Provides the latest RSS feeds for North America News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page North America News.net http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/cat/58652c42d9c6e2f4/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 09:22:27 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:22:27 -0400 30 Every foreigner leaving America from any of the country's 30 busiest airports will have to undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators have added to a new immigration bill. Lawmakers called it a step towards a more expansive biometric system that would use identifiers such as fingerprints to keep track of immigrants and visitors exiting the U.S. Currently no such system is in ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657455/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:10:02 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657455/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Beijing, May 21 (Xinhua-ANI): The United States on Monday denounced Hezbollah for siding with the Syrian government forces in their battle against the rebels in Syria's central city of al-Qussair. State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said his country condemned the "direct intervention" by the Shiite militant group in neighboring Lebanon, as its fighters were playing "a significant role" ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656523/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:10:02 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656523/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Economic activity associated with tourism grew 4 percent in 2012 compared with the year before, Mexico's INEGI statistics service said. Spending by foreign and domestic tourists increased by 4.7 percent last year. In the fourth quarter of 2012, tourism activity topped the same period in 2011 by 4 percent, INEGI said Monday. By segments, spending by domestic tourists rose 4.8 percent, while ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654509/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:20:01 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654509/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Paraguay has become the main destination in South America for used cars from Japan, the US and other countries, thanks to new regulations aimed at making it easier to import automobiles so low-income consumers can purchase vehicles. Used cars are all the rage in Paraguay, where vehicles that have been shipped from thousands of kilometers away are put to use as soon as they are repaired and made ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653945/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:02 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653945/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 The United States said the right to global religious freedom was challenged last year, with governments often creating a "climate of intolerance" leading to hatred and violence. In an annual report, the State Department said Monday government officials worldwide are often allowed to act with impunity while violating the religious rights of their countrymen. It said there often is uneven ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214643757/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:12 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214643757/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Burmese President Thein Sein is visiting the White House, becoming the first leader of his nation to do so in nearly half a century. It marks the latest U.S. effort to reward him for introducing reforms after decades of military rule. The White House meeting with President Barack Obama also represents a rapid diplomatic boost for Thein Sein, whom the United States removed from a blacklist of ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214643756/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:11 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214643756/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Public diplomacy experts say a difference in perceptions dating back to the Cold War era could hamper U.S. and Russian efforts to deal with the ongoing civil war in Syria. Heritage Foundation senior fellow Helle Dale said there is a "love-hate" relationship between the United States and Russia that is "quite complicated." On VOA's Encounter program, Dale said she agrees with an ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214643753/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:06 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214643753/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 U.S. President Barack Obama praised Burma's president on Monday for his leadership in pushing through political reforms, while warning that ethnic and communal violence targeting minority Muslims in Burma must stop. Mr. Obama spoke Monday at the White House, alongside Burmese President Thien Sein, the former general who in 2011 became president after Burma's first democratic polls in more than ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214643751/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:04 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214643751/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 The White House says U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to Africa this summer, visiting three countries. In a statement Monday, the White House says President Obama along with his wife, Michelle, will travel to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in late June and early July. The administration says Obama will meet with government officials as well as leaders from business, civil ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214643750/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214643750/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 But the startling revelation of the past 24 hours is the opposite concern – what the president didn't know and how long he didn't know it. And therein lies a big problem for the White House. It turns out that senior White House officials intentionally kept the president in the dark, even though the IRS misconduct was sure to be a major controversy that could seriously damage his ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661053/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:51:28 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661053/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Loading feed... Moore has a deep and tragic tornado legacy. The town could probably lay claim to being the very center of Tornado Alley, an area roughly defined from north Texas to South Dakota, and west of the Mississippi river. On May 3, 1999, Moore was hit by one of the worst tornadoes on record. That storm's winds were indirectly measured at 302 miles per ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661054/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:57 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661054/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 The woman was being interview by a CBS affiliate about the storm, and became upset when she revealed she hadn't seen her beloved dog since they were separated as the tornado tore down her home.As the woman spoke, a member of the TV crew noticed the dog poking its head through the rubble, attracted by the sound of its owner's voice."Well I thought God just answered one prayer to let ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661055/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:41:06 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661055/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Prime Minister Stephen Harper celebrates his election victory in 2011. A Canadian Press investigation found as many as one of every five chairpersons on the Employment Insurance Boards of Referees gave money to political parties. All but one of the dozens of donations went to Conservatives. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661062/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:29:07 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661062/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma as the state recovers from a massive tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, killing dozens and flattening entire neighborhoods. Obama has ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts. Individuals and business owners affected by the disaster may apply for federal grants for ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661063/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:20:39 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661063/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Kenya said Tuesday it was "fine" with US President Barack Obama avoiding the country on an Africa tour next month, rejecting reports it was due to upcoming crimes against humanity trials of its leaders.Obama will leave on a first African tour in late June, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary bypasses Kenya, where his father was born."America, just like ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214660992/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:19:02 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214660992/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday. Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma, ordering federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts. The president also ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661064/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:17:57 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661064/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Oil and Gas Investments and Improvements in the Electric Utility Infrastructure Sustain Growth This research service provides an analysis of the North American seals market. Market drivers and restraints are discussed, along with trends across the various end users, including oil and gas; power generation; mining; automotive; water and wastewater; food and beverage; and chemicals and ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661065/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:07:13 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661065/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 >Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKIMoore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- The enormity of what they saw caused many to pause, raw emotion welling up as they tried to put haunting images into words. Monday's ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661057/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:47:24 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661057/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 trilogy -- follows the personal triumphs and failures of various individuals from across the United States. Others we meet along the way include Dean Price, the son of a tobacco farmer and an evangelist for a green economy in the rural South; Tammy Thomas, a Rust Belt factory worker trying to survive the financial collapse of Youngstown, Ohio; and Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley billionaire who ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659797/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:36:23 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659797/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took a measured tone reacting to the Obama administration's scandals in his appearance on "Meet the Press" ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659798/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:51 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659798/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Michael Dorman of Fuquay-Varina, N.C., greeted President Barack Obama with a hearty swing of a handshake Friday at the White House as he received a Presidential Citizens Medal for his volunteer group’s work to renovate houses for disabled ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659841/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:15 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659841/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 A triage area is set up next to the IMAX theatre for people injured by a tornado that struck in Moore, Oklahoma May 20, 2013. A 2-mile-wide (3-km-wide) tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble. REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659799/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:32:22 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659799/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 SRT CEO Ralph Gilles told FoxNews.com that an extreme version of the Challenger was in the works, but didn't offer specifics on what that might entail. "We get a lot of requests for the Challenger, not so much the Charger, and we've been looking at doing an ACR [American Club Racing] edition of that, eventually," he said. "So we'll see something along those lines in ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659800/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:29:55 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659800/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Douglas C. Pizac/AP In March the National Rifle Association coordinated a demonstration against new gun legislation in Connecticut, the state where 26 children and staff were gunned down at an elementary school in December. Before boarding buses headed for the state capital, gun owners met up at a parking lot in nearby East Hartford-a parking lot owned by sporting goods ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659486/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:29:53 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659486/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 USA The head of Russia's National Security Council has arrived in the US on a two-day visit for top-level talks on key stumbling blocks in bilateral relations. He may also be carrying a response from President Putin to a letter President Obama sent in April. Among the US officials Nikolay Patrushev will meet during his trip is National Security Advisor Thomas Donilon, who brought ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659802/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:22:37 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659802/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press) Ontario voters may get some indication today from NDP Leader Andrea Horwath on whether the province is headed for a spring election. Horwath will hold a news conference, where she's expected to say if Premier Kathleen Wynne's response to her list of post-budget demands is enough to ensure the spending plan is passed. On Friday, Wynne agreed to the ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659808/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:20:10 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659808/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- More severe weather is in the forecast for parts of the central United States already reeling from powerful tornadoes this ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214660238/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:16:11 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214660238/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Bert Heymans /Flickr The Obama administration went on record four years ago supporting a proposed international treaty to make books more accessible to the blind. But as world leaders prepare to gather in Morocco next month to finalize a deal ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659643/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:15:46 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659643/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black used his concurring opinion in The New York Times Company vs. the United States (the Pentagon Papers case) to reflect on the 1st Amendment's guarantee of a free press, its inviolability, and the wrongheadedness of those who'd abridge it in the name of enhancing "security." The case was largely about prior restraint of publication, but his ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659809/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:11:30 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659809/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Two Marines held umbrellas for President Obama and the Turkish Prime Minister, during a news conference in the rain. Umbrella-holding is against Marine regulations, because it makes it harder to salute. Every now and then a photo of something relatively mundane takes on a life of its own. Such is the case for the picture of a frowning ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659810/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:11:00 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659810/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Joe Biden discuss the nation's immigration system with those directly affected by it Tuesday, the White House said. The daily schedule indicated Obama will: -- Receive, with Biden, the Presidential Daily Briefing in ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659813/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:02:17 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659813/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 ConocoPhillips Co. is pulling back on plans to sell its Canadian oil sands assets after it exceeded its target for raising capital by divesting energy properties elsewhere in the world.The oil and gas major had been looking to find buyers or partners for 50 per cent of its mostly undeveloped oil sands holdings as part of its quest to pocket between $8-billion (U.S.) and $10-billion by selling ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658742/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:31:53 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658742/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Police and family members are refusing to give up hope for a Canadian man who went missing in NSW's Snowy Mountains more than a week ago.Prabhdeep Srawn's rental car was found on May 13 at Charlotte Pass Village, one of several ski resorts nestled on the slopes of Mount Kosciuszko, Australia's highest peak.Police say he intended to hike up the 2228-metre mountain and then onto ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658743/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:30:28 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658743/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 asking Americans if they think President Obama should be impeached for the various scandals currently in the news - the specific targeting by the IRS of conservative groups and Obama enemies, the illegal wiretapping for personal gain of AP news journalists, and the cover-up of the events leading up to the death of four Americans in Benghazi ahead of the election last year. A stunning 50% of ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658744/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:29:07 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658744/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 May 21, 2013 Alex continues with author Joel Scousan discussing the ongoing globalist agenda to topple the American way of life and the Public’s necessity to prepare themselves for ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658426/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:29:03 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658426/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing more than 91 people with winds up to 200 miles per hour, was given a preliminary ranking of EF4, the second most powerful category on the Enhanced Fujita ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658747/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:23:53 