IN ALA., GOP DICTATES NEW LANDSCAPE FOR EDUCATION
By BILL BARROW FILE – In this April 11, 2013 file photo, Alabama Education Association Executive Director Dr. Henry Mabry addresses members of the Alabama Education Retirees Association at a…
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MEDICARE HIKE COULD ALSO HIT SOME IN MIDDLE CLASS
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, left, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, speaks during a news conference at the…
AUSTIN NEXT CITY FOR ULTRA-FAST GOOGLE FIBER
By PAUL J. WEBER FILE – In this Oct. 8, 2010 file photo, the Google logo is displayed outside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google executives and Texas Gov.…
HIGH COURT SKEPTICAL OF FEDERAL MARRIAGE LAW
By MARK SHERMAN Wyatt Tan, left and Mark Nomadiou, both of New York City, kiss in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 27, 2013, prior to the…
PANERA TRYING NEW PAY-WHAT-YOU-WANT EXPERIMENT
FILE – In this May, 2002 file photo Panera Bread Co. CEO Ron Shaich stands behind a counter in a St. Louis cafe. Three years after launching its pioneering pay…
GYPSIES FLOCK TO BRIDAL FAIR AS PARENTS NEGOTIATE
By GREGORY KATZ This Saturday, March 23, 2013 photo shows people watching Roma girl and boy from the Kalaidzhi community dancing on the trunk of a car, during so called…
‘EMBARRASSED’ EX-PITTSBURGH CHIEF TO PLEAD GUILTY
In this Sept. 21, 2012 photo, Pittsburgh Chief of Police Nate Harper speaks during a news conference at Pittsburgh Police headquarters as he describes the events surrounding a hostage incident…
AP: COSTS OF US WARS LINGER FOR OVER 100 YEARS
By MIKE BAKER OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service…