http://www.azfamily.com/news/national RSS Feed for AZ Family - News - National en-us Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:34:00 GMT 2012-02-12T17:34:00Z en-us http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139182774.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — With the death of Whitney Houston just hours earlier, it's hard to focus on the matter of crowning the best in music — but Sunday night's Grammys will try. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:33:49 GMT http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139182774.html 2012-02-12T17:33:49Z http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139182769.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Love has triumphed over action at the weekend box office with a No. 1 debut for the romantic drama "The Vow." Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:34:00 GMT http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139182769.html 2012-02-12T17:34:00Z http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139182209.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston will be remembered with a tribute by Jennifer Hudson tonight at the Grammy Awards, a day after she was found dead in a Los Angeles hotel. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:02:13 GMT http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139182209.html 2012-02-12T17:02:13Z http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139181234.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. government is seeking software that can mine social media to predict the future. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:02:19 GMT http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139181234.html 2012-02-12T17:02:19Z http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139181184.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Reports written by American aid contractor Alan Gross detail secret work he carried out in Cuba before his arrest there in 2009. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:01:28 GMT http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139181184.html 2012-02-12T17:01:28Z http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139180584.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Lottery officials say someone who played the Powerball in Rhode Island has won the $336.4 million jackpot. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:02:43 GMT http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139180584.html 2012-02-12T17:02:43Z http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139180124.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's chief of staff says it's only a matter of time before the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad collapses. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:05:23 GMT http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139180124.html 2012-02-12T16:05:23Z http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139179369.html CHICAGO (AP) — It happened to nurse Jane Byron years after an in-line skating fall, business owner Haralee Weintraub while doing "men's" push-ups, and avid cyclist Gene Wilberg while lifting a heavy box. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:32:15 GMT http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139179369.html 2012-02-12T17:32:15Z http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139177704.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton says he will call for a national prayer for Whitney Houston this morning during a service at Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:33:56 GMT http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139177704.html 2012-02-12T14:33:56Z http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139177529.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The president will send Congress a budget that will provide short-term help to a struggling economy while offering a long-term plan to deal with soaring deficits, the White House said Sunday. Republicans attacked the spending blueprint as offering more of the same failed solutions for the economy. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:32:15 GMT http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/139177529.html 2012-02-12T17:32:15Z