Tag: Associated Press

Undated image made available by the US Air Force of a USAF HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter of the same type as one which crashed at about 6 p.m. local time Tuesday near Salthouse on the Norfolk coast of eastern England. (AP/ US Air Force Lakenheath)

National Security

US Air Force copter crashes in England, killing 4

Lolita Baldor · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Jimmetta Smith holds her resume while talking with Rhonda Knight, a senior recruiter for Delta airlines, at a job fair for veterans and family members in Marietta, Ga. (AP/David Goldman)

Survey: US companies add 238,000 jobs in December, most in year

Christopher Rugaber · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Wisconsin attorney general hopeful Brad Schimel said Tuesday he's skeptical of making first-offense drunken driving a crime, saying the move could overwhelm the state's courts and lead to more drunken driving. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Wisconsin attorney general candidate questions drunken driving change

Washington Examiner · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

In this Nov. 12, 2009 photo, two students walk past Bud Walton Arena on the University of Arkansas campus on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, in Fayetteville, Ark. Legislators on Tuesday criticized how the university managed the budget of its fundraising division and said they're still not clear how it built a $4.2 million deficit. (AP Photo/Beth Hall)

Legislators critical of University of Arkansas deficit seek answers

Washington Examiner · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press report that former Michigan Treasurer Andy Dillon is serving as senior adviser to state Treasurer Kevin Clinton, and is being paid an annual salary of about $174,000, the same as when he was treasurer. (AP File)

Ex-Michigan treasurer gets same salary as adviser

Associated Press · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

A Navajo lawmaker submitted a proposal Tuesday that would remove the speaker of the Tribal Council, who is facing criminal charges in an investigation into the misuse of public funds. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Navajo lawmaker seeks removal of council speaker

Washington Examiner · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

In New Hampshire, former GOP Rep. Frank Guinta hopes to win a third campaign against Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, the Democratic incumbent, in a race that is likely to draw interest from potential presidential candidates eyeing the state's first-in-the-nation primary. Guinta, a former mayor of Manchester, ousted Shea-Porter in 2010 but then relinquished the seat to her in 2012 .(AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)

Ex-House members seeking comebacks in 2014

Ken Thomas · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

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Jobless benefit discussed before North Carolina committee

Associated Press · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

In this Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004 file photo, soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division spread out documents and other objects on the floor while looking for evidence during a raid on an Iraqi house near Fallujah, Iraq. (AP/Julie Jacobson)

National Security

Reversals in hard-won Iraqi city vex veterans

allen-breed · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who survived a gunshot to the head in 2011 during a mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz., sits ready with her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington to discuss legislation to curb gun violence. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tucson remembers Gabrielle Giffords shooting with services

Brian Skoloff · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., plans to retire from the House. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House Dems Carolin McCarthy, Mike McIntyre to retire

Andrew Taylor · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

This booking photo released by the Calhoun County, Mich., sheriffâs department shows Chris Wahmhoff, who faces trespassing and interfering with police charges after a 10-hour protest in June inside an oil pipeline under construction near Marshall, Mich. (AP Photo/Calhoun County Sheriffâs Department)

Energy and Environment

Oil protester to seek US Senate seat in Michigan

Washington Examiner · January 8, 2014 5:00 am