Obama drops the tempered tone of his economic message
By JIM KUHNHENN For most of last year, President Barack Obama tempered his pitch on the economy: It may be improving, he would say, but millions of Americans had yet…
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‘A living hell’ for slaves on remote South Korean islands
By FOSTER KLUG, JUNG-YOON CHOI and KIM TONG-HYUNG He ran the first chance he got. The summer sun beat down on the shallow, sea-fed fields where Kim Seong-baek was forced…
Poll: Americans skeptical of commercial drones
By JOAN LOWY and JENNIFER AGIESTA Americans are skeptical that the benefits of the heralded drone revolution will outweigh the risks to privacy and safety, although a majority approve of…
OBAMA TO PRESS JOBS AGENDA WITH EXECUTIVE ACTIONS
By JIM KUHNHENN President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014.…
BOEING MACHINISTS VOTING ON CONTRACT TIED TO 777X
By MIKE BAKER Machinists union members and supporters cheer at a rally asking members to vote against a proposed contract Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, in Seattle. National leaders at the…
HO– USE REPUBLICANS SIGNAL SUPPORT FOR BUDGET DEAL
By ANDREW TAYLOR House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, joined by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes reporters’ questions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec.…
BIPARTISAN BUDGET DEAL SETS OFF SOME GRUMBLING
By ANDREW TAYLOR House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., announce a tentative agreement between Republican and Democratic negotiators on a…
Senate nears historic vote on gay rights bill
By DONNA CASSATA Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, talks to reporters after the Senate cleared a major hurdle and agreed to proceed…