http://www.wvec.com/news/national RSS Feed for WVEC - News - National en-us Wed, 23 May 2012 06:32:34 GMT 2012-05-23T06:32:34Z en-us http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152910635.html GOSHEN, N.Y. (AP) — Sentencing is set for an upstate New York woman who admits she faked having cancer to con donors into paying for her wedding and Caribbean honeymoon. Wed, 23 May 2012 06:32:33 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152910635.html 2012-05-23T06:32:33Z http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152851705.html BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A US Airways jet traveling from Paris to North Carolina was diverted to Maine on Tuesday after a French passenger handed a note to a flight attendant mentioning that she had a surgically implanted device, raising fears of a terror scenario that security officials had warned about. Wed, 23 May 2012 06:32:34 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152851705.html 2012-05-23T06:32:34Z http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152797705.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A decades-old jet fuel spill threatening Albuquerque's water supply could be as large as 24 million gallons, or twice the size of the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez, New Mexico environment officials acknowledged Tuesday. Wed, 23 May 2012 06:32:33 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152797705.html 2012-05-23T06:32:33Z http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152647785.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Uncle Sam may not want you after all. Wed, 23 May 2012 06:02:36 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152647785.html 2012-05-23T06:02:36Z http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152764475.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan says his officers' contact with prostitutes at a Colombian hotel last month produced no breach of national security plans for President Barack Obama's visit to the South American country. Tue, 22 May 2012 23:33:14 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152764475.html 2012-05-22T23:33:14Z http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152740865.html RENO, Nev. (AP) — Organizers of the national air racing championships secured $100 million in necessary insurance and announced plans Tuesday to change the September race course for the fastest planes to keep them farther from spectators after last year's mass-casualty crash near a grandstand. Tue, 22 May 2012 23:03:36 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152740865.html 2012-05-22T23:03:36Z http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152740885.html WASHINGTON (AP) — James Doohan, Scotty from "Star Trek," spent his acting career whizzing through the cosmos. Gordon Cooper was one of America's famous Mercury seven astronauts. And Bob Shrake spent his work life anonymously helping send NASA's high-tech spacecraft to other planets. Tue, 22 May 2012 23:33:14 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152740885.html 2012-05-22T23:33:14Z http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152741455.html WASHINGTON (AP) — James Doohan, Scotty from "Star Trek," spent his acting career whizzing through the cosmos. Gordon Cooper was one of America's famous Mercury seven astronauts. And Bob Shrake spent his work life anonymously helping send NASA's high-tech spacecraft to other planets. Tue, 22 May 2012 23:33:13 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152741455.html 2012-05-22T23:33:13Z http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152714905.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan says his officers' contact with prostitutes at a Colombian hotel last month produced no breach of national security plans for President Barack Obama's visit to the South American country. Wed, 23 May 2012 00:32:08 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152714905.html 2012-05-23T00:32:08Z http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152616745.html NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A woman sued a Connecticut hospital Tuesday, saying she was severely injured when she fell off an operating table after surgery. Tue, 22 May 2012 21:32:55 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/national/152616745.html 2012-05-22T21:32:55Z