FEDERAL WORKERS BRACE FOR FURLOUGHS
By SAM HANANEL U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents and K-9 security dogs keep watch at a checkpoint station, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, in Falfurrias, Texas. Government agencies vary widely…
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US ADDS 236K JOBS, UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO 7.7 PCT.
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER In this Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 photo, Sayed Mouawad, right, of Providence, R.I., gestures while speaking to a company representative during a job fair in Boston.…
BIN LADEN SPOKESMAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO PLOT
This image made available by Al-Jazeera shows Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law and spokesman. Abu Ghaith has been captured by the United States, officials said Thursday, March 7,…
NEW TSA POLICY ON KNIVES, BATS SPARKS BACKLASH
By JOAN LOWY FILE – In this Jan. 4, 2010 file photo, TSA officer Robert Howard signals an airline passenger forward at a security check-point at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in…
NORTH KOREA HIT BY NEW UN SANCTIONS AFTER TEST
By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council responded swiftly to Members of the United Nations Security Council vote for tough new sanctions to punish North…
OFFICIALS: BIN LADEN SPOKESMAN CAUGHT IN JORDAN
By LARA JAKES FILE – This undated file photo shows al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden’s spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by U.S. intelligence…
LAW GIVES TRIBES NEW AUTHORITY OVER NON-INDIANS
By FELICIA FONSECA FILE – In this March 1, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks to reporters after meeting with congressional leaders in Washington, Friday, March 1, 2013. Obama…
FEDS LOOK TO SHIP WASH. RADIOACTIVE WASTE TO NM
By SHANNON DININNY Workers labor at the ‘C’ Tank Farm at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, near Richland, Wash. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee was at Hanford Wednesday…