Whiling away the day
Enjoying the weather: Boaters paddle around Washington’s tidal basin Sunday in view of the Washington Monument. The tidal basin was a big draw even though the cherry blossoms that attract the masses each year are mostly gone.
Occupy marks six months after arrests
Occupy Wall Street protesters flanked by police officers marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to mark six months since hundreds of them were arrested walking the same route.
Hundreds of activists marched from Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, where they first camped out last September to start a movement that spread around the globe. Occupy activists dubbed themselves the “99%,” opposing the economic inequality represented by the wealthy “1%.”
Accident kills terror-attack victim’s son
The 2-year-old son of an airman killed in a terrorist attack in Germany has died after a dresser fell on him, authorities in South Carolina said.
Anderson County Deputy Coroner Don Mccown said William Alden was trying to reach something on top of a dresser when it fell on him, suffocating him. The boy lived in the Anderson home with his mother, Patricia Brooks Alden, and his 5-year-old sister, Lilly. Senior Airman Nick Alden was killed in March 2011 outside an airport in Frankfurt, Germany, by a man authorities said was a Muslim extremist. Mccown said the accident Saturday was devastating. “How much more can a family go through?” he asked. Anderson Police Sgt. David Creamer said the boy’s death was an accident and no charges will be filed.
Ryan apologizes to Joint Chiefs chair
Rep. Paul Ryan said he has apologized by phone to the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman for accusing the military of not giving its “true advice” on President Obama’s budget plan.
Military generals are required under oath to provide lawmakers their personal views on security matters, even if those views conflict with the White House. In this case, Gen. Martin Dempsey had testified that he thought Obama’s $614 billion plan for defense spending next year was adequate. Ryan, R-wis., said he “really misspoke” for suggesting the generals weren’t on the up and up. Ryan appeared Sunday on CNN’S State of the Union and ABC’S This Week.
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-LYNDON, Kan. — A motor home headed from Texas to Minnesota crashed in northeast Kansas, killing five people and sending 13 others to hospitals, the Kansas Highway patrol said.