Tag: Associated Press

An RQ7 Shadow unmanned aircraft flies from its pneumatic catapult launcher at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)

National Security

Alaska soldiers train with unmanned aircraft

Associated Press · February 1, 2014 5:00 am

South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard speaks during a press conference on Friday in Pierre, S.D. (AP Photo/Chet Brokaw)

South Dakota governor seeks Medicaid expansion waiver

Associated Press · February 1, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - This Nov. 23, 2013 file photo shows Florida Republican Congressional candidate David Jolly talking with supporters in Indian Rocks Beach, Fla. Need proof outside money is going to matter in this yearÃ?s elections? Just look at spending this week. Republicans are sending almost $2 million into a Florida special election for the U.S. House and Democrats are standing by with almost the same amount. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius, File)

Campaign committees raise almost $500M

Associated Press · February 1, 2014 5:00 am

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is about to begin a beach replenishment project in Belmar, N.J., that will widen the beaches and provide more protection against severe storms. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Energy and Environment

Feds widening New Jersey beaches to pre-Sandy condition

Associated Press · February 1, 2014 5:00 am

The hospital and the union said Friday a ratification vote is scheduled next week by the two locals of AFT Connecticut representing registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and health technology workers. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Connecticut hospital, unions reach tentative deal

Associated Press · February 1, 2014 5:00 am

A health enrollment navigator with Open Door Health Solutions helps a woman through the process of signing up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act in Muncie, Ind., on Dec. 26. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Indiana residents slow to embrace health exchange

Associated Press · February 1, 2014 5:00 am

FILE -In this Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, file photo, specialist Paul Cosentino works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Shares were lower Thursday Jan. 30, 2014 as weak economic data from China and Japan deepened jitters over ongoing reductions in U.S. monetary stimulus. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

US stocks rise, helped by Facebook, GDP

Ken Sweet · January 30, 2014 12:01 pm

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CEOs seek better Internet access in classrooms

Associated Press · January 30, 2014 11:05 am

In this Jan. 28, 2014, photo, President Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. A Democratic push to boost the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour is a long shot in Congress this election year, even after Obama made it a centerpiece of his State of the Union address. (AP Photo)

Democrats’ minimum wage push remains a long shot

Washington Examiner · January 30, 2014 8:20 am

A Tesoro Corp. refinery, including a gas flare flame that is part of normal plant operations, is shown Friday, April 2, 2010, in Anacortes, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Energy and Environment

Board seeks more refinery oversight after Washington blast

Associated Press · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this June 18, 2012 file photo, Rep. Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. AP Sources say the 20-term California Democratic will retire. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

20-term Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman to retire

Associated Press · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has ordered four airlines -- American, Delta, JetBLue and United -- at LaGuardia and Kennedy airports to raise wages by $1 an hour for workers making $9 or less per hour. (AP Photo/JetBlue)

4 airlines in NYC told to raise workers’ wages

Washington Examiner · January 30, 2014 5:00 am