Tag: Associated Press

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Challenge to Utah’s same-sex marriage ban

Associated Press · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Hundreds of striking Will County employees are getting ready to return to work after union officials say they reached a tentative deal following a more than two-week walkout.

Striking Illinois workers reach tentative deal

Associated Press · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Missouri food stamp rolls drop with less in-person help

Missouri food stamp rolls drop with less in-person help

Washington Examiner · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

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Judges in Chicago question Wisconsin abortion law

Associated Press · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Republican Alabama Sen. Bill Hightower (AP/Mickey Welsh)

Alabama won’t have husband, wife in Legislature

Associated Press · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

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Energy and Environment

Ohio energy bill predicted to hike electric costs

Associated Press · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this March 6, 2013 file photo, Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats running for re-election in Arkansas, Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states faced enough problems before President Barack ObamaÃ?s popularity swooned in November. Now they are awkwardly distancing themselves from him a year before the election, seeking the right balance between independence and betrayal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Some Democrats keep distance as Obama’s popularity drops

Associated Press · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory says the state is poised to carry out a more diverse energy production strategy with the advent of natural gas exploration and more renewable sources thanks to legislation. (AP/Ted Richardson)

Energy and Environment

Pat McCrory says more diverse energy ahead for North Carolina

Gary Robertson · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, speaks to lawmakers during a Pension Committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Illinois legislature OKs fix for $100 billion pension crisis

Associated Press · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Park Young, right, a former member of the Kuwol partisan unit, speaks about Merrill Newman, an elderly American tourist detained in North Korea, during an interview at the Kuwol partisan unit association office in Seoul, South Korea. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

National Security

US vet detained in North Korea oversaw guerrilla group

Foster Klug · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

$Election judge Rich Korinek, left, tallies ballots during a recount of Broomfield's vote on a county-wide hydraulic fracturing ban, at a city and county building, in Broomfield, Colo., on Monday. (AP/Brennan Linsley)$ Energy and Environment

Fracking ban wins on recount, but questions linger

Associated Press · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a media conference after a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. NATO foreign ministers met their Russian counterpart on Wednesday to discuss, among other issues, the situation in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

National Security

Russia: Iran deal ends need for missile defense

Washington Examiner · December 4, 2013 5:00 am