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Interim CEO defends NPR as new video emerges BEN NUCKOLS, Associated Press WASHINGTON — NPR's interim president and CEO said Thursday she is fully confident the organization's leadership team and said those who think their news coverage is biased would change their minds simply by listening to its programming. Joyce Slocum's comments in a Thursday interview with The Associated Press came just before conservative activist James O'Keefe posted a follow-up video as part of his undercover investigation of NPR. A video posted T... Full story
NPR CEO resigns after VP criticizes tea party BEN NUCKOLS,Associated Press WASHINGTON — NPR's president and CEO resigned Wednesday in an effort to limit the damage from hidden camera footage of a fellow executive deriding the tea party movement as "seriously racist." Conservatives called the video proof that the network is biased and undeserving of federal funds. NPR's board had pushed for the resignation of Vivian Schiller, whom conservatives also criticized in October for firing analyst Juan Williams over comments he m... Full story
BEN NUCKOLS,Associated Press JESSICA GRESKO,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A package an official said was addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited Friday at a Washington postal facility, a day after fiery packages sent to Maryland's governor and transportation secretary burned the fingers of workers who opened them. Authorities were bracing for more packages to surface. "Right now we don't have any other packages, but we're not taking anything for granted," D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said. I...
Parcel addressed to Napolitano ignites in DC BEN NUCKOLS,Associated Press JESSICA GRESKO,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A package an official said was addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited Friday at a Washington postal facility, a day after fiery packages sent to Maryland's governor and transportation secretary burned the fingers of workers who opened them. Authorities were bracing for more packages to surface. "Right now we don't have any other packages, but we're not taking anything for g...
Parcel addressed to Napolitano ignites in DC BEN NUCKOLS,Associated Press JESSICA GRESKO,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A package an official said was addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited Friday at a Washington postal facility, a day after fiery packages sent to Maryland's governor and transportation secretary burned the fingers of workers who opened them. Authorities were bracing for more packages to surface. "Right now we don't have any other packages, but we're not taking anything for g... Full story
BALTIMORE (AP) — A 21-year-old construction worker who had recently converted to Islam and told an FBI informant he thought about nothing but jihad was arrested Wednesday when he tried to detonate what he thought was a bomb at a military recruitment center, authorities said. Antonio Martinez, also known as Muhammad Hussain, faces charges of attempted murder of federal officers and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Bomb was a fake provided by agent The bomb he is a... Full story
BP hoped to know as early as today if a stream of mud will finally end its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a five-week disaster that was putting other U.S. offshore drilling projects on hold as far away as Alaska. President Barack Obama planned to announce today that a moratorium on new deepwater oil drilling permits will be continued for six months while a presidential commission investigates, a White House aide said. Controversial lease sales off the coast of Alaska will be delayed pending the results of the commission's investig... Full story