COUNTDOWN: GOP UNITY FRAYS AS SHUTDOWN GROWS NEAR
By DAVID ESPO Speaker of the House John Boehner, R- Ohio, pauses during a news conference after a House Republican Conference meeting about the ongoing budget fight on Capitol Hill…
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FRENCH BUDGET TRIES TO TURN PAGE BUT GROWTH WEAK
By SARAH DiLORENZO French finance minister Pierre Moscovici adresses reporters as he leaves the Elysee Palace following the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris, Wednesday Sept. 25, 2013. The French government…
AFTER COAL, W.VA. PUSH FOR NATURAL GAS TRUST FUND
By BRUCE SCHREINER FILE – A C.S.X. train loaded with coal winds its way into the mountains in this Nov. 21, 2004 file photo taken near the New River at…
MO. LAWMAKERS DECIDING VETO OVERRIDE ON GUN BILL
By DAVID A. LIEB Participants applaud during a rally to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a gun bill on the south lawn of the Missouri State Capital in Jefferson…
HAVES AND HAVE-NOTS AS HEALTH CARE MARKETS OPEN
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR FILE – In this March 23, 2010 file photo, Marcelas Owens of Seattle, left, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., right, and others, look on as President Barack Obama…
MEXICO PROPOSES SWEEPING SOCIAL PROGRAM CHANGES
By MARK STEVENSON Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks at Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, Sunday Sept. 8, 2013. Pena Nieto is proposing a plan to implement the…
AUSTRALIA’S NEW GOV’T VOWS TO SCRAP CARBON TAX
By ROD McGUIRK Australian Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott meets with Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson, in Sydney Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. A new government prepared to take control of Australia on…
CONSERVATIVES SWEEP TO AUSTRALIA ELECTION VICTORY
By ROD McGUIRK Opposition leader Tony Abbott smiles as he makes a speech to party supporter in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, following his party’s win in Australia’s national election.…