Tag: Associated Press

Police respond in Riverside, Calif., early Thursday morning, Feb. 7, 2013, after one officer was killed and another critically wounded in a shoot out with a murder suspect. Police were searching for a former Los Angeles police officer sought for two weekend killings , and who threatened to kill police. There were two separate overnight shootings about 60 miles east of Los Angeles in Riverside County that investigators believe involved former LA police officer Christopher Dorner, who's also the main suspect in the weekend killing of a couple whose bodies were found in Irvine. He was fired in 2008 for making false statements. (AP Photo/Kevin Warn)

Massive manhunt on for ex-cop accused of killing 3

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

People look at the flowers placed at the site, just outside his home, where opposition leader Chokri Belaid was killed, Thursday Feb. 7, 2013 in Tunis. Tunisia's opposition parties on welcomed the government's move to dissolve itself in favor of a caretaker body following the shocking assassination of a leftist politician. The Wednesday assassination of prominent government critic Chokri Belaid plunged the country into one of its deepest political crises since the overthrow of the dictatorship in 2011. (AP Photo/Amine Landoulsi)

Tunisia Islamist party rejects gov’t dissolution

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

David Keene, president of the National Rifle Association, speaks during an exclusive interview with Associated Press reporters in Denver on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. He said he's confident that Congress won't approve an assault weapons ban or an ammunition limit in the wake of mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut. David Keene called such gun control proposals "feel-good" measures that he says "won't do any good." Keene is scheduled to meet with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and other lawmakers at the Capitol later Thursday. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

NRA chief: Gun controls won’t pass Congress

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks at the House Democratic Issues Conference in Lansdowne, Va., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama pushes 2nd term agenda to House Democrats

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

President Barack Obama steps off Marine One after landing at Leesburg Executive Airport Landing Zone in Leesburg, Va., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, before attending the House Democratic Issues Conference in Lansdowne, Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama to promote his agenda to House Democrats

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, before the Senate Armed Services Committee about the Pentagon's role in responding to the attack last year on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, where the ambassador and three other Americans were killed. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Military looks to place quick forces after Libya

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

Judge cuts short ex-La. gov. Edwards’ court supervision

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

Monopoly fans vote to add cat, toss iron tokens

Associated Press · February 6, 2013 5:00 am

The List for Feb. 7

Associated Press · February 6, 2013 5:00 am

Virginia House, Senate pass bills on texting while driving

Associated Press · February 5, 2013 5:00 am

AP source: Obama to ask for short term budget plan

Associated Press · February 5, 2013 5:00 am

Lindsey Vonn tears knee ligaments, out for season

Associated Press · February 5, 2013 5:00 am