Tag: Associated Press

Scouts face pressure before vote on no-gays policy

Scouts face pressure before vote on no-gays policy

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

A townhouse where police found a 17-year-old boy handcuffed to a post in the basement is pictured Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Kansas City, Mo. On Monday, police rescued the boy, who said he had been kept in the basement since September, after receiving a tip from a neighbor. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Judge: Handcuffed teen to stay with foster family

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, center, surrounded by various officials, sport enthusiasts and entertainers hits a symbolic button to launch the one-year count down clock for the upcoming 2014 Sochi Olympics, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

Putin angry over Sochi Olympics cost overruns

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

Bishops press for broader birth control exemption

Bishops press for broader birth control exemption

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

Police investigate the scene of a shooting where a woman and two children were found dead and a third child wounded in the Globeville neighborhood in Denver on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. The shooting appeared to have been isolated and there was no indication a shooter is on the loose, police Major Crimes Cmdr. Ron Saunier said. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, RJ Sangosti) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET OUT

Police: Denver mom shot 3 kids, killed herself

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

$217M Powerball ticket sold at Richmond airport

$217M Powerball ticket sold at Richmond airport

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

Obama says he prays for humility in D.C.: Video

Obama says he prays for humility in D.C.: Video

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

KC neighbor saw teen handcuffed to door weeks ago

KC neighbor saw teen handcuffed to door weeks ago

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

Police respond in Riverside, Calif., early Thursday morning, Feb. 7, 2013, after one officer was killed and another critically wounded in a shoot out with a murder suspect. Police were searching for a former Los Angeles police officer sought for two weekend killings , and who threatened to kill police. There were two separate overnight shootings about 60 miles east of Los Angeles in Riverside County that investigators believe involved former LA police officer Christopher Dorner, who's also the main suspect in the weekend killing of a couple whose bodies were found in Irvine. He was fired in 2008 for making false statements. (AP Photo/Kevin Warn)

Massive manhunt on for ex-cop accused of killing 3

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

People look at the flowers placed at the site, just outside his home, where opposition leader Chokri Belaid was killed, Thursday Feb. 7, 2013 in Tunis. Tunisia's opposition parties on welcomed the government's move to dissolve itself in favor of a caretaker body following the shocking assassination of a leftist politician. The Wednesday assassination of prominent government critic Chokri Belaid plunged the country into one of its deepest political crises since the overthrow of the dictatorship in 2011. (AP Photo/Amine Landoulsi)

Tunisia Islamist party rejects gov’t dissolution

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

David Keene, president of the National Rifle Association, speaks during an exclusive interview with Associated Press reporters in Denver on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. He said he's confident that Congress won't approve an assault weapons ban or an ammunition limit in the wake of mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut. David Keene called such gun control proposals "feel-good" measures that he says "won't do any good." Keene is scheduled to meet with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and other lawmakers at the Capitol later Thursday. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

NRA chief: Gun controls won’t pass Congress

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks at the House Democratic Issues Conference in Lansdowne, Va., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama pushes 2nd term agenda to House Democrats

Associated Press · February 7, 2013 5:00 am