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658747/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 MOORE, Okla. – I left the office as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters before in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too late. By the time I got to Moore, all I could see was destruction. I walked toward a group of people standing by a heaping mound of rubble too big to be a ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658748/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:21:01 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658748/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 DAMASCUS, Syria – The Syrian military says it has destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights. A statement issued by the Syrian Armed Forces says its troops destroyed the vehicle "with those in it." It did not elaborate, but said any attempt to infiltrate Syria's sovereignty will face "immediate and firm retaliation. " The ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658750/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:21:00 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658750/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 The owner of a Chinese fishing boat seized for more than two weeks by armed North Koreans says the captors wore military uniforms, and that they beat up the boat's captain and stole its fuel. Owner Yu Xuejun says the captors eventually released the boat Tuesday without the ransom they had demanded. The incident was the latest irritant in relations between North Korea and a Chinese ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658749/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:21:00 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658749/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Atlanta, May 21 (BNA) -- US President Barack Obama declared Oklahoma State as a disastrous area after a massive tornado struck the State last Sunday and Monday. President Obama directed to send federal aids to support the efforts of State and local authorities. It is considered one of the most devastating tornadoes have swept the State, killing 91 people, including 20 children, destroying cars ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658751/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:17:52 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658751/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads to Peru and then to Colombia for trade talks this week - after he speaks to his caucus about a growing Senate expense scandal that claimed his chief of staff over the weekend. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658632/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:11:55 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658632/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Conservative senator and party stalwart Doug Finley , who died earlier this month. Solemn-looking cabinet ministers, senators, aides and strategists declined to speak to reporters about a burgeoning Senate scandal which is likely to receive continued attention this week. Harper will address the Conservative caucus and the media Tuesday morning, before departing to South America for trade talks. ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658757/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:11:53 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658757/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Stephen Poloz, centre, walks with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, left, and Mark Carney after being named as the next Governor of the Bank of Canada during a news conference , Thursday May 2, 2013 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657540/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:26:06 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657540/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday May 20, 2013. A tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Steve ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657826/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:24:27 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657826/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 This image released by U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., shows the damage to the car that allegedly hit and killed Alois Pedzisai Matyoramhinga in Zimbawbe. Unusual circumstances have left federal prosecutors pursuing vandalism charges against Andrew Pastirik, a U.S. government worker accused of killing the Zimbabwe man in a drunken driving collision. Much of the case against Pastirik is ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657748/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:24:26 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657748/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Children wait for their parents to arrive at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Paul ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657827/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:24:25 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657827/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Moore, Oklahoma - At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a three-kilometre-wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657828/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:18:02 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657828/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 A tornado passes across south Oklahoma City, Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Paul ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657829/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:17:42 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657829/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 LibertyBit , which exchanges the virtual currency Bitcoin for U.S. and Canadian dollars, has been told it does not have to register with Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658284/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:12:21 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658284/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 President Obama meets with Burmese President Thein Sein in the Oval Office on Monday, May 20, 2013 (Image: White House) (CNSNews.com) - Setting aside a long-held U.S. policy, President Obama -- when hosting the president of Burma in the Oval Office on Monday -- used the military-backed regime's preferred term for the country, Myanmar - and not just once or twice, but a total of 16 times in ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657830/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:12:18 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657830/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Welcoming the first Burmese head of state to visit the White House in nearly 50 years yesterday, President Obama said "the leadership of President [Thein] Sein" had "allowed this shift" in the ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657836/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:02:19 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657836/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 On the second day of her visit to Washington, D.C., President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf addressed a meeting of the Corporate Council on Africa's new Liberia Working Group, laying out her country's potential, as well as its challenges, and inviting U.S. companies to come in and invest, as other countries are doing, citing opportunities in such areas as construction, power, ports, and ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657753/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:50:17 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657753/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial one more time, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed than spend the rest of her life in prison.After nearly five months of testimony in a case that has captured tabloid headlines with tales of sex, lies and violence, Arias' ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657134/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:16:55 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657134/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 - White House aide Dan Pfeiffer, responding over the weekend to questions about where the president was when our ambassador in Benghazi was under attack. "What difference, at this point, does it ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656803/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:13:08 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656803/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 On the night of Oct. 19, 1984, Erik Vogel was uneasy about flying. It was snowing; his plane's deicer and autopilot weren't working; and his co-pilot had been bumped to fit one more passenger on his 10-seater. But the young pilot was behind schedule and he felt like his job was on the line, so he took off, as he did most days, shuttling between the remote communities that dotted the ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656804/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:13:01 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656804/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 FORT MEADE, Md. -- The Army private who gave more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to WikiLeaks is returning to Fort Meade for the last scheduled hearing before his military trial next month.The pretrial hearing Tuesday for Pfc. Bradley Manning concerns classified material that would be used as evidence during the trial starting June 3.The court met in a closed session May 8 to test ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656833/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:05 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656833/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and