National News

Sun, May 20, 2012

Inmates riot in Mississippi prison, one guard killed

By Karen Brooks

(Reuters) - Inmates seized control of a privately owned prison in Mississippi on Sunday after riots broke out, and a guard was ...

Sun, May 20, 2012

Zuckerberg's post-IPO wedding is smart legal move

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Getting married was a smart business move as well as a personal milestone for Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, with the timing ...

Sun, May 20, 2012

Michelle Obama shows South Side of Chicago to first ladies

By Michael Hirtzer

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Michelle Obama showed off her neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago to some NATO visitors on Sunday, taking ...

Sun, May 20, 2012

Singer Robin Gibb, Bee Gees co-founder, dies at 62

By Mike Collett-White

LONDON (Reuters) - Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb, who with brothers Barry and Maurice helped define the disco era with their falsetto ...

Sun, May 20, 2012

Mom with flesh-eating disease had seven operations: brother

By Harriet McLeod

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A 36-year-old new mother of twins who is suffering from a "flesh-eating" bacterial infection has undergone a ...

Sun, May 20, 2012

In tornado-weary Joplin, graduates eager to move on despite Obama visit

By Kevin Murphy

JOPLIN, Mo (Reuters) - Having the president of the United States speak at commencement would normally be the most memorable day in ...

Sun, May 20, 2012

Dale Chihuly's 'Glass House' shines in Seattle

By Jordan Riefe

(Reuters) - Pioneering glass artist Dale Chihuly, whose work has been shown in over 200 museums worldwide, will be honored in his ...

Sun, May 20, 2012

Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies in Libya leaving unanswered questions

By Hadeel Al Shalchi and Ali Shuaib

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over ...

Sat, May 19, 2012

Climber dies in 1,100-foot fall on Alaska's Mount McKinley

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A climber on Alaska's Mount McKinley died in a 1,100-foot fall that started with an effort ...

Sat, May 19, 2012

Civil rights group NAACP endorses gay marriage

(Reuters) - The nation's largest civil rights group, the NAACP, endorsed gay marriage on Saturday, giving a boost to the movement to legalize same-sex ...