Va. Republicans pledge to steer toward center

Categories: Most Viewed, Top Stories, U.S.| Nov 4, 2009

Va. Republicans pledge to steer toward center RICHMOND -- Despite winning the governor's race by a 17-percentage point blowout, Virginia Republicans insisted Wednesday that they had gained no broad mandate and would make their top priority the pragmatic platform that drove voters to the polls. The state's Republicans ...Read More

Gun-toting soccer mom fatally shot while on Web cam

Categories: U.S.| Oct 10, 2009

Gun-toting soccer mom fatally shot while on Web cam LEBANON, Pa. - Amid the domestic stillness of just another evening at home, the Hain family's troubles exploded into homicide Wednesday with a mutual friend powerlessly looking on via the Internet. Meleanie Hain, 31, a mother of three and latter-day national ...Read More

Husband killed Pa. gun advocate during video chat

Categories: Top Stories, U.S.| Oct 9, 2009

LEBANON, Pa. -A soccer mom who was thrust into the national gun-rights debate after taking a loaded pistol to youth sports events was killed by her husband in a shooting witnessed online by her video chat partner, authorities said Friday. Scott ...Read More

Officials: Gun-toting Pa. mother killed by husband while she was on video chat with friend

Categories: Top Stories, U.S.| Oct 9, 2009

LEBANON, Pa. - Authorities say a Pennsylvania mother who became an unlikely gun-rights advocate was fatally shot by her husband while she was on a video chat with a friend. Lebanon County officials say Meleanie Hain was shot several times Wednesday ...Read More

Gun-toting Pa. soccer mom's autopsy results due

Categories: Top Stories, U.S.| Oct 9, 2009

Gun-toting Pa. soccer mom's autopsy results due LEBANON, Pa. -- Police planned to release on Friday additional details about the final hours of a suburban mother who last year shocked other parents by openly carrying a loaded handgun at her daughter's youth soccer game and this week ...Read More

Gun-toting Pa. soccer mom, husband are found dead

Categories: U.S.| Oct 9, 2009

Gun-toting Pa. soccer mom, husband are found dead LEBANON, Pa. - A suburban mother of three who became a voice of the gun-rights movement when she openly carried a loaded pistol to her daughter's soccer game was fatally shot along with her husband, a parole officer and former ...Read More

Gun-Rights Mom Killed in Apparent Murder-Suicide

Categories: U.S.| Oct 8, 2009

LEBANON, Pa — A suburban mother who became a voice of the gun-rights movement when she openly carried a loaded pistol to her daughter's soccer game was fatally shot Wednesday along with her parole-officer husband in an apparent murder-suicide at ...Read More

Pa. soccer mom who became gun-rights activist and her husband shot in apparent murder-suicide

Categories: U.S.| Oct 8, 2009

Pa. soccer mom who became gun-rights activist and her husband shot in apparent murder-suicide LEBANON, Pa. (AP) - A suburban mother who fought in court for the right to openly carry a loaded handgun at her daughter's youth soccer game was fatally shot Wednesday along with her parole-officer husband in an apparent murder-suicide at ...Read More

Ky. pastor who promoted guns in church quits

Categories: U.S.| Oct 8, 2009

A Kentucky pastor who hosted a rally celebrating God and guns a few months ago has resigned his ministry to promote gun rights and church security. Ken Pagano held the "Open Carry Celebration" at New Bethel Church in south Louisville in ...Read More

Questions surround start of new Supreme Court term

Categories: Top Stories, U.S.| Oct 4, 2009

Washington - Transition is the word that perhaps best describes the US Supreme Court's 2009-10 term set to begin Monday. The coming year offers an opportunity for court watchers to more clearly define the character of the emerging Roberts Court during ...Read More