officials said the death toll was expected to ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656832/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:05 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656832/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami has learned to play guitar as he continues treatment for his ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656834/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:04 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656834/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 View Photo Associated Press/J. Scott Applewhite - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656593/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:03 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656593/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (R) and Attorney General Eric Holder (2nd R) lead a news conference to announce Medicare Fraud Strike Force law enforcement actions at the Justice Department in Washington, May 14, 2013. Also pictured is FBI Assistant Director Ron Hosko (L). REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON - With the White House already reeling from three major ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656549/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:58:37 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656549/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 A scant turnout is expected Tuesday when voters choose between two City Hall regulars who failed to bring much sparkle to the contest to succeed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who exits office July 1 after two up-and-down ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657180/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:55:03 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657180/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Newfoundlanders hoping to camp and barbecue their way through the Victoria Day long weekend were instead buried under a record 58 centimetres of snow as a "freak" storm hit on Saturday. Last year’s May 2-4 weekend was sunny and hot in Gander, NL -- the hardest hit area -- and residents were hoping for more of the same. But as the weather forecast called for snow on a drizzly ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656812/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:54:48 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656812/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 noted , "Inspections are virtually non-existent; regulatory agencies don't talk to each other; and there's no such thing as a buffer zone when it comes to constructing plants and storage facilities in populated areas." For years, the Fertilizer Institute, described as "the nation's leading lobbying organization of the chemical and agricultural industries," ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656584/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:49:10 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656584/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 NORFOLK, Va. - Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency spokeswoman said Monday night. Special Agents Christopher Lorek and Stephen Shaw were killed when they fell into the water Friday. Both were members of the bureau's elite hostage rescue team, ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656647/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:49:02 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656647/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 >Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKI. Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Clinging to the hope of finding more survivors, rescue workers raced overnight scouring mountains of rubble where houses and schools ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656806/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:37:09 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656806/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 MOORE, Okla. -; Glenn Lewis was the mayor of Moore, Okla., when the strongest tornado on record whipped the city in 1999, and he says the most recent storm won't deter the community from ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655895/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:12:05 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655895/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Pedestrians pass a makeshift memorial for 32-year-old Mark Carson, Monday, May 20, 2013, in New York. Police said Elliot Morales yelled anti-gay slurs before shooting Carson point-blank in the face in Greenwich Village, a neighborhood long known as a bedrock of the gay rights movement. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655894/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:12:05 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655894/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Metro North employees, in orange vests, help transfer westbound commuters at the transportation center in Bridgeport, Ct., to shuttle buses Monday, May 20, 2013. The commuters had arrived from New Haven by train and were being bused to Stamford, Ct., where rail service to New York was available. A train collision on Friday injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. (AP ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655896/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:12:05 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655896/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 MOORE, Okla. -; The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office says the official death toll in the aftermath of a massive tornado that slammed the Oklahoma City area remains at 51 but is expected to ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655897/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:12:04 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655897/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 The case of Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, the government adviser, and James Rosen, the chief Washington correspondent for Fox News, bears striking similarities to a sweeping leaks investigation disclosed last week in which federal investigators obtained records over two months of more than 20 telephone lines assigned to the Associated Press.At a time when President Obama’s administration is under ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655898/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:12:00 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655898/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 In a startling expansion of the Obama Administration’s war on leaks, a federal agent sought and received a warrant in 2010 to search the email account of Fox News correspondent James Rosen on grounds that there was probable cause the reporter had violated the Espionage Act by soliciting classified information from a State Department official. This previously undisclosed development was ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655899/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:11:59 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655899/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 · 5 hours ago The unfolding of the Obama Administration's aggressive attitude towards the media continues to reveal the same sorry themes as the other scandals erupting inside the Beltway. The first is partisanship. This weekend came news ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655900/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:11:57 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655900/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 The New Yorker has posted the documents online . It was all part of an investigation into a story Rosen did in 2009 about intelligence officials warning that North Korea was likely to respond to U.N. sanctions with more nuclear tests.  Kim was one of 95 people who saw the intelligence report. For First Amendment advocates, the most chilling part of the court documents is the suggestion by ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655901/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:11:56 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655901/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 this morning’s news . For argument’s sake, assume it’s all true — Obama knows zip zero zilch about malfeasance in his administration apart from what he ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655902/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:11:53 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655902/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 The ';charity'; run by President Barack Obama’s half-brother that was fast-tracked for IRS tax-exempt status is based at a Virginia UPS store, according to its website. The organization’s IRS filings list another Virginia address that is actually a drug rehab center where the foundation does not appear ever to have been based. The Barack H. Obama Foundation is run by ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655903/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:11:52 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655903/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Coffee lovers probably won't hear much about la roya in the United States, but this fungal disease is decimating thousands of coffee farms across Mexico and Central America.Pete Rogers isn't the average American coffee lover. He travels to Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and other exotic locales to find and purchase green coffee beans for his family's company, Rogers ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655883/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:10:57 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655883/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 As the president ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts, the scale of the destruction and loss was brutally clear, with whole neighbourhoods reduced to piles of debris by the storm.The hardest hit area was the suburb of Moore, home to 55,000 people, where a primary school with children sheltering inside was razed.Rescuers managed to pull at least 30 of the estimated 75 ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655904/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:04:32 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655904/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 BOSTON – A judge approved a request Monday by Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's defense attorneys to receive records compiled on him in federal prison. U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler said in her order that prison officials should give attorneys the daily activity logs, suicide watch logs, psychology data files, photographs, commissary files they requested, and ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655905/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:03:19 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655905/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Kennedy is the daughter of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and the ex-wife of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. She was arrested in July after her Lexus swerved into a tractor-trailer near her home north of New York ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656304/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:50:55 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656304/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 For decades visitors to the D-Day beaches on the northwest coast of France have looked out at the English Channel, taking in the journey made by Allied troops that marked a turning point in the Second World War. The view from some of those sites -- including Juno Beach where 359 Canadians died -- could soon change if a plan succeeds to build an army of wind turbines some 10 kilometres offshore. ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655912/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:50:29 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655912/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Parents who share a bed with their baby are exposing it to a fivefold increase in the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, even without any other risk factor such as smoking or alcohol, according to a new study. The analysis of nearly 1500 sudden unexplained infant deaths in Europe and Australasia gives a firm epidemiological foundation to the common wisdom that co-sleeping is dangerous, ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655911/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:50:29 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655911/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Disaster workers toiled in hail, lightning and rain early Tuesday in Moore, Okla., hoping to find survivors of a giant tornado that killed at least 91 people. Hundreds of crews, including National Guardsmen, Red Cross workers and city and county employees, worked feverishly under stadium lights through the night, cutting through fallen beams and clearing debris. Three thunderstorms pummeled ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656165/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:37:29 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656165/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Post-election survey: Partisan polarization persists. U.S. President Barack Obama is sworn-in for a second term by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts during his public inauguration ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on January 21, 2013. UPI/Rob ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655913/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:37:28 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655913/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 A Navajo reservation near Gallup, N.M., had a 20 percent increase in HIV diagnoses in 2012 from 2011, a doctor says. Dr. Jonathan Iralu, an infectious disease specialist who runs an HIV clinic in Gallup, said he compiled the report for the federal Indian Health Service because he used to treat a small number of Navajo men with human immunodeficiency virus each year. However, the 47 new cases ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655914/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:37:23 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655914/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 WASHINGTON - White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, President Barack Obama's spokesman disclosed Monday, expanding the circle of top officials who knew of the audit beyond those named earlier.But McDonough and the other advisers did not tell ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655916/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:35:16 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655916/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 For this year's 10th Annual Get Active America! program, which runs throughout the month of May, The Corpus Christi Athletic Club is joining with the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) to help America become physically active and improve their diet. As part of Get Active America! The Corpus Christi Athletic Club will encourage its community to work towards ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655917/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:34:26 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655917/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service scandal yesterday reached all the way to the door of the Oval Office.President Obama’s chief of staff, Denis McDonough, and other top Obama aides got an early warning last month that the IRS was targeting conservative groups, White House spokesman Jay Carney revealed.McDonough is as close as you can get to Obama without touching the president.Carney ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655023/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:06:19 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655023/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 An accused crack dealer is singing "Sweet Caroline" today.Former First Daughter Caroline Kennedy and her fellow jurors took just over an hour yesterday to acquit the Harlem man of charges that he sold four "nickel bag" crack rocks at $5 each to an undercover officer.Violent predicate felon Nelson Chatman, 31, smiled as the jury foreman rendered the verdict in the 2011 case ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655301/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:06:16 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655301/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 US President Barack Obama on Monday called Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta to discuss a range of issues including economy, security in North Africa and the Syrian conflict.The two leaders discussed bilateral cooperation in securing North Africa and addressing the 27-month conflict in Syria.The United States and Russia are working toward a peace conference in Geneva either this or next month ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655024/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:01:41 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655024/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 US President Barack Obama on Monday lauded Myanmar's efforts made over the past two years in holding elections and in solving the country's longstanding ethnic conflicts.Obama made the statement at a press conference following his talks with visiting Myanmar President Thein Sein at his Oval Office. Thein Sein was the first president of Myanmar to visit the White House in 47 years.Obama ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655025/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:01:38 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655025/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Washington - White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April an impending report was likely to say the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, President Barack Obama's spokesman disclosed Monday, expanding the circle of top officials who knew of the audit beyond those named earlier. But McDonough and the other advisers did not tell Obama, ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654859/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:59:50 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654859/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 commencement address at Morehouse when coming back to DC this weekend. I saw a clip of it again late last night and thought: this is another sample and reminder of Barack Obama's reserves of rhetorical strength. Like his other big, punctuating speeches (as I have discussed ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655031/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:43:32 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655031/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma as the state recovers from a massive tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, killing dozens and flattening entire ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655032/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:38:43 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655032/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tanzania and Canada have signed a co-operation agreement designed to promote and create favourable investment conditions between the two countries, Tanzania's Daily News reported Thursday (May 16th). The pact, known as the foreign investment promotion and protection agreement, strengthens economic