Brian Hughes

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (left) and President Barack Obama

Romney, Obama move into rapid-fire mode

Brian Hughes · August 4, 2012 4:00 am

In this Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 photo, New York Stock Exchange Senior Compliance Associate Matthew Pizzo, an Air Force veteran who has law and business degrees, looks over the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Pizzo had gone two years without work, until recently, as he is now finishing his first week of work at the exchange. U.S. employers added 163,000 jobs in July, a hopeful sign after three months of sluggish hiring. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Economy adds jobs, but unemployment also rises

Brian Hughes · August 3, 2012 4:00 am

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stands on a table as he addresses an overflow crowd at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Golden, Colo. (AP Photo)

Romney promises energy independence by 2020

Brian Hughes · August 2, 2012 4:00 am

FILE - In this July 18, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Bowling Green, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Romney slams Obama on auto bailout

Brian Hughes · August 1, 2012 4:00 am

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney delivers a speech in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama attacks on Romney not swaying voters

Brian Hughes · July 30, 2012 4:00 am

The Maryland House has given preliminary approval to gambling expansion in the state. (ThinkStock)

Casino push comes with budget risks

Brian Hughes · July 28, 2012 4:00 am

You say you want a ‘Revolution?’ Best look elsewhere

You say you want a ‘Revolution?’ Best look elsewhere

Brian Hughes · July 27, 2012 4:00 am

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (Examiner file photo)

O’Malley PAC another signal of possible White House run

Brian Hughes · July 26, 2012 4:00 am

Montgomery County council to decide fate of Costco gas station

Montgomery County council to decide fate of Costco gas station

Brian Hughes · July 22, 2012 4:00 am

Group gathers school supplies for miliary children

Group gathers school supplies for miliary children

Brian Hughes · July 22, 2012 4:00 am

In this July 20, 2012, photo, President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the Aurora, Colo., shooting at an campaign event at the Harborside Event Center in Ft. Myers, Fla. Gun control advocates sputter at their own impotence. The National Rifle Association is politically ascendant. Obama pledges to safeguard the Second Amendment in its first official response to the deaths of at least 12 innocents in the mass shooting at the new Batman movie screening. Once, every highly publicized outbreak of gun violence produced strong calls from Democrats and a few Republicans for tougher controls on firearms. Now those pleas are muted, a political paradox thatâs grown more pronounced in an era scarred by Columbine, Virginia Tech, the wounding of a congresswoman and now the shootings in a suburban movie theater where carnage is expected on-screen only. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama, Romney pause in attacks, call for healing after tragic shootings

Brian Hughes · July 21, 2012 4:00 am

D.C. police looking for NE shooter

D.C. police looking for NE shooter

Brian Hughes · July 21, 2012 4:00 am