The Herald Bulletin National News2012-02-10T09:24:57-05:00urn:uuid:7dcd5573-ed05-475c-a32c-399c080b8c0fFamily plucked from Pacific after boat capsizesurn:uuid:d37aa259-7e0a-4ffe-8c5c-1d46daf2765d2012-02-09T22:00:42-05:00
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Three family members attempting their first voyage across the Pacific in a sailboat were left adrift in rough seas hundreds of miles from land when their mast broke in high winds.</p>
FBI file: Steve Jobs was considered for government posturn:uuid:0b1b9e63-bf1f-4187-8380-0bba695ea5c42012-02-09T18:18:00-05:00
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FBI background interviews of some people who knew Apple founder Steve Jobs reveal a man so driven by power that he sometimes lost sight of honesty.</p>
Florida mogul, facing trial, adopts his girlfriendurn:uuid:fa13a687-6962-42bf-8ff3-ced8900685a12012-02-09T18:14:00-05:00
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The story already had people's attention: A multimillionaire polo magnate was accused of causing a drunken-driving wreck that killed a young man. But now, with his criminal trial approaching, a strange twist has raised even more eyebrows: He has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend.</p>
Emergency exercise preceded Ind. fair disaster urn:uuid:6a2373f0-a4ce-4462-9e82-ccb7448578002012-02-09T17:02:53-05:00
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High winds. Lightning. Hail. A severe thunderstorm warning. A huge crowd waits for country duo Sugarland to take the stage.</p>
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That exact scenario ahead of last summer's deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair was eerily foreshadowed just a month earlier during an emergency exercise that involved the fair's director and numerous city and state officials.</p>
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Tribe suing beer companies for alcohol problems urn:uuid:c6be249a-1045-4ffd-990a-d60a1f2df0c92012-02-09T16:58:11-05:00
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 An American Indian tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.</p>
LA school in sex abuse scandal reopens urn:uuid:d35b3f0c-96c6-48bd-b936-974fc37a0cce2012-02-09T13:32:52-05:00
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Children returned Thursday to an elementary school where the entire staff was replaced after the arrests of two former teachers on charges of committing lewd acts with students in class.</p>
Official: States get No Child Left Behind waiver urn:uuid:e261909c-3d7f-4878-8126-f5127423550a2012-02-09T11:43:49-05:00
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President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students, The Associated Press has learned.</p>
Sources: Pentagon rules shift on women in combat urn:uuid:14d985c3-fba6-443c-83f0-9fe34c8aff4b2012-02-09T09:45:02-05:00
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Pentagon rules are catching up a bit with reality after a decade when women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.</p>
German man wins Empire State Building race againurn:uuid:2e4b61f6-1b99-425e-972f-0b121106585a2012-02-09T01:12:00-05:00
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A German runner has won an annual race up 86 flights of stairs at the Empire State Building for a record seventh straight time.</p>
GOP vows to reverse Obama birth control policyurn:uuid:0b271afa-6b30-41e6-a145-efab69627a612012-02-08T21:38:03-05:00
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Republicans vowed Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama's new policy on birth control, lambasting the rule that religious schools and hospitals must provide contraceptive coverage for their employees as an "unambiguous attack on religious freedom in our country."</p>