ties between Canada and Tanzania and promotes local and foreign investment. Minister of ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654885/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:37:13 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654885/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 US President Barack Obama delivered the commencement address Sunday at Morehouse College, an all-male historically black college that was the alma mater of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Obama's message was simple: young people, particularly African Americans, facing unemployment, skyrocketing student debt, and falling wages have no "room for excuses.""One of the things that all ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654181/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:07:57 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654181/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Ottawa, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper travels to Peru and Colombia today as part of its strategy to strengthen relations with Latin America and the Caribbean in the complex global economic scenario. According to an official statement, Harper will review on Wednesday with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, the current state of their business and discuss prospects ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654182/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:02:13 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654182/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 China president Xi Jinping AP FILE PHOTO BEIJING -- China’s new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea. The June 7-8 meeting at a retreat southeast of Los Angeles, announced Monday by the White ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654140/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:57:38 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654140/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 MEXICO CITY — The owners of the 18 Mexican first-division soccer clubs voted Monday to bar one person or one company from owning more than one team. The vote was an apparent move to stop tycoon Carlos Slim from expanding his growing influence in Mexican soccer. Mexico's largest broadcasters, Televisa and TV Azteca, have in the past owned multiple first-division teams but the issue ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654183/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:54:31 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654183/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 In vitro fertilization, seen above, is the process of fertilizing an egg before placing it back in a mother's womb as treatment for infertility. Some say the government should cover the costs. (SUBMITTED) Fertility awareness advocates are arguing infertility should be treated as a medical condition and covered by B.C. government health care, pointing to a recent online survey showing broad ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654190/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:47:20 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654190/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Calgary storm Just after it was revealed Alberta accounted for the majority of severe weather damage in Canada last year, forecasters are calling for one hail of a summer. While the southern and central parts of the province are expected to see hotter-than average temperatures, they’ll also be susceptible to more severe storms, said Jack Boston, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather.com. ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654189/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:47:20 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654189/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Washington - President Barack Obama will leave on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary released on Monday bypasses Kenya, an ancestral ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654124/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:44:29 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654124/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed Myanmar’s president to the White House — the first such visit in nearly 50 years — and hailed the Southeast Asian nation’s progress on democratic reforms, but emphasized that much work remains to be done. After meeting privately with President Thein Sein in the Oval Office, Obama told reporters that Myanmar must ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654192/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:38:39 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654192/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 May 21, 2013 12:01am Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll sharply reject special scrutiny of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service, suspect an administration cover-up of the Benghazi incident and express substantial distrust of the federal government more generally. Yet the national survey also finds no backlash against Barack Obama, at least at this point. His job ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653973/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:34:58 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653973/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 In a long-awaited White House visit, President Barack Obama told Myanmar's president Monday that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to lead the country in "a long and sometimes difficult, but ultimately correct, path to follow" toward democracy.Mr. Obama spoke as he sat in the Oval Office with former general Thein Sein, who became the first president of Myanmar to visit ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653245/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:01:40 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653245/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 The devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school in the eye of the storm. At least 51 people were killed by the 200-mph storm and dozens of homes destroyed. The toll was expected to rise. Here are images from the aftermath ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653276/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:56:47 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653276/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 President Barack Obama has called Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin to express his concern about a monstrous tornado that wreaked havoc in the Oklahoma City ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653277/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:56:47 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653277/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Monday presented a five-year plan, aimed at combating violence and improving administration."Mexico has the historic opportunity to launch a national transformation," Pena Nieto said at an event to announce the plan, adding that for the first time, the government has devised a development plan that includes the periodic evaluation of its ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653246/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:53:24 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653246/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Former MLA, MP, and aboriginal leader Elijah Harper has died. Elijah Harper - The Man Who Said No, to many Canadians - was remembered as much more by friends and family at funeral events Monday. Harper, a former Manitoba MLA and MP who was a key figure in shutting down the failed Meech Lake Accord, died Friday as a result of heart failure stemming from diabetes ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653252/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:43:35 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653252/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Alexandra-Kim Martin-Roberge is seen in this QMI Agency file photo. MONTREAL - The Quebec soldier whose stolen sex tape ruined her military career said she hoped to reach an "accommodation" with army officials. Alexandra-Kim Martin-Roberge said the Canadian army will present her with an offer on Tuesday at CFB Valcartier, just north of Quebec City. In 2010, while on a 12-month ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653253/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:43:35 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653253/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Washington - President Barack Obama will leave on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary released on Monday bypasses Kenya, an ancestral ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653203/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:40:40 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653203/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 South Africa's relations with Canada will come under the spotlight on Tuesday when President Jacob Zuma hosts the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, for a state visit. This will be Johnston's first visit to South Africa, which forms part of his tour of Africa, including stops in Ghana and Botswana. South Africa is Canada's second-largest trading partner in sub-Saharan ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653207/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:29:34 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653207/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 West Valley City Deputy Police Chief Mike Powell, center, makes remarks during a news conference, while West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder, right, and West Valley City Manager Wayne Pyle, left, look on Monday, May 20, 2013, in West Valley City, Utah. