11:02PM EDT November 1. 2012 - WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Secret Service agent who was being investigated by the government for failing to disclose a long-standing relationship with a foreign citizen killed himself last week in Washington, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Up and down New Jersey's storied shore, the scene of summer fun for generations of Easterners is now a tangle of wet, splintered wood, seawater, sand and debris. It's a region that claims rocker Bruce Springsteen as a native son — and of more recent fame, Snooki and the cast of MTV's Jersey Shore.
12:37AM EDT October 23. 2012 - WASHINGTON -- Ellen DeGeneres is usually the one cracking jokes and busting out one of her signature dance moves -- anything to make people laugh. But on Monday night, the tables were turned as a star-studded lineup of her friends and colleagues, past and present, showed up to the salute the comedian at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Daniel Jarvis, a backbench MP for Barnsley and a former army officer, has criticised the government for low morale in the armed forces.
The hearings will help decide whether Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino will face trial
Schettino is attending the hearings
More than 1,000 survivors, victims' relatives and their lawyers also are in attendance
9:03PM EDT October 23. 2012 - A recent inspector general report, highlighted in USA Daily, has brought another call to disconnect Social Security numbers from Medicare identification cards because of the risk of identity theft and fraud. "Seniors are urged not to carry their Social Security card to protect their number, but at the same time they need to carry their Medicare card at all times to get health care," said Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas. "This makes no sense."
