Young generation no slouches at volunteering
By CONNIE CASS Tired of hearing people grouse about a tuned-out, apathetic younger generation? Well, here’s a comeback: Today’s young Americans are more serious about giving back than their parents…
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Republicans push to update education law
By KIMBERLY HEFLING The No Child Left Behind education law could be making a political comeback. Sen. Lamar Alexander, the Tennessee Republican who is the incoming chairman of the Senate…
Kerry: US open to talks with Iran over Iraq
By MATTHEW LEE FILE – This June 12, 2014 file photo shows Secretary of State John Kerry listens during a meeting between President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Tony…
90-year-old ex-president makes parachute jump
By DAVID SHARP Former President George H.W. Bush celebrated his 90th birthday on Thursday by making a tandem parachute jump near his summer home in coastal Maine, delivering on a…
BARBARA BUSH REMAINS HOSPITALIZED IN HOUSTON
FILE – In this Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013 file photo, former first lady Barbara Bush listens to a patient’s question during a visit to the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at…
OBAMA, BUSH, CLINTON TO TRAVEL TO SOUTH AFRICA
By JULIE PACE FOR — USE AS DESIRED, YEAR END PHOTOS – FILE – From left, President Barack Obama, former president George W. Bush, former president William J. Clinton former…
BLUE RIBBON PANELS STUMBLE ON TRIMMING RED INK
By TOM RAUM FILE – In this Oct. 17, 2013, file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, left, R-Wis., accompanied by Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray,…
ZUMBA INSTRUCTOR IN PROSTITUTION BUST LEAVES JAIL
By DAVID SHARP Alexis Wright leaves the York County Jail in Alfred, Maine, on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013, after serving nearly six months of a 10-month sentence for prostitution and…