The secret, dirty cost of Obama’s green power push
By DINA CAPPIELLO and MATT APUZZO In this July 20, 2013, photo, a plant that produces ethanol is next to a cornfield near Coon Rapids, Iowa. Government mandates to increase…
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Chris Christie charging ahead in NJ and beyond
By STEVE PEOPLES and THOMAS BEAUMONT FILE – In this Nov. 5, 2013 file photo, Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie celebrates his election victory in Asbury Park, N.J., after…
Local, not US, issues at play in Tuesday voting
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, right, turns toward his son Peter after completing his vote on election day in McLean, Va. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013.…
Governors in key states buck GOP on health care
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Map shows states declining to expand Medicaid or undecided; 2c x 3 inches; 96.3 mm x 76 mm; Rick Snyder, Gene Michalski, Jeffrey Ditkoff FILE– In this…
BIDEN IN IOWA: UP CLOSE TO ANTI-WAR DEMOCRATS
By THOMAS BEAUMONT FILE – In this Jan. 3, 2008, file photo then-Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., talks to supporters during a rally in Dubuque, Iowa, on the…
ACROSS US, FEARS, AMBIVALENCE, ANGUISH OVER SYRIA
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and KEN THOMAS In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, Sally and Ralph Whitney of Groton, Conn., talk about Syria during an interview with the Associated…
MIDWEST HEAT WAVE PROMPTS EARLY SCHOOL DISMISSALS
By GRANT SCHULTE Five year-old Grace Kennedy cools off from the heat in a water fountain in Stinson Park in Omaha, Neb., Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. An unusual, late-summer heat…
IOWA HIGH COURT BACKS TERMINATION OF U. IOWA DEAN
By RYAN J. FOLEY File – In this combination of undated file photos provided by The University of Iowa is Iowa President Sally Mason, left, and Phillip Jones, former dean…