Tag: Associated Press

This May 1, 2013 file photo shows the Top Secret executive order commencing operation Iraqi Freedom signed by former President George W. Bush hangs in the Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

George W. Bush library archives open to public

Washington Examiner · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

An email sent to the roughly 70 million Target customers who may have been affected by a pre-Christmas data breach is causing panic among those who fear it could be an attempt to victimize them again. (AP/Elise Amendola)

Shoppers fret about authenticity of Target emails after hacking

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Federal Election Commission lawyers urged a federal judge not to heed U.S. Sen. Larry Craig's contention that regulators are being too hard on him â and to force him to pay nearly $360,000 in fines and restitution for tapping campaign accounts for his legal defense following his 2007 arrest in an airport bathroom sex sting. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Federal Election Commission: Larry Craig ignored warnings, spent money illegally

Washington Examiner · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

The United Nations Security Council meets at U.N. headquarters, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council on Monday morning that he will have more to say on his invitation for Iran to join this week's peace talks on Syria later in the day.(AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

National Security

UN withdraws Iran invitation to Syria talks

Cara Anna · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

File - In this May 2, 2007 file photo, Rep. Harvey Hilderban, R-Kerrville, speaks during the session in the Texas House of Representatives in Austin, Texas. Ninety-nine of the 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives are already decided, but the fight is on for the remaining 51 places, with Democrats intent on whittling away at the Republican supermajority that ramrodded through legislation last year. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File)

Harvey Hilderbran first Texas comptroller candidate with TV ad

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - This Monday Nov. 25, 2013 file photo shows Carol Schall, left, and her partner, Mary Townley, at their home in Richmond, Va. The couple, who were married in California in 2008, decided to join a lawsuit challenging Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage. Almost overnight, Virginia has emerged as a critical state in the nationwide fight to grant gay men and women the right to wed. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Virginia quickly emerging as key in gay marriage fight

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

NiSource, the owner of natural gas pipelines and utilities in the upper U.S. Midwest, is a prime acquisition candidate for companies seeking to profit from the shale-gas boom. (Photo: Thinkstock)

NiSource pipelines to shale boom spur deal speculation

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

The Merchants Co. of Hattiesburg has been awarded a $12.3 million contract to provide food and beverage services to the U.S. military.

Mississippi firm wins military food service contract

Washington Examiner · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

The public relations firm Edelman found that only 44 percent of university-educated people participating in the survey trusted government, down 4 percentage points from the previous year. (Thinkstock)

Global survey finds distrust in government growing

Washington Examiner · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In a May 10, 2006 file photo, Omaha attorney David Domina appears before the Nebraska Supreme Court in Lincoln, Neb. Domina is expected to announce on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 his bid for the US Senate seat being vacated by Republican Mike Johanns, R-Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Omaha lawyer, a Democrat, vying for US Senate seat

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

National Security

US dropping case against Somali man accused of piracy

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback delivers his State of the State speech to an annual joint session of the House and Senate at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., Wednesday. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Kansas lt. gov’s $500K loan to Gov. Sam Brownback not unusual

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am