KREM - News - National http://www.krem.com/news/national RSS Feed for KREM - News - National en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:39:06 GMT Bulger ex-enforcer grilled about varying stories http://www.krem.com/news/national/212101271.html BOSTON (AP) — A former enforcer for James "Whitey" Bulger has been grilled by Bulger's attorney about varying stories he told over the years about killings he says were orchestrated by Bulger and his gang. Nobel recipient among winners of Jefferson Awards http://www.krem.com/news/national/212159671.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. Senators, the winner of a Nobel Prize for peace, a labor leader and the owner of a professional tennis team are among the people being honored with a national prize for public service. A guide to the life and mystery of Jimmy Hoffa http://www.krem.com/news/national/212149421.html DETROIT (AP) — The FBI has spent this week digging up a field in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ago. He was last seen outside a restaurant about 20 miles from the digging site where he was to meet with a New Jersey Teamsters boss and a Detroit Mafia captain. Stocks drift lower as investors wait for the Fed http://www.krem.com/news/national/212153821.html NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting lower on Wall Street as investors hold back ahead of a policy announcement from the Federal Reserve. Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe http://www.krem.com/news/national/212119921.html MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet. Father, son acquitted in NY of sex trafficking http://www.krem.com/news/national/212149061.html NEW YORK (AP) — A father and son who acknowledged they were pimps were acquitted Wednesday of sex trafficking charges after several prostitutes testified they were treated well. Wooden beam could be detached part of shipwreck http://www.krem.com/news/national/212149021.html FAIRPORT, Mich. (AP) — Archaeologists say a wooden beam found embedded in the floor of Lake Michigan wasn't attached to a larger vessel, but that it could be a detached piece of wreckage from a ship that disappeared while exploring the Great Lakes in the 17th Century. House panel starts rewrite of No Child Left Behind http://www.krem.com/news/national/212144721.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans moved forward Wednesday with a rewrite of GOP President George W. Bush's prized No Child Left Behind Act, pushing a bill that would strip Education Secretary Arne Duncan and his successors of power and give more authority to the states. Stocks edge lower as investors wait on Fed http://www.krem.com/news/national/212135541.html NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged lower in early trading on Wall Street Wednesday as investors waited for word from the Federal Reserve. Best-selling author Vince Flynn dies at age 47 http://www.krem.com/news/national/212140201.html ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vince Flynn, a best-selling author of political thriller novels, has died at age 47 after a two-year battle with prostate cancer.