Gay rights legislation gains bipartisan support
By DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this Oct. 12, 2013 file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Proponents of a bill that would…
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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…
HO– USE BACKS BILL TO BOOST LOGGING IN NAT’L FORESTS
By MATTHEW DALY FILE – This March 18, 2011 file photo shows a Douglas fir tree on federal forest land outside Ruch, Ore. The blue paint marking a tree for…
GUARDS HELP ESCORT CHICAGO KIDS TO NEW SCHOOLS
By DON BABWIN Safety Guard Renee Green high-fives Demari Hill, 5, as she heads to Gresham Elementary School with her parents Destiny and Anthony Hill on her first day of…
US HOUSING STARTS SURPASS 1 MILLION IN MARCH
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER In this Friday, March 29, 2013, photo, a worker helps frame a new home under construction in Matthews, N.C. U.S. builders, who may view the used inventory…
GREECE SEALS DEAL WITH DEBT INSPECTORS
By ELENA BECATOROS IMF’s troika representative to Greece Poul Thomsen, right, speaks as Greek Financial Minister Yannis Stournaras listens during a conference on the economy in central Athens, Monday, April…
ALL ABOUT IMMIGRATION: GREEN CARDS? CITIZENSHIP?
By NANCY BENAC Reyna Avila, who recently received a work permit and Social Security card under new Obama administration policy for young immigrants, is shown here at her place of…
RUBIO: REPORTS OF IMMIGRATION DEAL ‘PREMATURE’
By PHILIP ELLIOTT FILE – In this March 12, 2013 file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republican Party’s search for a way…