http://www.wetmtv.com/news/national/ WETM: National News en-us Copyright 2012 Newport Television LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:00:01 -0500 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:33:44 -0500 National News 15 http://www.wetmtv.com:80/news/national/story/Family-teachers-remember-Powell-boys-in-Tacoma/wv-jMR333UK01qEFEzdmxw.cspx?rss=129 http://www.wetmtv.com/s/wv-jMR333UK01qEFEzdmxw.cspx The family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell is thanking police, social workers, teachers and everyone who cared about her two sons, nearly a week after their father killed them... National News Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:14:15 -0500 http://www.wetmtv.com:80/news/national/story/U-S-sex-abuse-lawsuit-against-Vatican-dismissed/SFUOwexaKU2BfK_p5knd4A.cspx?rss=129 http://www.wetmtv.com/s/SFUOwexaKU2BfK_p5knd4A.cspx Lawyers for a man who was sexually abused decades ago by a priest at a Wisconsin school for the deaf have asked a court to dismiss their lawsuit naming Pope... National News Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:58:27 -0500 http://www.wetmtv.com:80/news/national/story/Old-well-becomes-focus-of-search-for-more-bodies/hwsP4kOQYUGp4ka0Mv7hhg.cspx?rss=129 http://www.wetmtv.com/s/hwsP4kOQYUGp4ka0Mv7hhg.cspx Guided by information from a death row inmate, Northern California authorities plan to focus on an abandoned well in their search for possible victims of the notorious "Speed Freak Killers,"... National News Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:05:48 -0500 http://www.wetmtv.com:80/news/national/story/Marine-honored-for-Afghanistan-counterattack/xyS21ClK70uJPsPflwlSXQ.cspx?rss=129 http://www.wetmtv.com/s/xyS21ClK70uJPsPflwlSXQ.cspx A Marine based out of Camp Pendleton in Southern California has been awarded the Silver Star for courageous service in the war-torn country. National News Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:50:57 -0500 http://www.wetmtv.com:80/news/national/story/Obama-compromises-on-birth-control-policy/HQ3p-0Uy1k2WKjHiZctb0w.cspx?rss=129 http://www.wetmtv.com/s/HQ3p-0Uy1k2WKjHiZctb0w.cspx President Barack Obama is taking steps to defuse a controversy that surged to the forefront of the presidential campaign. National News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:10:00 -0500 http://www.wetmtv.com:80/news/national/story/Feds-Underwear-bomber-texted-with-al-Qaida-cleric/IudPOATC6keWBnsoAAMGnA.cspx?rss=129 http://www.wetmtv.com/s/IudPOATC6keWBnsoAAMGnA.cspx The government has disclosed new details about the relationship between a Nigerian who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound plane and a man who is described as his mentor. National News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:45:12 -0500 http://www.wetmtv.com:80/news/national/story/US-urges-for-openness-at-Gulf-oil-spill-trial/ggqc91qjUEWcggWUK6wsmg.cspx?rss=129 http://www.wetmtv.com/s/ggqc91qjUEWcggWUK6wsmg.cspx The federal government's lead lawyer in an upcoming trial over fault in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is urging judges to make sensitive business documents and testimony public. National News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:55:24 -0500 http://www.wetmtv.com:80/news/national/story/Uzbek-man-pleads-guilty-in-plot-to-kill-Obama/0ISW4sEJkEiwXNQk7WTuIA.cspx?rss=129 http://www.wetmtv.com/s/0ISW4sEJkEiwXNQk7WTuIA.cspx A man from Uzbekistan has pleaded guilty to terror-related charges in a plot to assassinate President Barack Obama. National News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:38:08 -0500 http://www.wetmtv.com:80/news/national/story/Feds-slap-CA-utility-for-San-Onofre-ammonia-leak/Iq_vRVq7EE-ZAMLN3NUfSg.cspx?rss=129 http://www.wetmtv.com/s/Iq_vRVq7EE-ZAMLN3NUfSg.cspx Federal regulators say an ammonia leak that caused an emergency alert at Southern California's San Onofre nuclear plant was caused by employees who failed to recognize degraded equipment and fix... National News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:33:57 -0500 http://www.wetmtv.com:80/news/national/story/Navy-names-ship-for-former-congresswoman-Giffords/J_VP0H18n0qOVKyzW9rvuw.cspx?rss=129 http://www.wetmtv.com/s/J_VP0H18n0qOVKyzW9rvuw.cspx The Navy has named a ship for Gabrielle Giffords, the recently retired congresswoman from Arizona who is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head received in January 2011. National News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0500