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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‘DREAM’ CEREMONIES REVEAL POLITICAL SEGREGATION
By JESSE WASHINGTON FILE – In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 file photo, from left, President Barack Obama, former President Jimmy Carter, first lady Michelle Obama, and former President Bill…
DEMOCRATS SPAR OVER DELAYING CALIF. PRISON ORDER
By DON THOMPSON State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, foreground, disusses the cost of Senate Democrats’ proposal to reduce prison crowding compared to one proposed by the Governor,…
SAN DIEGO MAYOR AGREES TO RESIGN
By JULIE WATSON and ELLIOT SPAGAT San Diego Mayor Bob Filner speaks after agreeing to resign at a city council meeting Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, in San Diego. Filner agreed…
FAMILY TIES FACTOR IN KEY SENATE RACES
By KEN THOMAS and ANDREW DeMILLO FILE – In this file photo taken Nov. 5, 2008, former U.S. Sen. David Pryor, D-Ark., comments in Little Rock, Ark. Pryor or members…
NEW NSA REVELATIONS STIR CONGRESSIONAL CONCERN
By KIMBERLY DOZIER FILE – This June 6, 213 file photo shows the sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. The NSA has broken privacy…
GOVS WARN WASHINGTON AGAINST FISCAL INACTION
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker draws the biggest crowd of reporters following a news conference on the opening day of the National Governors Association meeting on Friday, Aug.…
OBAMA REASSURES DEMS ON HEALTH CARE, IMMIGRATION
By JOSH LEDERMAN and JIM ABRAMS President Barack Obama waves as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2013, to meet with the House Democratic Caucus. There’s…