Tag: Associated Press

Nancy Anderson, superintendent of the Cutter-Morning star School District, leaves a meeting of Arkansas Board of Private Investigators and Security Agencies in Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. The board is allowing three Arkansas school districts including Anderson's to continue using a licensing law to employ teachers and staff as armed security guards, reversing an earlier decision to block some of the schools from arming employees.(AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Arkansas panel: Schools can arm teachers, staff

Andrew DeMillo · September 11, 2013 4:00 am

Sydney Leathers, who engaged in online sex chats with Democratic mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner last summer, tries to enter his election gathering place at Connolly's Pub in midtown Tuesday, September 10, 2013 in New York. Weiner surprisingly entered the race in May after being in political exile since resigning from Congress in 2011 upon admitting to lewd online exchanges with women who were not his wife. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)

Voters slam Weiner, Spitzer comebacks

Associated Press · September 11, 2013 4:00 am

Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to limit food stamps for more than 130,000 adults in all but a few economically depressed areas starting next year. (AP image)

Ohio to limit food stamps for some adults

Associated Press · September 10, 2013 4:00 am

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and other state Republicans are making a TV ad push to counter loud criticism of GOP policies. (AP image)

Pat McCrory, NC Senate leader on TV ads to push agenda

Gary Robertson · September 10, 2013 4:00 am

Student Quentin Cooper, 18, left, speaks with friends during lunch on the first day of school at South Philadelphia High School Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, in Philadelphia. About 190,000 students are going back to class Monday in Philadelphia, where parents say severe staffing cuts have created an aura of uncertainty around the new academic year. Officials contend the school district is prepared despite the major budget reductions. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

School’s open in Philadelphia — but just barely

Kathy Matheson · September 10, 2013 4:00 am

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan walks with Winston Brooks, Albuquerque Public Schools superintendent, during a tour of Emerson Elementary in Albuquerque, N.M., on Monday. (AP/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Arne Duncan kicks off back-to-school bus tour in New Mexico

SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN · September 10, 2013 4:00 am

Syrian foreign minister: Syria to declare chemical weapons, sign ban

Associated Press · September 10, 2013 4:00 am

According to statistics by U.S. News & World Report, the average student receiving financial aid at Harvard and Yale paid about a quarter of the sticker price and most graduates leave with smaller debt than peers who attended less prestigious schools. (AP/Elise Amendola)

Big student debt in unexpected places

Philip Elliott · September 10, 2013 4:00 am

Syria says it accepted Russian weapons proposal

Associated Press · September 10, 2013 4:00 am

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov welcomes his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Moallem, left, prior to talks in Moscow on Monday. (AP/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russia to push Syria to surrender chemical weapons

Associated Press · September 9, 2013 4:00 am

Republican Thad Cochran told The Associated Press on Monday that he's leaning against military action but still considering President Barack Obama's arguments for it. (Getty Images)

Most in Mississippi delegation oppose action in Syria

EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS · September 9, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - These photo combo of 2013 file photos shows state Sens. Angela Giron, D-Pueblo, and John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, who are facing recall elections, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, in a battle that has attracted major players from around the nation, reflecting the sustained intensity over the issue of gun rights. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

After gun laws, Colo. lawmakers face recall test

Ivan Moreno · September 9, 2013 4:00 am