GOP MODERATES PUSH BACK ON TEA PARTY SPENDING CUTS
By ANDREW TAYLOR FILE – In this Aug. 1, 2013, file photo House Speaker, Republican John Boehner of Ohio, takes questions from reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference as…
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FATHER KILLS SON, HIMSELF AT YWCA OFFICES IN NH
Police assemble outside the YWCA Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013 in Manchester, N.H. The state attorney general’s office said Muni Savyon, 54, of Manchester used a handgun to fatally shoot his…
DEALERS NOW BEING CHARGED IN DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS
By KATIE ZEZIMA Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato listens to a question Wednesday Aug. 7, 2013, in Toms River, N.J. With the number of heroin overdoses skyrocketing nationwide, a…
IMMIGRATION CAMPAIGN PASSES BY SOME IN GOP
By ERICA WERNER FILE – In this June 28, 2012 file photo Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., speaks at a news conference outside the US Capitol in Washington. As immigration advocates…
ENTERTAINMENT WORLD LEADS OUTCRY AGAINST RUSSIA
By STEPHEN WILSON FILE – US actor Harvey Fierstein in New York, in this Friday, May 18, 2012 file photo. The entertainment industry is using its star power and money…
OBAMA: REFORM SPY PROGRAM, PA– USE RUSSIA ‘RESET’
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. The president…
JEB BUSH BACKS NEW SCHOOL STANDARDS, CHOICES
By DAVID A. LIEB Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 40th annual meeting, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, in Chicago. Bush defended new achievement standards…
SENATE CONTROL HINGES ON FATE OF SOUTHERN DEMS
By DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this July 30, 2013 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans are counting…