stamps, other programs, to enroll adults in Medicaid. Officials say the changes are geared to states that are expanding the program next year, but they may also be adopted by others. 2013-05-20T19:47:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052013_adhd_obesity_link/is-adhd-linked-obesity/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052013_adhd_obesity_link/is-adhd-linked-obesity/ 18:59:00Z Faine Greenwood A new study finds that boys diagnosed with ADHD had considerably higher rates of adult obesity than their counterparts, suggesting a connection. 2013-05-20T18:59:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052013_hihg_deductible_health/with-high-deductible-health-plans-it-pays-shop-around/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052013_hihg_deductible_health/with-high-deductible-health-plans-it-pays-shop-around/ 17:31:00Z Michelle Andrews Welcome to the new world of health insurance where high deductible plans are growing more popular and the consumers in those plans often have an incentive to haggle with providers. Although many plans still protect people from high out-of-pocket costs for care, these days an increasing number of consumers have cheaper, high deductible plans where they must cover the first $1,000, $5,000 or even $10,000 of care before insurance kicks in. 2013-05-20T17:31:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052013_korea_missle/north-korea-fires-6th-short-range-missile-3-days/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052013_korea_missle/north-korea-fires-6th-short-range-missile-3-days/ 17:27:00Z Daniel DeFraia North Korea fired more short-range missiles away from South Korea and into the East Sea on Monday, its third successive day of missile tests. 2013-05-20T17:27:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051913_chems_of_concern/chemicals-concern-list-still-wrapped-omb-red-tape/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051913_chems_of_concern/chemicals-concern-list-still-wrapped-omb-red-tape/ 01:17:00Z Jim Morris For anyone anxious about toxic chemicals in the environment, Sunday marked a dubious milestone. 2013-05-20T01:17:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051713_carlos_slim/slim-comes-2nd-mexicos-president-monopoly-buster/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051713_carlos_slim/slim-comes-2nd-mexicos-president-monopoly-buster/ 23:13:00Z Dudley Althaus Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto vows big changes with the economic reforms he’s pushing and they’ve already taken more than a little change from the pockets of mega-mogul Carlos Slim, who lost the title of the world’s richest man. 2013-05-17T23:13:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051713_mars_rover/mars-rover-opportunity-breaks-us-off-planet-driving-record/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051713_mars_rover/mars-rover-opportunity-breaks-us-off-planet-driving-record/ 23:07:00Z Samantha Stainburn NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity has broken the U.S. record for distance driven on another planet 2013-05-17T23:07:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051713_tx_fertilizer/cause-west-explosion-remains-unclear/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051713_tx_fertilizer/cause-west-explosion-remains-unclear/ 23:00:00Z Reeve Hamilton The cause of a fertilizer plant explosion here that killed 15 people on April 17 has been ruled “undetermined,” officials announced at a press conference in the town’s high school parking lot on Thursday. 2013-05-17T23:00:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051713_irs_nonprofit/how-irss-nonprofit-division-got-so-dysfunctional/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051713_irs_nonprofit/how-irss-nonprofit-division-got-so-dysfunctional/ 22:50:00Z Kim Barker The IRS division responsible for flagging Tea Party groups has long been an agency afterthought, beset by mismanagement, financial constraints and an unwillingness to spell out just what it expects from social welfare nonprofits, former officials and experts say. 2013-05-17T22:50:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_irs_tea_party/irs-office-that-targeted-tea-party-also-disclosed-confidential-docs-from-conservative-groups/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_irs_tea_party/irs-office-that-targeted-tea-party-also-disclosed-confidential-docs-from-conservative-groups/ 01:39:00Z Kim Barker The same IRS office that deliberately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 election released nine pending confidential applications of conservative groups to ProPublica late last year. 2013-05-17T01:39:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_catch_a_dictator/lessons-from-guatemala-how-catch-dictator/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_catch_a_dictator/lessons-from-guatemala-how-catch-dictator/ 01:26:00Z Mike McDonald Guatemala’s US-backed former ruler Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty of genocide and war crimes against indigenous villagers. But will his 80-year jail sentence stand? 2013-05-17T01:26:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_military_rape/the-most-important-muckreads-rape-military/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_military_rape/the-most-important-muckreads-rape-military/ 01:13:00Z Christie Thompson The Pentagon announced this week that a sergeant working in the military’s sexual assault prevention office had been charged with — you guessed it — sexual assault. This news came just a week after the officer in charge of the Air Force’s rape prevention program was arrested for sexual battery. 