AUSTRALIAN GOV’T FACES CARBON TAX BACKLASH AT POLL
By KRISTEN GELINEAU and ROD McGUIRK Agnes Lee, 52, an IT consultant, reads a paper while having a coffee in Sydney, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. The ruling Labor Party’s probable…
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MEDICAL POT LOOKS TO ‘COLOR INSIDE THE LINES’
By MATT VOLZ FILE – In this April 20, 2013 file photo, members of a crowd numbering tens of thousands smoke marijuana and listen to live music, at the Denver…
EU UNVEILS PLAN TO CLAMP DOWN ON SHADOW BANKING
By JUERGEN BAETZ European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier addresses the media at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. The European Commission adopted…
MORE TANK LEAKS FOUND AT JAPAN NUCLEAR PLANT
By MARI YAMAGUCHI FILE – In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 file photo, workers stand on storage tanks at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant at Okuma town in Fukushima prefecture,…
REPUBLICAN ACTIVISTS CHEERED BY STATE SUCCESSES
By MICHAEL J. MISHAK Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses attendees of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Defending the American Dream Summit in Orlando, Fla., Friday, Aug. 30, 2013.(AP Photo/Phelan M.…
GOV’T REAFFIRMS IT WILL SELL EX-LAB ISLAND OFF NY
FILE – In this Oct. 6, 2013 file photo, Adrienne Esposito, director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, walks to the top of an old battery, previously used for defense,…
FEDS WON’T SUE TO STOP MARIJUANA — USE IN 2 STATES
By PETE YOST and GENE JOHNSON Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee, left, is joined by state Attorney General Bob Ferguson as he talks to the media in Olympia, Wash. about…
OBAMA OFFERS NEW GUN CONTROL STEPS
By JOSH LEDERMAN FILE – In this April 17, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama puts his arm around former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords before speaking in the Rose Garden…