Associated Press

A Verizon report will provide the total number of law-enforcement agency requests the company received in criminal cases. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

National Security

Verizon to publish data on phone records requests

December 20, 2013 5:00 am

A bill by U.S. Sen. Jon Tester to expand wilderness and mandate more logging on federal lands in Montana passed its first test Thursday in a Senate committee despite opposition by Republicans who called the measure unbalanced. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Jon Tester’s forest bill passes committee

Matt Volz -

December 20, 2013 5:00 am

$The incomes of those who live in the 28 New York counties above the Marcellus Shale have the potential to expand by as much as 15 percent over the next four years -- if the state's moratorium on hydro-fracturing is lifted. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)$

Energy and Environment

Pennsylvania gas drilling decision leaves future uncertain

Washington Examiner -

December 20, 2013 5:00 am

Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach talks to the media during a news conference. (AP/Chris Carlson)

Colorado Springs mayor will ignore council

Associated Press -

December 20, 2013 5:00 am

In this Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, President Obama speaks at ArcelorMittal, a steel mill in Cleveland. The Commerce Department released its third-quarter growth rate Dec. 20 and found The t.S. economy grew at a solid 4.1 percent annual rate from July through September, the fastest pace since late 2011 and significantly higher than previously believed. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Economy

US economy expands at 4.1 percent rate

Martin Crutsinger -

December 20, 2013 5:00 am

$A bankrupt company that hoped to drill for gas in New York is suing the Cuomo administration over what it calls an unreasonable delay in deciding whether to allow hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)$