Tag: Associated Press

Protestors listen as National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander, center, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/Susan Walsh)

National Security

German intel officials discuss NSA spying with US

Associated Press, Kimberly Dozier · November 5, 2013 5:01 pm

A U.S. border patrol vehicle drives along the U.S.-Mexico border fence near Yuma, Ariz., as seen from the outskirts of San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico. (AP/Guillermo Arias)

Border Patrol rejects curbs on force

Elliot Spagat · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio embraces his daughter Chiara as he talks to the media after voting Tuesday in the Park Slope neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP/Mark Lennihan)

Local, not US, issues at play in Tuesday voting

Thomas Beaumont · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio, center, accompanied by Ken Thompson, fifth from right, candidate for Brooklyn district attorney, meet potential voters on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, in the Crown Heights section of New York's borough of Brooklyn. De Blasio, 52, seems poised to become the first Democrat elected mayor in more than a generation, replacing Michael Bloomberg who helmed the nation's biggest city for 12 years. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Bill de Blasio is elected mayor of New York

Washington Examiner · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

FILE- In this May 21, 2012 file photo, the Astrodome sits gathering dust and items for storage in Houston. (AP File)

Demolition likely for Houston Astrodome as voters nix plan

Washington Examiner · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

Detroit mayoral candidate Mike Duggan campaigns in Detroit, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Bankruptcy shadows Detroit’s mayoral election

Corey Williams · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that he smoked crack "probably a year ago" when he was in a "drunken stupor," an admission that immediately intensified the pressure on him to resign. (AP/Nathan Denette)

Toronto mayor Rob Ford admits he smoked crack while drunk

Rob Gillies · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signals second term as he stands with his wife, Mary Pat Christie, second right, and their children, Andrew, back right, Bridget, right, as they celebrate his election victory in Asbury Park, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, after defeating Democratic challenger Barbara Buono. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Chris Christie re-elected governor of New Jersey

Washington Examiner · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

Law enforcement unfamiliar with Homeland Security nominee

Eileen Sullivan · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

Alabamaâs First District congressional seat candidate Bradley Byrne greets supports, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, at Ed's Seafood Shed in Spanish Fort, Ala. (AP File)

Byrne wins GOP runoff in Alabama’s 1st District

Washington Examiner · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

Detroit mayoral candidate Mike Duggan campaigns in Detroit, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Detroit voters elect Mike Duggan mayor of broke city

Washington Examiner · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

The U.S. trade deficit widened only slightly in August, dragged lower by a modest decline in exports. (AP/J Pat Carter)

US factory orders rise 1.7 percent in September

Associated Press · November 4, 2013 5:00 am