2013-05-17T01:13:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_biden_piffle/joe-bidens-productivity-piffle/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_biden_piffle/joe-bidens-productivity-piffle/ 01:08:00Z Eugene Kiely Vice President Joe Biden falsely claimed that U.S. workers “are three times as productive as any worker in the world.” He’s not even close. By the standard measure for productivity, American workers ranked third in the world behind Norway and Ireland in 2011. 2013-05-17T01:08:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_attack_ads/lax-state-rules-provide-cover-sponsors-attack-ads/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_attack_ads/lax-state-rules-provide-cover-sponsors-attack-ads/ 00:55:00Z Alan Sunderman While much criticism has been lobbed at the federal system for failing to adequately identify who is spending money to influence campaigns, 35 states have independent spending disclosure laws that are less stringent than federal election law. 2013-05-17T00:55:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_soldier_debt/on-victory-drive-soldiers-defeated-by-debt/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_soldier_debt/on-victory-drive-soldiers-defeated-by-debt/ 00:45:00Z Paul Kiel Seven years after Congress banned payday-loan companies from charging exorbitant interest rates to service members, many of the nation’s military bases are surrounded by storefront lenders who charge high annual percentage rates, sometimes exceeding 400 percent. 2013-05-17T00:45:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_irs/irs-not-so-independent/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_irs/irs-not-so-independent/ 00:37:00Z D'Angelo Gore The Internal Revenue Service is not exactly an “independent agency,” as President Obama claimed during a May 13 press conference. In fact, it is a bureau of the Treasury Department, an executive agency within the federal government. 2013-05-17T00:37:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_benghazi_revisited/benghazi-attack-revisited/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_benghazi_revisited/benghazi-attack-revisited/ 00:30:00Z Eugene Kiely President Obama says the May 8 House hearing on Benghazi and subsequent reporting about it produced no new information. That’s largely the case, but the president misrepresented some facts at his May 13 press conference in dismissing the House investigation as a “political circus.” 2013-05-17T00:30:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051513_hispanics_college/hispanic-grads-pass-whites-college-enrollment-rate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051513_hispanics_college/hispanic-grads-pass-whites-college-enrollment-rate/ 16:34:00Z Joanne Jacobs Hispanic high school graduates are now more likely than whites to enroll in college, the Pew Research Hispanic Center reports. In the class of 2012, 69 percent of Hispanic graduates and 67 percent of whites enrolled in college that fall. 2013-05-15T16:34:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051413_irs_scrutiny/overworked-irs-accused-singling-out-conservative-groups/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051413_irs_scrutiny/overworked-irs-accused-singling-out-conservative-groups/ 00:23:00Z David Levinthal Amid withering accusations the Internal Revenue Service targeted Tea Party and other conservative groups with enhanced scrutiny, the agency faces another problem: it’s drowning in paperwork. Applications for nonprofit status had a banner year in 2012, while staffing was cut. 2013-05-15T00:23:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051313_9-11-visas/factcheck-9-11-hijackers-and-student-visas/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051313_9-11-visas/factcheck-9-11-hijackers-and-student-visas/ 19:45:00Z Robert Farley Lawmakers on both sides of the immigration debate have falsely claimed that “some” or “all” of the 9/11 hijackers were in the U.S. on student visas. Only one of the 19 hijackers came to the U.S. on a student visa. The rest arrived here on tourist or business visas. 2013-05-13T19:45:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051313_installment_loans/the-182-loan-installment-lenders-put-borrowers-world-hurt/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051313_installment_loans/the-182-loan-installment-lenders-put-borrowers-world-hurt/ 19:01:00Z Paul Kiel Installment loans have been around for decades. While payday loans are usually due in a matter of weeks, installment loans get paid back in installments over time — a few months to a few years. Both types of loans are marketed to the same low-income consumers, and both can trap borrowers in a cycle of recurring, deceptively expensive loans. 2013-05-13T19:01:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051313_kansas_guns/kansas-gov-insists-its-ok-ignore-federal-gun-laws/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051313_kansas_guns/kansas-gov-insists-its-ok-ignore-federal-gun-laws/ 16:57:00Z Lois Beckett As we detailed earlier this month, dozens of states are considering bills that attempt to nullify federal gun laws. One such bill became a law last month in Kansas. It exempts “Made in Kansas” guns from federal regulation and makes it a crime for federal agents to enforce federal law.  2013-05-13T16:57:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051013_mex_mothers/mexicos-mamas-dont-want-let-babies-grow-up-gangsters/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051013_mex_mothers/mexicos-mamas-dont-want-let-babies-grow-up-gangsters/ 20:30:00Z Dudley Althaus Friday marks arguably the most important day on a Mexican calendar, celebrated countrywide with patriotic parades, patron saint parties and local lark. Mexico’s Mother’s Day honors the touchstones of a nation in which family matters above all. So why are so many moms protesting? 