Tag: Associated Press

28 new indictments in NY disability fraud case

28 new indictments in NY disability fraud case

Jennifer Peltz · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2013 file photo, assault weapons and handguns are seen for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply in Springfield, Ill. In a questionnaire for The Associated Press, the four GOP candidates for governor, state Sens. Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard, state Treasurer Dan Rutherford and businessman Bruce Rauner disagree on whether assault-style weapons should be banned. They also disagree on whether to support a measure creating minimum prison sentences for gun crimes. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

GOP candidates for Illinois governor differ on gun laws

Chacour Koop · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Charles Moreau, the former mayor of Central Falls, R.I., outside leaves Federal Court in Providence, RI., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Moreau struck a deal that would allow him to be freed from prison after serving half his two-year sentence. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Rhode Island ex-mayor strikes deal to get out of prison

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

The Indiana House amended a bill targeting the state's energy-efficiency program Tuesday with a provision that would effectively end the program by the end of this year.

Energy and Environment

Indiana House amends bill to end efficiency program

Associated Press · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Gov. Pat McCrory's health agency on Wednesday planned to unveil its latest version of ideas on how to change North Carolina's $13 billion Medicaid health care system for about 1.7 million poor and disabled people. (Photo: THinkstock)

North Carolina health agency mapping Medicaid overhaul plan

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In a Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 file photo, former Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, E.W. Jackson, center, speaks to the media during a demonstration outside Federal Court in Norfolk, Va. Jackson spoke in favor of the law banning same sex marriage. In Virginia, Utah, Oklahoma and Kentucky, federal judges have struck down part or all of the bans on same-sex marriage that voters approved between 2004 and 2006. Each of the rulings has been stayed, pending appeals, but the trend is unsettling to the activists who oppose gay marriage. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Federal judge strikes down Texas gay marriage ban

Chris Tomlinson · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Union issues strike notice to WVU Hospitals

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Hacker stealing data from a laptop

Minnesota lawmakers object to data-breach bill

Mike Cronin · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

The price of oil edged above $102 a barrel Wednesday as investors tried to assess the strength of U.S. demand with the approach of warmer weather. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Oil prices rise as market awaits US inventory data

Associated Press · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

People from some Birmingham suburbs who visit the campaign website of former state Sen. Steve French of Mountain Brook can sign up for a drawing for a Remington 870 shotgun.

Alabama candidate giving away shotgun

Associated Press · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Jim Snyder, Edward Kryn enter GOP battle to face Kay Hagan

Associated Press · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2014 file photo, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. listens during on Capitol Hill in Washington. As the Obama administration raced to meet its self-imposed deadline for online health insurance markets, security experts working for the government worried that state computer systems could become a back door for hackers. "The administration has not been forthcoming with the American people about the serious security risks," Issa said in a statement. "Despite repeated assurances from HHS, the department appears to still be struggling with security concerns." (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Health law cybersecurity challenges

Associated Press · February 26, 2014 5:00 am