Tag: Associated Press

Officials expected hundreds of people to pack the Seattle City Hall lobby Monday afternoon for the swearing-in ceremony for gay Mayor Ed Murray. (AP/Ted S. Warren)

New leaders taking charge at Seattle City Hall

Associated Press · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Kathleen Friess gives a presentation on human trafficking in Hamilton Township, N.J., for hotel and nightclub employees and tries to dispel notions of what human trafficking looks like. (AP/Mel Evans)

New Jersey works to curb sex trafficking before Super Bowl

Associated Press · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

$In this Nov. 3, 2010 file photo, marchers concerned with water pollution protest against hydraulic fracturing and gas well drilling in Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania officials say there have been 370 complaints so far in 2013 alleging that oil or natural gas drilling polluted or diminished the flow of water to private water wells. But the Associated Press found that a lack of detail in the data make it almost impossible to judge whether the drilling boom is harming more individuals than in the past, or less. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)$ Energy and Environment

Some states confirm water pollution from drilling

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - This June 26, 1997 file booking photo provided by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, shows Colleen R. LaRose, also known as Jihad Jane. LaRose's sentencing hearing starts Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in Philadelphia. LaRose admits she plotted to kill a Swedish artist over a cartoon that offended Muslims. Prosecutors will seek a long sentence Monday, despite her extensive cooperation. (AP Photo/Tom Green County Jail, File)

National Security

‘Jihad Jane’ gets 10 years in plot to kill artist

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Celebrities, businesses and even the U.S. State Department have bought bogus Facebook likes, Twitter followers or YouTube viewers from offshore "click farms," where workers tap, tap, tap the thumbs up button, view videos or retweet comments to inflate social media numbers. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Selling social media clicks becomes big business

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Desert tech, a Utah-based gun manufacturer, has turned down a $15 million deal to supply Pakistan with precision rifles. (AP File)

Utah gun maker turns down $15 million deal with Pakistan

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Kay Hagan wants North Carolina to rejoin the rest of the states whose long-term unemployed residents could again benefit from emergency unemployment benefits should Congress restore them nationwide in the new year. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

North Carolina Democrats want long-term jobless aid revived

Associated Press · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Alyssa Travino, center, of Edinburg, Texas, wears a birth control bill box costume during a Planned Parenthood rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol on March 7, 2013, in Austin, Texas. A federal appeals court was set to review a Texas law that led to the closing of many abortion clinics in the state, a case that ultimately appears to be bound for the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Federal appeals court to review Texas abortion law

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

The price of oil recovered slightly to above $94 a barrel Monday amid cold weather in the U.S. and as some investors sought bargains following a weeklong market plunge. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Crude oil price up slightly amid cold US weather

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Chris Petersen speaks during an interview on his farm on Oct. 7, 2013, near Clear Lake, Iowa. The federal health care law is now in effect, but many Iowa residents are still trying to figure out their new insurance plans or are continuing to seek health coverage. Peterson, a farmer and consultant, is among the state residents who still havenât been able to sign up for a plan through the federal website and is still waiting to hear what kind of subsidy he and his wife would qualify for to offset the insurance cost. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Iowans grapple with new health law

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

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Outside money can be key factor in 2014 elections

Philip Elliott · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Liz Cheney is still a long shot to beat incumbent Sen. Mike Enzi in the GOP primary. But she enters the holiday season in a better position with her conservative stance on same-sex marriage being more pronounced. (Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)

Reports say Liz Cheney to quit Wyoming Senate bid

Associated Press · January 6, 2014 5:00 am