Tag: Associated Press

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley delivers his State of the State address in the historic Old House Chamber in the State Capitol building in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 14 2014. (AP Photo/Kevin Glackmeyer)

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley defends decision not to expand Medicaid

Bill Barrow · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

This Sept. 4, 1992 file aerial photo provided by Pantex shows the U.S. Department of Energy's Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas. Actions to clean up soil and groundwater contamination at the nationâs only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly plant are proving effective and the effort will continue for years, according to the first five-year review of the Superfund site. (AP Photo/Pantex, File)

Energy and Environment

Review: Nuclear weapons site’s groundwater, soil cleanup working

Washington Examiner · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner, of Ohio, and GOP leaders face reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, after a weekly House Republican Conference meeting. The Republicans tied the recent stagnant employment reports to the policies of President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Huge budget bill aims to show Congress’ mettle

Andrew Taylor · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Maria Contreras-Sweet, Chairwoman of PROMERICA Bank, arrives to speak at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) in Washington, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama to nominate California businesswoman to lead Small Business Administration

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Marijuana matures in ideal conditions at the Medicine Man dispensary and grow operation in northeast Denver. (AP/Ed Andrieski)

Pot debates continue even where it’s legal

Kristen Wyatt · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Susan White looks over booking photos displayed at a Vermont State Police news conference to discuss the arrest of 36 people in the area as part of a large drug sweep. (AP/Toby Talbot)

Heroin and pill abuse stir a battle cry in Vermont

Wilson Ring · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

$Work continues around storage tanks at Freedom Industries storage facility in Charleston, W.Va.. The ban on tap water for parts of West Virginia was lifted on Monday, ending a crisis for a fraction of the 300,000 people who were told not to drink, wash or cook with water after a chemical spill tainted the water supply. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)$

Company in West Virginia oil spill under scrutiny

Washington Examiner · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

An unidentified medical clinician interviews a patient at a Planned Parenthood location in Boston. (AP/Steven Senne)

Protests at abortion clinics back at high court

Mark Sherman · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

The NFL may be on the hook for more money than it expected if a federal judge can't be convinced that its $765 million concussion settlement with more than 4,500 former players will be adequate to pay out benefits over the 65-year life of the agreement. (AP/Chuck Burton)

Judge’s decision means NFL may have to pay more

Rick Freeman · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

RNC ditching role of ad maker, funder

Philip Elliott · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Baghdad municipality workers clean up as civilians inspect the site of a car bomb attack near the Technology University in Sinaa Street in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday. (AP/Karim Kadim)

National Security

Bombings in Iraq striking markets, funeral kill 44

Sinan Salaheddin · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks about the budget deal during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. (AP/Susan Walsh)

House ready to OK government-wide $1.1 trillion budget

Alan Fram · January 15, 2014 5:00 am