Tag: Associated Press

Report: Obama to speak at NC State during visit

Report: Obama to speak at NC State during visit

Associated Press · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

Luis Mendez, 23, left, and Maurice Mike, 23, wait in line at a job fair in Miami. (AP/Lynne Sladky)

US employers may post a 5th month of solid hiring

Christopher Rugaber · January 10, 2014 12:15 pm

Wyoming Gov. Matt MeadÃ has urged lawmakers to reject the proposed Medicaid expansion again in the legislative session that starts next month. (AP/Ben Neary)

Wyoming legislative committee postpones Medicaid expansion vote

Associated Press · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama intends to nominate Stanley Fischer, a former head of the Bank of Israel, to be vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, replacing Janet Yellen, who is ascending to the central bank's chairmanship. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Former Bank of Israel head gets Fed vice chair nod

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill on Dec. 10 in the hope of persuading Congress to not forge any new economic sanctions on Iran that could break the recent historic agreement that would end Iranâs progress toward weapons-grade uranium. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Obama, Congress locked in Iran sanctions dispute

Bradley Klapper · January 9, 2014 8:16 am

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during a news conference Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 at the Statehouse in Trenton. N.J. Christie has fired a top aide who engineered political payback against a town mayor, saying she lied. Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly is the latest casualty in a widening scandal that threatens to upend Christie's second term and likely run for president in 2016. Documents show she arranged traffic jams to punish the mayor, who didn't endorse Christie for re-election. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

John Boehner: Chris Christie remains presidential contender

Associated Press · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

New York's highest court says an upstate medical clinic isn't liable for a nurse revealing a man's sexually transmitted disease to his girlfriend since it was outside her duties and violated clinic policy. (Photo: Thinkstock)

New York court rejects liability for STD disclosure

Associated Press · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Republican Secretary of State Matt Schultz said he will run for Iowa's 3rd Congressional District. (AP File)

Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz running for Congress

Associated Press · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during a news conference Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. Christie has fired a top aide who engineered political payback against a town mayor, saying she lied. Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly is the latest casualty in a widening scandal that threatens to upend Christie's second term and likely run for president in 2016. Documents show she arranged traffic jams to punish the mayor, who didn't endorse Christie for re-election. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Chris Christie fires aide, apologizes for traffic jams

Associated Press · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Some find health insurers have no record of them

Some find health insurers have no record of them

Associated Press · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel takes questions as he briefs reporters at the Pentagon in Washington on Dec. 19. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Nuclear launch officers tied to narcotics probe

Associated Press · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

The nutrition information is shown on the back of a Campbell's Chicken Noodle soup can in Washington. (AP/J. David Ake)

Food companies cut 6.4 trillion calories

MARY CLARE JALONICK · January 9, 2014 5:00 am