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652227/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:56:41 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652227/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 West Valley City Deputy Police Chief Mike Powell, center, makes remarks during a news conference, while West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder, right, and West Valley City Manager Wayne Pyle, left, look on Monday, May 20, 2013, in West Valley City, Utah. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652386/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:52:57 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652386/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico from May 31 to June 6, and meet with US President Barack Obama in the United States on June 7-8, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang announced Tuesday.According to Qin, Xi's visits are at the invitation of President of Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Carmona, President of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla, ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652353/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:49:35 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652353/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 US President Barack Obama stressed on Monday the importance of forming a new Lebanese cabinet and holding timely parliamentary elections, according to a presidential statement from Beirut.A statement released by Lebanese President Michel Suleiman's office said Obama called Suleiman and told him that "holding the elections on time and forming a new cabinet send a strong message about the ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652354/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:49:21 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652354/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Southwestern British Columbia should expect typical summer temperatures this year, although the southern interior will see more heat than usual.That's the prediction of meteorologists at AccuWeather.com, which said in its summer outlook Monday that Canadians in general will experience hot spells interspersed with cooler periods.However, it will be more of the same in Metro Vancouver and ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652360/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:39:42 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652360/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Jill Yoneda, 38, of Langley, is a freediver who has had surgery on her neck to repair three ruptured discs. She has 6 titanium end plates on 3 vertebrae from 2 separate operations, and the latest small scar is visible on the right side of her ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652361/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:39:40 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652361/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 (52 mins ago) The White House chief of staff and other senior presidential advisers knew in late April that an upcoming report was likely to find that employees of the US tax agency had inappropriately targeted conservative political groups _ but they did not tell President Barack Obama. The White House said advisers left Obama to learn the results from news reports. The White House defended ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652362/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:37:50 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652362/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 On Monday, the federal New Democratic Party released a new advertisement touting the "Leadership [and] Experience" of Thomas Mulcair. The 30-second clip opens with home-movie images of the bearded-even-back-then NDP leader holding his wife Catherine Pinhas in his lap, then cradling a baby, then skiing. His never-really-before-seen adult sons talk about what a great hockey coach he was. ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652363/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:34:59 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652363/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Is Barack Obama our nation's second "Teflon president"? The question has occurred to me before, but it became impossible to ignore after the last week of "Scandalgate." Even after multiple scandals all vying for the top headline throughout the week, over the weekend CNN reported poll numbers showing Obama currently enjoys 53 percent of the public's approval for the ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652365/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:30:59 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652365/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Co-authored by Professor Samuel Totten "In remembrance lie the roots of redemption; in forgetfulness the roots of destruction." That Judaic theme has inspired museums, international memorial days, and not a few politicians to invoke "Never Again" when the specter of genocide rears its horrific head. Yet while millions may draw inspiration and hope from survivor's ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652315/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:30:53 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652315/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 WASHINGTON -- President Obama welcomed Myanmar's president to the White House for the first time in nearly 50 years on Monday, hailing the Southeast Asian nation's progress on democratic reforms but emphasizing that much work remains to be ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652366/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:30:38 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652366/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 could probably lay claim to being the very center of Tornado Alley, an area roughly defined from north Texas to South Dakota, and west of the Mississippi river. On May 3, 1999, Moore was hit by one of the worst tornadoes on record. That storm's winds were indirectly measured at 302 miles per ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652367/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:30:22 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652367/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 A child is carried from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Sue ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652369/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:28:17 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652369/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 A congressional report said U.S. technology giant Apple was using gaps in international tax laws to avoid paying tax on tens of billions of dollars. The report says Apple had moved $74 billion beyond the reach of the IRS from 2009-12 using a variety of loopholes to do so, some of which are used to declare tens of billions of dollars were earned unattached to any country. Apple seems to claim ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652301/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:20:34 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652301/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 I've long thought that Marco Rubio would make a strong G.O.P. candidate for president. While he was brought into office by surfing on the Tea Party wave, he has proven himself not to be wedded to the frequent lunacy of those folks. Moreover, love him or hate him, there's no doubt that he has just as much affection for governing as he does for politicking--a mix sorely missing in much of ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651319/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:54:06 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651319/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 On the eve of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's trip to Latin America, Mexico - keen on putting some new zip into its relations with Ottawa - sees Canada as an ideal fit for the new Pacific Alliance trading bloc that is rapidly emerging.Mexico's vice-minister of foreign affairs, Sergio Alcocer, says Canada would see benefits in Latin America and Asia - if it's willing to do ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651342/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:52:43 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651342/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 In a long-awaited White House visit, President Barack Obama told Myanmar's president Monday that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to lead the country in "a long and sometimes difficult, but ultimately correct, path to follow" toward democracy.Mr. Obama spoke as he sat in the Oval Office with former general Thein Sein, who became the first president of Myanmar to visit ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651409/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:52:40 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651409/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 In this Friday, May 17, 2013, photo, U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin is interviewed in her federal court chambers, in New York. Scheindlin is the federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department. (AP Photo/Richard ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651155/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:51:04 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651155/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 MOORE, Okla. -; Tornado warnings have been issued across much of the Midwest, stretching from Texas to Illinois, following a second deadly twister in as many days in the Oklahoma City ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651410/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:51:03 