Tag: Associated Press

In this undated file photo, Montana District Judge G. Todd Baugh presides at a hearing in Great Falls, Mont. Baugh, the Montana judge who said a teen rape victim appeared âolder than her chronological age,â said he plans to retire at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Billings Gazette, Larry Mayer, File)

Montana judge criticized in rape case to retire

Washington Examiner · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Government calls for end to overly zealous discipline in schools

Kimberly Hefling · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, right, is interviewed at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., as his wife Kim listens Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. Darr said he won't resign over ethics violations tied to his campaign and office spending, despite growing calls for him to step down or face the threat of impeachment. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr refuses to resign, faces impeachment threat in ethics case

Washington Examiner · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, the Republican Policy Committee chairman, tells reporters that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and his political tactics are almost entirely responsible for making the Senate dysfunctional, following a procedural vote on legislation to renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, at the Capitol. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Debate over unemployment benefits is first volley of election year

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is scheduled to help launch the system at an event Wednesday at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Massachusetts unveiling electronic medical records system

Associated Press · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Fort Worth officer fired in sex assault case

Fort Worth officer fired in sex assault case

Washington Examiner · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2013 file photo, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference in Bethel, N.Y. Cuomo is expected to deliver an election-year State of State address touting tax breaks and economic successes. The annual speech Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2014 marks the start of the legislative season in Albany and Cuomo has used the days leading up to the speech to preview a few policy proposals. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Andrew Cuomo lays out his agenda for New York in election year

Michael Hill · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this March 1, 2013, file photo, a crane removes a container from a ship at the Port of Baltimore's Seagirt Marine Terminal in Baltimore. The trade gap dropped 12.9 percent in November to $34.3 billion, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. That's the smallest monthly trade deficit since October 2009. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

US trade deficit declines to $34.3B billion

Martin Crutsinger · January 7, 2014 2:56 pm

From left, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., arrive for a procedural vote in the Senate on a bill that would extend unemployment benefits, at the Capitol in Washington on Monday. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Showdown set on unemployment bill in Senate

David Espo · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

Even as his health care law divided the nation, President Obama's first term saw historically low growth in health costs, government experts said in a new report Monday. (Photo: Thinkstock)

US marks 4 straight years of slowing health costs

Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

Chief Justice John Roberts turned away without comment Monday an emergency stay request from the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons, Inc. and the Alliance for Natural Health USA. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

John Roberts refuses to grant Obamacare emergency stay

Washington Examiner · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

National Security

Dueling surveillance rulings stir legal ripples

Stephen Braun · January 7, 2014 5:00 am