Tag: Associated Press

FILE - This Sept. 23, 2009 file photo shows the electric chair at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va. Robert Gleason Jr. is scheduled to die at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt. Condemned Virginia inmates can choose between lethal injection and electrocution, and Gleason is the first inmate to choose electrocution since 2010. (AP Photo/Virginia Department of Corrections)

Virginia inmate who fought for death penalty to get wish

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

In this undated image released Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013, by BP petroleum company, showing the Amenas natural gas field in the eastern central region of Algeria, where Islamist militants raided and took hostages Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013. Islamist militants from Mali attacked the Amenas natural gas field partly operated by BP in Algeria early on Wednesday, killing a security guard and kidnapping at least eight people, including English, Norwegian and Japanese nationals, an Algerian security official and local media reported. Algerian forces, later caught up with and surrounded the kidnappers and negotiations for the release of the hostages are ongoing, officials said.(AP Photo/BP)

Militants seize foreign hostages in Algeria

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Virginia Senate panel backs car door opening bill

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Senate panel sets hearings with Hillary Clinton, John Kerry

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - This Jan. 13, 2013 file photo shows actress Marion Cotillard at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Cotillard has been named the 2013 Harvard University Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year. The French actress, who won the 2007 best actress Oscar for her role in "La Vie En Rose," will be honored with a parade and roast, and given her ceremonial pudding pot, at Harvard on Jan. 31. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, file)

Marion Cotillard named Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Martin O’Malley’s budget includes new capital projects for Maryland

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

In this Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 photo, American recording artist, songwriter and producer, Miguel, poses for a portrait, in New York. Miguel is nominated for five Grammy Awards, including song of the year for his No. 1 R&B hit, "Adorn," and best urban contemporary album for his sophomore release, "Kaleidoscope Dream." The Grammys air Feb. 10., 2013. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP Images)

Adorned by the Grammys: Miguel has breakthrough

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Girlfriend of Notre Dame’s Manti Te’o never existed

Tom Coyne · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this March 9 2009 file photo, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Washington. Salazar will leave the Obama administration in March, an Obama administration official said Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar leaving Cabinet

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian people gather at the site after an explosion hit a university in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Two explosions struck the main university in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Tuesday, causing an unknown number of casualties, state media and anti-government activists said. There were conflicting reports as to what caused the blast at Aleppo University, which was in session Tuesday. (AP Photo/SANA)

Car bombs kill at least 22 in northern Syria

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

FILE In this Thursday Sept. 23, 2010 file photo prison guards mill outside the entrance to the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va. Robert Gleason Jr. is scheduled to be executed at 9 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 at the prison. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Man who killed 2 fellow inmates executed in Virginia

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Winter is good time to spot bald eagles in Maryland

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am