http://www.news-sentinel.com National/World News headlines from News-Sentinel.com. en-us Copyright, News-Sentinel.com Newspapers http://www.news-sentinel.com/grafix/ns_rss.gif http://www.news-sentinel.com http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529739 GRAPEVINE, Texas — After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's controversies are far from over. Fri, 24 May 2013 07:51:00 EDT 20130524-130529739 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529740 MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust." Fri, 24 May 2013 07:49:00 EDT 20130524-130529740 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529735 LONDON — Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror attacks after the brutal slaying of a young soldier. Fri, 24 May 2013 08:05:00 EDT 20130524-130529735 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529736 SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says that 80 percent of his state's shore will look the same this year as it did last year despite being walloped by Superstorm Sandy. Fri, 24 May 2013 08:00:00 EDT 20130524-130529736 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529734 SAN FRANCISCO — It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage. Fri, 24 May 2013 08:06:00 EDT 20130524-130529734 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529733 RICHMOND, Va. — Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime — baseball bats. Fri, 24 May 2013 08:09:00 EDT 20130524-130529733 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529737 MIAMI — During a hurricane, the storm surge poses the greatest threat to life and land, yet many people don't even know what it means. Fri, 24 May 2013 07:58:00 EDT 20130524-130529737 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529738 PHOENIX — As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim's family, mouthing the word, "Sorry." Fri, 24 May 2013 07:53:00 EDT 20130524-130529738 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529772 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed. Thu, 23 May 2013 15:48:00 EDT 20130523-130529772 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529770 LONDON — Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher's knife after the killing of a British soldier is a Muslim convert who took part in demonstrations with the banned radical group al-Muhajiroun. Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:00 EDT 20130523-130529770 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529769 WEST POINT, Utah — A teenager was arrested Thursday in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home in a Utah subdivision of new homes and tidy lawns, police said. Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:00 EDT 20130523-130529769 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529771 NEW YORK — For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. Thu, 23 May 2013 15:53:00 EDT 20130523-130529771 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529798 MOORE, Okla. — Nine-year-old Sydney Angle was "everywhere at once" when she was out on the softball field. Kyle Davis, 8, was nicknamed "The Wall" because of his size and presence on the soccer field. JaNae Hornsby, also 9, was the life of the party. Thu, 23 May 2013 08:11:00 EDT 20130523-130529798 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529793 GRAPEVINE, Texas — The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations and its millions of members. Thu, 23 May 2013 08:27:00 EDT 20130523-130529793 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529796 WASHINGTON — Urban renewal? New census estimates show that most of the nation's largest cities further enhanced their allure last year, posting strong population growth for a second straight year. Thu, 23 May 2013 08:18:00 EDT 20130523-130529796 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529797 PHILADELPHIA — For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot. Thu, 23 May 2013 08:13:00 EDT 20130523-130529797 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529788 NEW YORK — A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under fire from an outraged neighborhood. Thu, 23 May 2013 08:36:00 EDT 20130523-130529788 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529791 YORBA LINDA, Calif. — U.S. Navy Lt. Mike McGrath was just 27 years old, with a wife and two toddler sons in the U.S., when he was shot down and taken prisoner on his 179th bombing mission during the Vietnam War. Thu, 23 May 2013 08:30:00 EDT 20130523-130529791 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529794 NEW YORK — The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report. Thu, 23 May 2013 08:24:00 EDT 20130523-130529794 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130529790 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday is expected to address some of the thornier aspects of national security policy, including drone strikes, the prison at Guantanamo Bay and the dire threats Americans continue to face — even from fellow citizens. Thu, 23 May 2013 08:32:00 EDT 20130523-130529790