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651410/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 OKLAHOMA CITY -; Officials at two hospitals say they're treating more than 120 patients, including about 70 children, after a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651322/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:50:52 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651322/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 The tornadoes that have raked communities in Oklahoma, Texas and other states over the past week belie what has been an unusually slow start to the 2013 tornado ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651328/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:47:28 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651328/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651436/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:47:27 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651436/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Nearly 80,000 supporters since Friday have signed an Internet petition demanding felony sex charges be dropped against an 18-year-old lesbian who dated a 14-year-old high-school basketball teammate.Kaitlyn Hunt of Indian River County is charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16 years old. If convicted, she would be given a sentence ranging from probation to ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651411/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:47:26 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651411/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661058/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214661058/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655910/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655910/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659807/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214659807/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656810/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214656810/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658756/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214658756/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654185/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214654185/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652359/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214652359/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653251/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214653251/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657835/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214657835/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655030/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214655030/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 President Barack Obama will leave on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary bypasses Kenya, an ancestral homeland. Obama disappointed many Africans by spending only a few hours in sub-Saharan Africa -- in Ghana -- during his first term, but is keen to implement a sweeping new regional strategy, prioritizing democracy and economic reform. ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651552/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:32:43 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651552/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Lando Hite, an exercise rider and caretaker at the Celestial Acres horse training facility, said his experience of living in Oklahoma's "Tornado Alley" had likely saved his life: when the storm seemed to go quiet, he said, he knew that danger was imminent. Hite, who lived and worked at the facility, told local CNN affiliate KFOR that he set several horses free to give them a ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651727/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:31:11 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651727/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 A massive tornado carrying winds of up to 320 kph has torn through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, ripping up at least two schools and leaving a wake of tangled wreckage. At least 37 people are dead, including seven children in a school which collapsed during the storm. Seventy-five children took shelter there from the tornado in the town of Moore. Up to two dozen are still believed to be ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651154/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:20:11 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651154/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650702/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:48:54 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650702/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 WASHINGTON ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651394/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:46:16 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214651394/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 WASHINGTON -; People who falsely claim they have received a military medal in order to obtain money or government benefits could face up to a year in jail under legislation that easily passed the House ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650327/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:44:51 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650327/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 A pair of toy animals are seen as part of memorial outside the home, Monday, May 20, 2013, where Elvira Campos, 10, was shot and killed in North Highlands, Calif. Campos had been watching television with her parents Saturday night, when at least two gunmen walked up to the door of the home and began shooting. About a dozen shots were fired, killing Campos' and wounding her father and mother. ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650328/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:44:47 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650328/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 After months of praising Myanmar for its political reforms, President Obama welcomed the country's president to the White House for the first time in nearly 50 years. But human-rights groups are not happy about the invitation. While the U.S. does not fully embrace the actions of the regime in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), calling for further reforms and cooperation between ethnic ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650330/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:47 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650330/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 FILE - This Dec. 26, 2009, file photo shows jets outside Detroit Metropolitan airport in Romulus, Mich. Hussain Al Kwawahir, arrested Saturday at the airport after lying about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker, is set to be arraigned Monday, May 13, 2013, in federal court in Detroit. The Saudi man is accused of using a passport with missing pages and lying to Customs and Border ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650357/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:14 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650357/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 will raise rates for all shipments on its trade from Asia to the east coast of South America, starting June 15.The increase will be $500 per 20-foot container and $1,000 per 40-foot container, the carrier said.Containerized exports from Far East Asia to South and Central ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650332/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:39:31 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650332/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 A rare and tiny island fox is on the verge of making a comeback from near-extinction in the Channel Islands, a rugged and wind-swept chain off Southern California, officials said ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650645/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:36:16 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650645/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 The Obama administration’s galling record on press freedom requires a reset of the balance between journalists and national security ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650333/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:35:53 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650333/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Victoria DayIt may be the birthday of Queen Victoria, but most of us know the May long weekend as the unofficial kick-off to summer. (File ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650338/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:27:53 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650338/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will bestow the Medal of Freedom posthumously on Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space. Obama says Ride was a role model to young women and showed that achievement has no limits. He says Ride advocated for innovation in science, engineering and math. Ride rode on the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983. She died in July 2012 at 61 after a ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650339/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:17:35 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650339/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 US civil rights activist Malcolm X (1925-1965) speaks during a rally in Washington, circa 1963. Malcolm X was later assassinated. Malcolm Shabazz, his grandson, was killed Thursday, May 9, in ... http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650341/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:11:07 -0400 http://www.northamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214650341/scat/58652c42d9c6e2f4