Tag: Associated Press

A statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands outside the Treasury Building in Washington. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Government to sell Treasury security with variable rate

Martin Crutsinger · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes pocketed an endorsement from the Kentucky AFL-CIO on Tuesday. (AP File Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Mitch McConnell, Alison Grimes clash over right-to-work measure

Bruce Schreiner · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday. (AP/Fadi Arouri)

John Kerry seeks movement in Israeli, Palestinian talks

Matthew Lee · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is returning to Capitol Hill for a fresh interrogation on the health care law, this time from senators with growing concerns about President Obama's crowning legislative achievement. (AP/ Evan Vucci)

Kathleen Sebelius faces lawmakers anew on health care law

Alan Fram · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

Children share time with canine mascot Johnny Cash at the TutorVille HUB in Houston. (AP/Josh Welch)

Advocates believe dogs will make schools safer

Sue Manning · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

This undated photo provided by Google shows a Google data center in Hamina, Finland. The Washington Post is reporting Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, that the National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world. The Post cites documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and interviews with officials. (AP Photo/Google)

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Report: National Security Agency broke into Yahoo, Google data centers

Associated Press · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

In this Oct. 22 file photo, 16-year veteran skycap Fred Harris prepares multiple baggage tags for a traveler at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. An early vote count showed a measure to create a $15 minimum wage in the Washington city of SeaTac is winning with 54 percent of the vote. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Initiative for $15 wage in Washington city winning early vote count

Mike Baker · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

New Jersey's minimum wage will rise by $1 to $8.25 an hour in January, and minimum wage workers will get an automatic annual cost-of-living increase after voters approved a constitutional amendment. (Photo: Thinkstock)

New Jersey voters support annual minimum wage hike

Washington Examiner · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

Michael Sestak, who served as the non-immigrant visa chief in the U.S. consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, plead guilty to bribery in relation to a scheme through which applicants paid $15,000 to $70,000 for visas to enter the U.S. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Former US visa chief in Vietnam pleads guilty to bribery

Associated Press · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

Former state Rep. Larry Tidemann said he and some colleagues sought information in 2008 on how the South Dakota International Business Institute was funded. (AP File)

Questions raised about immigration program in 2008

Washington Examiner · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

WASHINGTON - JULY 26: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) speaks during a news conference July 26, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. A number of Senate and House Republicans held the news conference to introduce the "Ensuring the Full Faith and Credit of the United States and Protecting America's Soldiers and Seniors Act" legislation. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

David Vitter seeks tougher response on food stamp misuse

Melinda Deslatte · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

A Tufted Puffin flies over Hawadax Island in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. (AP/Island Conservation)

Report: Wildlife refuges create $2B for economy

Matthew Daly · November 5, 2013 6:07 pm