ADVOCATES PRESS OBAMA TO ACT ON IMMIGRATION
By DONNA CASSATA In this Nov. 25, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama, left, stops his speech and turns around in response to an unidentified man, right, who heckled him about…
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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…
BENEFIT OF MOBILE APPS FOR TODDLERS QUESTIONED
By ANNE FLAHERTY FILE – In this Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 file photo, Frankie Thevenot, 3, plays with an iPad in his bedroom at his home in Metairie, La. As…
REPORT SHOWS PERSISTENCE OF TV VIOLENCE
By DAVID BAUDER This TV publicity image released by ABC shows Darby Stanchfield, right, in a sscene from the series “Scandal.” A study of 392 prime-time scripted programs on broadcast…
NEW ZEALAND LAWMAKERS APPROVE GAY-MARRIAGE BILL
By NICK PERRY New Zealand lawmaker Louisa Wall, who sponsored the gay marriage bill, stands on the steps of Parliament in Wellington before voting for the same-sex marriage Tuesday, April…
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…