US WORKING ON DETAILS OF MILITARY STRIKE ON SYRIA
By JULIE PACE White House press secretary Jay Carney answers questions about Syria and chemical weapons during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 27,…
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CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR PROPOSES $315M PRISON FIX
By DON THOMPSON Gov. Jerry Brown, center, discusses a proposal to reduce California’s prison population, at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. In response to…
FIRST WOMAN MEMBER OF THE NYSE SIEBERT DIES AT 84
By DAVID PITT and MARLEY SEAMAN File- This May 9, 1995 file photo shows Muriel Siebert standing on the trading floor of her discount brokerage and underwriting firm in New…
PRIVATE LOBBYISTS GET PUBLIC PENSIONS IN 20 STATES
By MICHAEL GORMLEY FILE – In this May 9, 2013 file photo, Stephen Acquario, executive director of the New York State Association of Counties, attends a news conference in the…
MAINE GOV. LEPAGE’S TOUGH TALK COULD HURT 2014 BID
By ALANNA DURKIN File-This June 26, 2013 file photo shows Gov. Paul LePage speaking to reporters shortly after the Maine House and Senate both voted to override his veto of…
MORE ARMED SECURITY AT SCHOOLS AFTER NEWTOWN
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, Dara Van Antwerp, the school resource officer at Panther Run Elementary School Pembroke Pines, Fla., sits in the classroom…
SNOWDEN SUSPECTED OF BYPASSING ELECTRONIC LOGS
By ADAM GOLDMAN and KIMBERLY DOZIER FILE – A Sunday, June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract…
OBAMA WARNS GOP AGAINST SHUTTING DOWN GOV’T
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama smiles as he listens to a question during a town hall meeting at Binghamton University, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, in Vestal, N.Y., where he…