Tag: Associated Press

Al Jones of the West Virginia department of General Services tests the water on the first floor of the State Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., on Jan. 13. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Energy and Environment

Many remain wary of West Virginia water as smell lingers

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Crystal L. Cox was sued for defamation by Bend attorney Kevin Padrick and his company, Obsidian Finance Group LLC, after she made posts on several websites she created accusing them of fraud, corruption, money-laundering and other illegal activities. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Court: Bloggers have First Amendment protections

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Former U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull sent emails to personal and professional contacts that showed disdain for blacks, Indians, Hispanics, women, certain religious faiths and liberal political leaders. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Federal judge in Montana sent hundreds of bigoted emails

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi is sitting on an unusually large pile of campaign cash now that Liz Cheney has abandoned her attempt to unseat him in a GOP primary later this year. (AP Photo/The Rawlins Daily Times, Jerret Raffety, File)

Liz Cheney’s bid leaves Mike Enzi with $1.8M, no opponent

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

According to Target, hackers stole data related to 40 million credit and debit card accounts and also pilfered personal information, including email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses and names of as many as 70 million customers. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Shoppers fret about authenticity of Target emails

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

A sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

Tech industry: Obama’s NSA reforms ‘insufficient’

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Some Idaho counties may stop paying the hospital bills of indigent patients.

Idaho counties mull halting indigent medical payments

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

On Jan. 9, a visitor to Folsom Lake in California walks his dog down a boat ramp that is now several hundred yards away from the waters' edge. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Energy and Environment

California governor proclaims state in a drought

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Republican Sen. Mae Beavers of Mt. Juliet, left, speaks at a press conference in Nashville, Tenn., on Jan. 15 about her bill seeking to ban state participation in the federal health care law. To her right are state Republican Reps.Terri Lynn Weaver of Lancaster and Sheila Butt of Columbia. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

Tennessee bill seeks to ban federal health care law

Washington Examiner · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2013 file photo, Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott talks with educators at KIPP: San Antonio, in San Antonio, Texas. Abbott raised $11.5 million over three months, and Fort Worth Democrat Wendy Davis raised more than $12 million over the past six months, the campaigns reported Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas-sized campaign cash flows in governor’s race

Associated Press · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Fresh from the U.S. budget battle, House Speaker John Boehner is heading to TV.ÃÂ Boehner is scheduled as a guest next week on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." The show airs on Jan. 23.ÃÂ (Chip Somodevilla/Getty images)

House Speaker John Boehner is ‘Tonight Show’ guest next week

Associated Press · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

This Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2014 screenshot shows the TMZ website with their story about U.S, military members burning bodies. The U.S. Marine Corps said Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, it is attempting to determine the authenticity of photos published by TMZ.com that the entertainment website says show Marines appearing to burn bodies of dead Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah in 2004. (AP Photo)

National Security

Marines probing validity of online Iraq war photos

Associated Press · January 16, 2014 5:00 am