RI GOV. LINCOLN CHAFEE WON’T RUN FOR 2ND TERM
By MICHELLE R. SMITH Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee speaks to media outside a department of motor vehicles office Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, in Cranston, R.I. Chafee said he is…
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MICH. LAWMAKERS GIVE FINAL OK TO EXPAND MEDICAID
By DAVID EGGERT Speaker of the House Jase Bolger watches the voting board as the Michigan House of Representatives votes on the Medicaid expansion bill Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 in…
NEW MOB BIO TRACES PROBE OF PA. GAMING INDUSTRY
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM This book cover image released by Berkeley shows “The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bafalino,” by Matt Birkbeck. (AP Photo/Berkeley Mass Market Original)…
REPUBLICAN ACTIVISTS CHEERED BY STATE SUCCESSES
By MICHAEL J. MISHAK Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses attendees of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Defending the American Dream Summit in Orlando, Fla., Friday, Aug. 30, 2013.(AP Photo/Phelan M.…
CAMPAIGN TO END UNPAID INTERNSHIPS HEADS TO CAMPUS
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER In this Aug. 22, 2013, photo, New York University junior Christina Isnardi poses for a portrait in New York’s Washington Square Park. Isnardi and a fellow…
CORRECTION: CHURCH BOMBING DAD-PRISON STORY
By JAY REEVES FILE – In this 2005 file photo, former Jefferson County Commissioner Chris McNair reacts outside of the Hugo L. Black Federal Courthouse in Birmingham, Ala., after being…
FEDS WON’T SUE TO STOP MARIJUANA — USE IN 2 STATES
By PETE YOST and GENE JOHNSON Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee, left, is joined by state Attorney General Bob Ferguson as he talks to the media in Olympia, Wash. about…
POLL: SPITZER TUMBLES INTO TIE FOR NYC COMPTROLLER
By JENNIFER PELTZ FILE – In this Aug. 9, 2013 file poto, Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer, left, and former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, both Democrats, talk at the…