Tag: Associated Press

Workers talk at Global Harvest Foods, which produces birdseed and other grains, in the rural town of Akron, the county seat of Washington County, Colo. (AP /Brennan Linsley)

New Colorado? Rural voters stand behind secession idea

Ivan Moreno · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

This screenshot made Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 shows the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' main landing web page for HealthCare.gov. (AP/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

Food stamp outreach boosting Illinois Medicaid

Associated Press · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius listens from the audience before announcing easier access to mental health care during Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter's 29th annual mental health policy symposium at the Carter Center on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Health care law’s troubles give Republicans a much-needed boost

Associated Press · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2009 file photo, a Bank of America branch office is shown in New York. The U.S. government urged that Bank of America Corp pay $863.6 million in damages after a federal jury found it liable for fraud over defective mortgages sold by its Countrywide unit. In a filing late Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the government also asked for penalties against Rebecca Mairone, a former midlevel executive at the bank's Countrywide unit who the jury also found liable, "commensurate with her ability to pay." Bank of America and Mairone were each found liable for defrauding government-controlled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac through the sale of shoddy loans purchased from Countrywide in 2007 and 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)

US seeks $864 million from Bank of America over Countrywide loans

Associated Press · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

This June 6, 2013 photo shows Dr. Jim Olson, pediatric oncologist at Seattle Children's Hospital and research scientist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Lok)

Pharma’s windfall: The mining of rare diseases

ken-armstrong · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels got credit from some for improving test scores by the state's students. (Getty Images)

For Indiana schools test score clamor, ‘victory’ is relative

Associated Press · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin speaks during the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition's Friends of the Family Banquet in Des Moines Iowa Saturday Nov. 9, 2013. (AP Photo by Justin Hayworth)

Sarah Palin lukewarm on Chris Christie talk for 2016

Associated Press · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

California Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the majority whip, said in a meeting with immigration proponents that there weren't enough days left for the House to act and he was committed to addressing overhaul of the nation's immigration system next year. (AP Photo)

Kevin McCarthy: No House votes on immigration this year

Associated Press · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

Police officers guard the National Stadium, the venue of the U.N. Climate Change Conference, in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. Climate envoys from rich countries, emerging economies and low-lying nations at risk of being swamped by rising seas will meet in Poland Monday for the next two weeks to lay the groundwork for a new global warming pact. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Energy and Environment

Typhoon Haiyan overshadows UN climate talks

Associated Press · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara speaks at a press conference, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, in New York. Federal prosecutors in New York say hedge fund giant SAC Capital Advisors has agreed to plead guilty to fraud charges and to pay a $1.8 billion financial penalty. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

SAC Capital pleads guilty in New York in $1.8 billion deal

Associated Press · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

A truck drives on the Highway 40 bridge over I-70 near Midway, Mo., in August 2007. It's possible that the November 2014 ballot in Missouri could contain two major initiatives, including one proposing a 1-cent sales tax hike for transportation. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)

Analysis: Missouri ballot could have 2 tax questions

Associated Press · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

A Syrian army soldier takes his position at a street in Sabina suburb, south of Damascus, Syria, on Friday. (AP Photo/SANA)

National Security

Syria-based groups say talks may be ‘last chance’

Diaa Hadid · November 11, 2013 5:00 am