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Energy and Environment

Ohio energy bill predicted to hike electric costs

December 4, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this March 6, 2013 file photo, Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats running for re-election in Arkansas, Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states faced enough problems before President Barack ObamaÃ?s popularity swooned in November. Now they are awkwardly distancing themselves from him a year before the election, seeking the right balance between independence and betrayal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Politics

Some Democrats keep distance as Obama’s popularity drops

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December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, speaks to lawmakers during a Pension Committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Politics

Illinois legislature OKs fix for $100 billion pension crisis

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December 4, 2013 5:00 am

$Election judge Rich Korinek, left, tallies ballots during a recount of Broomfield's vote on a county-wide hydraulic fracturing ban, at a city and county building, in Broomfield, Colo., on Monday. (AP/Brennan Linsley)$

Campaigns

Fracking ban wins on recount, but questions linger

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December 4, 2013 5:00 am

A Windsor Mill couple has pleaded to food stamp fraud in a plot to redeem the benefits in exchange for cash.

Maryland store owners plead guilty to food stamp fraud

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December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Democrats in Congress are preparing a new proposal to hike the minimum wage to $10.10, with the increases to come in three steps ending in 2015.

Economy

D.C. Council unanimously approves minimum wage hike

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December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Last summer, irrigation water was shut off to hundreds of upper basin ranches after the Klamath Tribes exercised newly acquired water rights to protect fish in rivers running through former reservation lands. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Task force wrapping up work on Klamath water deal

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December 4, 2013 5:00 am

An animal rights group is asking New York courts to recognize scientific evidence of emotional and cognitive abilities in chimpanzees and to grant the animals

Group seeks ‘personhood’ for 4 chimps in New York

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December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Foreign Policy

In UK, Sen. Marco Rubio criticizes Iranian nuclear deal

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December 3, 2013 3:21 pm

White House press secretary Jay Carney answers a question during the daily press briefing, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, in the White House briefing room in Washington. Carney answered questions on the ongoing rollout of the Healthcare.gov website. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Healthcare

Year-end signups crucial test for health care site

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December 3, 2013 5:00 am

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Associated Press

Ohio energy bill predicted to hike electric costs

Some Democrats keep distance as Obama’s popularity drops

Illinois legislature OKs fix for $100 billion pension crisis

Fracking ban wins on recount, but questions linger

Maryland store owners plead guilty to food stamp fraud

D.C. Council unanimously approves minimum wage hike

Task force wrapping up work on Klamath water deal

Group seeks ‘personhood’ for 4 chimps in New York

In UK, Sen. Marco Rubio criticizes Iranian nuclear deal

Year-end signups crucial test for health care site

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