Tag: Associated Press

Cows are dwarfed by the equipment at a wind farm near Calumet, Okla., on April 12. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Energy and Environment

Oahu wind farm back online with new technology

Associated Press · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

Michael Jackson's former doctor Conrad Murray sits in a courtroom during his involuntary manslaughter trial in Los Angeles. A California appeals court in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, unanimously affirmed the involuntary manslaughter conviction of Murray. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, Pool, File)

Court: No rehearing in Michael Jackson doc’s case

Associated Press · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

Dan Sullivan, right, speaks while announcing a U.S. Senate bid in Anchorage, Alaska, in 2013. On the left is his wife, Julie Fate Sullivan. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Alaska’s Dan Sullivan out with first radio ad of campaign for U.S. Senate

Associated Press · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

An American Eagle jet taxis at Boston's Logan International Airport. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

Pilots’ union rejects contract at American Eagle

David Koenig · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

This June 9, 2013 photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras)

National Security

NSA: Co-worker provided a digital key to Edward Snowden

Stephen Braun · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber speaks to reporters at a legislative forum organized by The Associated Press in Salem, Ore. (AP Photo)

Congressman calls for Cover Oregon investigation

Jeff Barnard · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who had been seeking a waiver of $10 billion since 2012, said in a statement that an "agreement in principle" had been reached. The agreement with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius still has to be finalized.

NY officials: Agreement for $8 billion Medicaid waiver

Michael Virtanen · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation into a massive coal ash spill into a North Carolina river, demanding that Duke Energy and state regulators hand over reams of documents related to the accident that left a waterway polluted with tons of toxic sludge. (AP image)

Energy and Environment

US investigates North Carolina coal ash spill

Mitch Weiss · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

Mary-Jane Harrison plays with her grandson David, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Health plans don’t cover weight loss surgery

Matthew Perrone · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

Republican House members gather at the start of the regular legislative session at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on Feb. 5, 2013. (AP/Dave Martin)

Alabama House seeks revisions to US Constitution

Associated Press · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez vetoed a judicial pension overhaul last year because she said it relied too much on increased taxpayer spending. (AP image)

New Mexico House approves judicial pension overhaul

Associated Press · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

A protester, who refuesed to be identified, displays a placard calling for pension reform during a rally at the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

State, unions to give Rhode Island pension settlement update

Associated Press · February 14, 2014 5:00 am