Tag: Associated Press

Republican businessman Mike McFadden announces at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., that he will seek the Republican nomination to run against Democrat Sen. Al Franken in 2014. (AP/Jennifer Simonson)

In race to take on Al Franken, 2 different paths

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

The Wisconsin Assembly is poised to take up a bill this week that would bar employers from asking workers or job applicants for access to their social media accounts such as Facebook.

Wisconsin Assembly to consider Internet access bill

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks about his upcoming economic development trip to Asia, at a meeting of the Baton Rouge Press Club on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. Jindal will be traveling to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan in a bid to attract new investment to Louisiana. (AP/Melinda Deslatte)

Federal regulators haven’t decided on LSU charity hospital deals

Melinda Deslatte · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that bloggers and the public have the same First Amendment protections as journalists when sued for defamation: If the issue is of public concern, plaintiffs have to prove negligence to win damages. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Court says bloggers have First Amendment protections

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Supreme Court to decide on child porn victim restitution

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

American missionary Kenneth Bae speaks to reporters at Pyongyang Friendship Hospital in Pyongyang Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. Bae, 45, who has been jailed in North Korea for more than a year, appealed for the U.S. to do its best to secure his release. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

National Security

Jailed American missionary Kenneth Bae appears before reporters in North Korea

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2013 file photo, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus speaks in Boston. A year after Priebus published a lengthy prescription for broadening the partyÃ?s appeal, the GOPÃ?s image hasnÃ?t changed, despite its investment in outreach to the racial minorities, women and gay voters the party lost in droves to Democrats in 2012. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

GOP image still muddled, a year after suggestions

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

In this Jan. 17, 2014 photo, melanoma survivor Jodi Duke, center, sits with her daughters Zoe, left, 3, and Violet, 8, at home in Aurora, Colo. (AP/Brennan Linsley)

Teen tanning bed ban back in tougher form in Colorado

Kristen Wyatt · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Inmate Gerald Lewis, front, and other inmates serve up lunch at the Marion County Jail in Ocala, Fla., Jan. 6, 2014. Inmates at the jail are served three meals a day. In 2012 and 2013, the average inmate population on any given day was 1,546. That means roughly 4,638 food trays a day, or 1,692,870 meals per year. (AP Photo/Ocala Star-Banner, Alan Youngblood) MAGS OUT

In Florida county, jail inmates grow own food

Washington Examiner · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

In a ruling Dec. 30, the Franklin County Court of Appeals ruled that the deeds reported to the Ohio Inspector General must be criminal in order for whistleblower protections provided under state law to apply. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Ohio whistleblower ruling raising concerns

Washington Examiner · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Emma Del Torto of Charleston, W.Va. holds a sign during a demonstration at the state Capitol on Saturday, Jan.18, 2014. More than 100 people gathered to question their tap water's quality following a chemical spill that tainted the local water supply. (AP Photo/John Raby)

Energy and Environment

Legislation proposed in West Virginia to regulate chemicals

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard is pressing for member states to settle on a general direction for climate policy in time for a Sept. 23 summit, where U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is seeking pledges that can underpin a treaty limiting emissions to be approved in 2015. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Energy and Environment

Europe dividing over most ambitious limits: Carbon & climate

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am