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• Draft order would give companies cyberthreat info

  October 20, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A new White House executive order would direct U.S. spy agencies to share the latest intelligence about cyberthreats with companies operating electric grids, water plants, railroads and …

• Draft order would give companies cyberthreat info

  October 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A new White House executive order would direct U.S. spy agencies to share the latest intelligence about cyberthreats with companies operating electric grids, water plants, railroads and …

• Fatal air crash decline presents safety challenge

  October 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been 43 months since the last deadly airline crash in the United States, the longest period without a fatal domestic accident since commercial aviation expanded after …

• After uproar, Ga. officials back off archives plan

  October 18, 2012 in Nation/World MORROW, Ga. (AP) — When Georgia officials announced plans to severely restrict public access to its state archives, it set off a firestorm not only among scholars and people tracing …

• Miss. says no thanks to Medicaid expansion dollars

  October 18, 2012 in Nation/World JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has long been one of the sickest and poorest states in America, with some of the highest rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease and …

• Official proposes bullet tax to curb Chicago crime

  October 18, 2012 in Nation/World CHICAGO (AP) — As Chicago struggles to quell gang violence that has contributed to a jump in homicides, a top elected official wants to tax the sale of every bullet … 1

• Social Security benefits get a 1.7 percent bump

  October 16, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 56 million Americans on Social Security will get raises averaging $19 a month come January, one of the smallest hikes since automatic adjustments for inflation … 1

• Social Security set to announce benefit increase

  October 16, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 56 million Social Security recipients will soon find out how much their monthly payments will go up next year. The increase is tied to a …

• Small 2013 Social Security benefit increase likely

  October 15, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security recipients won’t be getting big benefit increases next year, but the small raises they will receive are playing an important role in helping seniors grow …

• Expect small ‘13 Social Security benefit increase

  October 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security recipients shouldn’t expect a big increase in monthly benefits come January. Preliminary figures show the annual benefit boost will be between 1 percent and 2 …

• Brown’s Calif. tax initiative hit from both sides

  October 11, 2012 in Nation/World SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After returning to the governor’s office, Jerry Brown criticized a political culture he said lacked a common purpose and warned of a “war of all against … 1

• IRS commissioner Shulman to step down

  October 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service says Doug Shulman, who has headed the tax agency for more than four years, will step down next month. Shulman was appointed to …

• SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at space station

  October 10, 2012 in Nation/World CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private company successfully delivered a half-ton of supplies to the International Space Station early Wednesday, the first official shipment under a billion-dollar contract with …

• Amtrak ridership hits record high amid GOP attacks

  October 9, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Amtrak trains carried 31.2 million passengers in the fiscal year ending in September, the highest annual ridership since the railroad was formed in 1971, the nation’s intercity …

• Madoff fraud’s last days recounted in NYC document

  October 5, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — In December 2008, two of Bernard Madoff’s most loyal employees met on a Manhattan street corner and fretted over a closely held secret that the rest …

• Obama: Jobs report shows economy is on right track

  October 5, 2012 in Nation/World FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama says an encouraging jobs report shows that the country has made too much progress to turn back to the policies that he says … 1

• Romney on ‘47 percent’: I was ‘completely wrong’

  October 4, 2012 in Nation/World FISHERSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has described his disparaging remarks about the 47 percent of Americans who don’t pay federal income taxes as “not elegantly stated.” … 4

• Romney: ‘Victory is in sight’ after first debate

  October 4, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — Buoyed by a powerful debate showing, Mitt Romney said Thursday he offers “prosperity that comes through freedom” to a country struggling to shed a weak economy. President …

• Post-debate: Romney basks, Obama challenges

  October 4, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — An invigorated Mitt Romney basked in rave reviews Thursday after his first face-off with the president, envisioning an inaugural celebration, while President Barack Obama and his allies … 3

• Troubled Calif. nuke plant aims to restart reactor

  October 4, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — The operator of California’s ailing San Onofre nuclear power plant proposed Thursday to restart one of its shuttered reactors after concluding it could be run safely …

• Future of damaged Calif. nuke plant coming clearer

  October 4, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — The future of the damaged San Onofre nuclear power plant is slowly coming into focus, more than eight months after the California seaside plant was shut …

• California wades into national labor debate

  October 3, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — California voters are being asked to starve unions of the tens of millions of dollars they use to finance campaigns and political organizing, as the nation’s …

• Ore. pot measure struggles as Wash., Colo. thrive

  October 3, 2012 in Nation/World PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As marijuana legalization efforts in Colorado and Washington pick up steam, a similar push in Oregon seems to be going up in smoke. More than $4 …

• First debate sets up moment of high-risk theater

  October 3, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney come face to face for the first time in this presidential campaign Wednesday night for a nationally televised debate that …

• How looming tax hikes would hit typical families

  October 1, 2012 in Nation/World A variety of tax cuts enacted during the tenures of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama expire at the end of December. Expiring provisions include Bush-era cuts on wage … 2

• Huge tax increase looms at year-end ‘fiscal cliff’

  October 1, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A typical middle-income family making $40,000 to $64,000 a year could see its taxes go up by $2,000 next year if lawmakers fail to renew a lengthy … 2

• Many employers still unaware of NY nanny law

  September 28, 2012 in Nation/World ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Allison Julien worked for more than two decades as a nanny in New York, toiling 50 to 60 hours a week without overtime pay until the …

• Ex-budget chief testifies about Kilpatrick grants

  September 27, 2012 in Nation/World DETROIT (AP) — Michigan’s former state budget director told jurors Thursday that she was “angry” when she learned that public grants approved in 2000 at the urging of Kwame Kilpatrick …

• Agency: Medicare refills strong drugs despite law

  September 26, 2012 in Health, Nation/World MIAMI (AP) — Medicare routinely refilled pain pills and other restricted medications that are barred by federal law from renewal without a fresh prescription, government inspectors said in a report …

• AP-GfK Poll: Most see health law being implemented

  September 26, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — It still divides us, but most Americans think President Barack Obama’s health care law is here to stay. More than 7 in 10 say the law will …

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