Tag: Associated Press

NC Pre-K enrolled about 25,000 children in 2012, down from about 35,000 in 2010 after lawmakers cut its funding by 20 percent and imposed other restrictions. (AP File)

North Carolina high court to hear case on pre-K program

Associated Press · October 13, 2013 4:00 am

In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, an Electronic benefit Transfer card, food stamp recipients use to purchase food, is seen at the Sacramento County Economic Development Department in Sacramento, Calif. Shoppers in Illinois and other states were temporarily unable to use their food stamp debit cards because of an outage at the vendor that processes the payments. (AP File)

Xerox: Access restored for food stamp users

Associated Press · October 13, 2013 4:00 am

Geoff Robbins, 24, center, sits on the floor with other activists in support of immigration reform during a protest at the office of Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., on Friday in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Immigrants sit in at Mario Diaz-Balart’s office

Associated Press · October 13, 2013 4:00 am

Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., arrive with other Republican senators at the North Portico of the White House on Friday to meet with President Barack Obama regarding the government shutdown and debt ceiling. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

New GOP plan on shutdown and debt ceiling, but no agreement yet

Alan Fram · October 11, 2013 4:00 am

Malala Yousafzai listens as Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust introduces her to reporters at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP/Jessica Rinaldi)

Malala Yousafzai, shot by Taliban for backing education, visits US

Associated Press · October 11, 2013 4:00 am

$House Speaker John Boehner planned to ask fractious Republican lawmakers on Thursday to support a six-week extension of the government's ability to borrow money, even as Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned Congress of "irrevocable damage" that an unprecedented federal default would risk. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)$

House GOP leaders seek short-term debt extension

Andrew Taylor · October 10, 2013 4:00 am

Egyptians crowd a market in Cairo last month. (AP/Khalil Hamra)

US cutting hundreds of millions in aid to Egypt

Deb Riechmann · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

Obama to nominate Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen to replace Bernanke as chairman of central bank

Associated Press · October 8, 2013 10:58 pm

The cast of "The Laramie Project" performs a dress rehearsal at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. (AP Photo/Phillip Waller)

University of Mississippi hate speech: All audience called to dialogue

Associated Press · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

Classes are returning to normal at the U.S. Naval Academy as all civilian faculty return after being furloughed last week due to the partial federal government shutdown. (Courtesy photo)

Civilian Naval Academy faculty return to work

Brian Witte · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said Monday that New York state's rollout of tests aligned with the rigorous Common Core standards was "a debacle." (AP/Shannon DeCelle)

Backers, critics of high-stakes tests clash in New York City

Associated Press · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

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President Obama: Redskins should consider changing name

Melissa Quinn · October 5, 2013 4:31 am