REPUBLICANS MAKING ‘OBAMACARE’ THEIR NEXT TARGET
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and DONNA CASSATA This image shows the Facebook page for the state of Illinois’ Get Covered Illinois campaign on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. The social media campaign,…
Government business and finance
CRUZ: SENATE WON’T MAKE SAME MISTAKE IN NEXT FIGHT
By WILL WEISSERT FILE – In this Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013 file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013,…
US QUIETLY RELEASING $1.6B IN PAKISTAN ASSISTANCE
By BRADLEY KLAPPER FILE – In this Aug. 26, 2013, file photo Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pauses during a joint press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, with Afghan President Hamid…
EX-HO– USE SPEAKER TOM FOLEY DIES AT 84
By ALAN FRAM and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS FILE – In this June 1989 file photo, former Speaker of the U.S. of Representatives Tom Foley poses in his 5th Congressional District…
HEALTH CARE LAW TURNS TO SOCIAL MEDIA IN ILLINOIS
By CARLA K. JOHNSON In this Oct. 15, 2013 photo, social media experts at the marketing agency FleishmanHillard work in a Chicago command center on the Get Covered Illinois marketing…
CHINESE GROWTH REBOUND SHORES UP WORLD MARKETS
By PAN PYLAS People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm as Japan’s bench mark Nikkei 225 Index closed at 14,588.51 after gaining 119.37 points, or 0.83…
EU, CANADA REACH LANDMARK FREE TRADE DEAL
By JUERGEN BAETZ European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, shakes hands with Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper to conclude a signing ceremony at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels,…
ANALYSIS: OBAMA’S BUDGET WIN HAS STRINGS ATTACHED
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Lawmakers Wednesday voted to avoid a financial…