Tag: Associated Press

Sisters Jenni Harrington, left, and Abbi Kleinschmidt walk past a wooden stick with a pink ribbon that marks the proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline on the former's property near Bradshaw, Neb., on March 11. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Southern leg of Keystone XL pipeline to open soon

Associated Press · December 7, 2013 5:00 am

A sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Ga., on Oct. 8. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Energy and Environment

CDC: Water at Marine base linked to birth defects

Associated Press · December 7, 2013 5:00 am

A Tokyo Electric Power Co. employee wearing a protective suit and a mask walks past storage tanks for radioactive water in the H4 area at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima, northeastern Japan, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013. The plant has recently had a series of mishaps, including leaks of radioactive water from storage tanks. The incidents, many of them caused by human error, have added to concerns about TEPCO's ability to safely close down the plant, which suffered multiple meltdowns after being hit by a March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Tomohiro Ohsumi, Pool)

Energy and Environment

Top US nuclear regulator urges storage solution

Mari Yamaguchi · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - This Nov. 29, 2013 file photo shows part of the HealthCare.gov website, photographed in Washington. President Barack ObamaÃ?s fickle health insurance website is finally starting to put up some respectable signup numbers, but its job only seems to have gotten harder. Two months in and out of the repair shop have left significantly less time to fulfill the White House goal of enrolling 7 million people for 2014 by the end of open enrollment March 31. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Obama’s fixer-upper website races to catch up

Associated Press · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

People hold signs as they protest.

Fast-food protests return amid push for wage hikes

Associated Press · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

Doctor looking depressed

Feds’ site gives states incomplete Medicaid data

Associated Press · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

A U.S. Navy patrol boat follows a boat that passes near the USS Ponce, where Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was taking a tour, in Manama, Bahrain, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Standing on the massive deck of the NavyÃ?s USS Ponce, Hagel said the U.S. is entering the new nuclear pact with Iran Ã?very clear eyedÃ? and it remains to be see whether Tehran is serious about keeping its development peaceful. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)

National Security

Chuck Hagel ship tour showcases US commitment to Gulf

Associated Press · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2013, file photo, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Howard McKeon, R-Calif. asks a question on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the committee's hearing on the proposed authorization to use military force in Syria. Facing a standoff in the Senate, the top Democrats and Republicans on CongressÃ? military panels are working on a backup plan to ensure that they complete a far-reaching defense policy bill before yearÃ?s end. McKeon and the panelÃ?s top Democrat, Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state, expressed optimism on Dec. 5 that they could agree with their Senate counterparts on a pared-back bill that would cover a pay raise for troops, buy new ships and aircraft and address the epidemic of sexual assault in the military. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

National Security

Dems, GOP craft backup for stalled defense bill

Associated Press, Donna Cassata · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner testifies before Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 29. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Panel: Could take until 2020 to stabilize Medicaid

Associated Press · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, shown here in October 2012, is being backed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce against a primary challenger. (AP Photo/John Miller, File)

Chamber of Commerce ads to run in Idaho, West Virginia

Associated Press · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, listens to testimony from Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 6. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Attorney challenging John Cornyn for US Senate

Associated Press · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, discusses the unfinished work of Congress and the struggle for Republican and Democratic budget negotiators to reach a compromise, at a news conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Budget deal? Big obstacles, New Year’s deadline

Andrew Taylor · December 5, 2013 11:16 pm