Tag: Associated Press

A Windsor Mill couple has pleaded to food stamp fraud in a plot to redeem the benefits in exchange for cash.

Maryland store owners plead guilty to food stamp fraud

Associated Press · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Democrats in Congress are preparing a new proposal to hike the minimum wage to $10.10, with the increases to come in three steps ending in 2015.

D.C. Council unanimously approves minimum wage hike

Associated Press, Ben Nuckols · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Last summer, irrigation water was shut off to hundreds of upper basin ranches after the Klamath Tribes exercised newly acquired water rights to protect fish in rivers running through former reservation lands. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Task force wrapping up work on Klamath water deal

Associated Press · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

An animal rights group is asking New York courts to recognize scientific evidence of emotional and cognitive abilities in chimpanzees and to grant the animals "legal personhood" so that they are ensured better treatment. (AP/David J. Phillip)

Group seeks ‘personhood’ for 4 chimps in New York

Associated Press · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

A federal judge has refused to reinstate the license of the pilot of the oil tanker that sideswiped the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge six years ago, causing a 50,000-gallon oil spill. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Energy and Environment

Oil tanker pilot who struck Bay Bridge won’t get license back

Washington Examiner · December 3, 2013 5:00 am

White House press secretary Jay Carney answers a question during the daily press briefing, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, in the White House briefing room in Washington. Carney answered questions on the ongoing rollout of the Healthcare.gov website. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Year-end signups crucial test for health care site

Associated Press, Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar · December 3, 2013 5:00 am

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (AP/The Olympian, Steve Bloom)

Washington to regain some long-term jobless benefits

Associated Press · December 3, 2013 5:00 am

Mike Phillips, and other union protesters, supporters, and labor leaders boo Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn in protest saying he is betraying the Democratic party's tradition of supporting working men and women. (AP/Seth Perlman)

Illinois lawmakers convening special session on pensions

Kerry Lester · December 3, 2013 5:00 am

A B-25 bomber lands at Wright Patterson Air Force base in Dayton, Ohio. (AP/Mark Duncan)

Ohio military base looking to privatize utilities

Associated Press · December 3, 2013 5:00 am

This Oct. 24, 2012 file photo shows an empty field north of Detroit's downtown. (AP/Carlos Osorio)

Detroit to get crucial ruling in bankruptcy case

Ed White · December 3, 2013 5:00 am

The Manhattan U.S. attorney says continuing budget cuts and hiring freezes in the justice system may force his office to make difficult decisions about which cases to pursue.

Manhattan prosecutor says budget cuts will hurt

Associated Press · December 3, 2013 5:00 am

In this Nov. 7, 2013 photo provided by McKenzie County Emergency Management is a fire at a saltwater disposal site in western North Dakota's McKenzie County. State officials are investigating the cause of an explosion and fire destroyed 13 storage tanks and resulted in a spill of 270 barrels of oil and 2,440 barrels of saltwater, a byproduct of oil and gas production. One barrel holds 42 gallons. (AP Photo/McKenzie County Emergency Management, Jerry Samuelson)

Energy and Environment

North Dakota launching website to notify public of spills

James MacPherson · December 3, 2013 5:00 am