Tag: Associated Press

Hundreds of Maine businesses are calling on U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King to support new standards proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency for power plants. (AP Photo/Glenn Adams)

Energy and Environment

Maine businesses support EPA power plant rules

Associated Press · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

Oklahoma state Rep. Randy Grau, R-Edmond, speaks during a committee meeting in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. A bill by Grau that restricts the use of abortion inducing drugs was passed out of committee. (AP/Sue Ogrocki)

Abortion bills clear Oklahoma House committee

Sean Murphy · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, is opposed to letting individual municipalities set their own minimum wages and tax rates, as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to do. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Andrew Cuomo: Local minimum wages would disrupt economy

Associated Press · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

A federal jury has convicted former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on charges that he accepted bribes, free trips and other gratuities from contractors in exchange for helping them secure millions of dollars in city work while he was in office. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman, File)

Ex-New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin convicted of taking bribes

Kevin McGill · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

A federal judge has ruled that Kentucky must recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, striking down part of the state ban. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Judge: Kentucky must recognize same-sex marriages

Washington Examiner · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

San Diego mayoral candidate Kevin Faulconer reaches for his wife, Katherine, as their daughter looks up from below after Faulconer addressed his supporters at a rally Tuesda in San Diego. (AP/Lenny Ignelzi)

Republican wins San Diego mayor special election

Elliot Spagat · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

In this March 2012 photo provided by The University of Missouri, in Columbia, Mo., is a DJI 550 drone with an attached camera mount that the university says is probably the model it will file for permission to use. The FAA is developing new rules as the technology makes drones far more versatile, but for now operators can run afoul of regulations by using them for commercial purposes, including journalism. (AP Photo/University of Missouri, Zach Garcia, File)

National Security

Drone use highlights questions for journalists

Michael Melia · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

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Government report: Cyberattacks not coordinated

Pete Yost · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this May 15, 2008 file photo, former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura signs his new book, "Don't Start the Revolution Without Me," during an appearance at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. Ventura contends he isn't going after the widow of slain "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle by continuing his defamation lawsuit. Ventura told The Associated Press late Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, his fight is with the publisher's insurance company. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

National Security

Jesse Ventura: ‘American Sniper’ suit not aimed at widow

Jeff Baenen · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., shakes hands with Boloco founder John Pepper as Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Illinois looks on during a minimum wage roundtable discussion held at Boloco, a fast food chain of burrito restaurants in Boston, on Feb. 10. Beloco pays a minimum wage of $9.00 per hour, and the current federal minimum is $7.25 per hour. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Elizabeth Warren, Dick Durbin push raising Mass., federal minimum wage

Washington Examiner · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

A spider camera records the nordic combined training in the ski jumping stadium at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

National Security

Sochi drone shooting Olympic TV, not terrorists

Angela Charlton · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

California's political watchdog agency on Monday levied the largest lobbying fine in its history against a firm that violated campaign-contribution laws, mostly related to expensive parties thrown for top political leaders including Gov. Jerry Brown and dozens of state lawmakers. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Lobbying firm fined $133K for gifts to California lawmakers

Associated Press · February 11, 2014 5:00 am