2013-05-10T20:30:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050913_drone_farming/swords-plowshares-experts-see-farming-as-next-big-use-drones/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050913_drone_farming/swords-plowshares-experts-see-farming-as-next-big-use-drones/ 01:08:00Z Mary Shinn Drones numbering in the tens of thousands will be in the skies by 2030, the FAA predicts. But where some may fear precision weapons or flying spy cameras, Steve Markofski sees flying tractors. 2013-05-10T01:08:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050913_border_access/analysts-weigh-impact-mexicos-open-access-decision/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050913_border_access/analysts-weigh-impact-mexicos-open-access-decision/ 00:33:00Z Julian Aguilar The Mexican government’s decision to limit the access that U.S. law enforcement agents had under the previous administration should be seen more as an effort to streamline enforcement and not as an affront to its northern neighbor, analysts and lawmakers say. 2013-05-10T00:33:46+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050913_homeland_security/is-congress-failing-homeland-security-oversight/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050913_homeland_security/is-congress-failing-homeland-security-oversight/ 00:25:00Z Sarah Laskow There’s likely to be plenty of finger-pointing and grandstanding today as the House Homeland Security Committee does a post-mortem on law enforcement coordination before and after the Boston Marathon bombings. Post-9/11 reforms were supposed to help investigative agencies “connect the dots” in tracking terrorism leads and preventing attacks, and while most concede that progress has been made, new questions have emerged in light of contacts and database entries regarding bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. 2013-05-10T00:25:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050713_mccain_gitmo/mccains-gitmo-exaggeration/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050713_mccain_gitmo/mccains-gitmo-exaggeration/ 16:51:00Z Brooks Jackson Sen. John McCain exaggerated when he claimed that about 25 percent of prisoners released from Guantanamo have returned to terrorist activities in “leadership positions.” 2013-05-07T16:51:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050713_gray_hair/scientists-weaving-new-cure-gray-hair/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050713_gray_hair/scientists-weaving-new-cure-gray-hair/ 16:36:00Z Alexander Besant Just in time for baby boomers entering their twilight years, scientists have found out how to reverse graying hair. Scientists discovered that going gray is due to a build up of hydrogen peroxide in the hair follicle. This causes the hair to bleach itself beginning from the inside outwards. 2013-05-07T16:36:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050613_mex_journalist/2-sons-mexican-journalists-killed-chihuahua/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050613_mex_journalist/2-sons-mexican-journalists-killed-chihuahua/ 19:05:00Z Allison Jackson Two sons of two prominent Mexican journalists were shot dead in the northern state of Chihuahua over the weekend, in the latest violence in Mexico. 2013-05-06T19:05:37+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050613_syria_chemical_un/un-no-conclusive-proof-chemical-weapons-syria/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050613_syria_chemical_un/un-no-conclusive-proof-chemical-weapons-syria/ 18:05:00Z Priyanka Boghani A UN commission investigating the use of chemical weapons in Syria said it has “not reached conclusive findings” on the issue, contradicting an earlier claim by UN human rights investigator Carla del Ponte. The White House weighed in on Monday afternoon, with spokesman Jay Carney saying there was evidence that chemical weapons have been used in Syria, but not conclusive proof. 2013-05-06T18:05:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050413_fertilizer_safety/retail-exemption-shields-fertilizer-facilities-from-safety-inspections/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050413_fertilizer_safety/retail-exemption-shields-fertilizer-facilities-from-safety-inspections/ 00:56:00Z Chris Hamby The West, Texas fertilizer plant that blew up on April 17, killing at least 15 people, appears to have been claiming an arcane exemption that allowed it to avoid targeted workplace inspections and safety requirements and enter a “streamlined prevention program” with environmental regulators. 2013-05-05T00:56:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050413_jeb_bush_jobs/jeb-bushs-manufacturing-claim-falls-down-jobs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050413_jeb_bush_jobs/jeb-bushs-manufacturing-claim-falls-down-jobs/ 00:50:00Z Eugene Kiely In touting conservative policies in Republican-controlled states, Jeb Bush claimed, “The Southeast is leading a renaissance in American manufacturing.” Not so. The Midwest has experienced a 9 percent increase in manufacturing jobs since the sector began its recovery in February 2010. That’s double the growth rate of the nine states in the Southeast. 2013-05-05T00:50:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050313_epa_safeguards/epa-adds-safeguards-spotlight-conflicts-scientific-panels/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050313_epa_safeguards/epa-adds-safeguards-spotlight-conflicts-scientific-panels/ 01:05:00Z David Heath The Environmental Protection Agency announced new safeguards Friday to prevent conflicts of interest or bias from tainting its science, including efforts to assess the dangers of toxic chemicals. 2013-05-04T01:05:56+00:00