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• Minnesota Gov. Dayton signs gay marriage bill

  May 14, 2013 in Nation/World ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday signed a bill making gay marriage legal in Minnesota, the 12th state to take the step, as thousands of onlookers … 2

• Air Force sidelines 17 ICBM officers

  May 8, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control — and, if necessary, launch — nuclear missiles after a string of unpublicized failings, … 67

• Senate blocks expanded gun sale background checks

  April 17, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans, backed by rural-state Democrats, blocked legislation Wednesday to tighten restrictions on the sale of firearms, rejecting personal pleas made by families of the victims of … 311

• Post office retreats on eliminating Saturday mail

  April 10, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service backed down from its plan to eliminate Saturday mail delivery because Congress barred it, officials said today. But its governing board said it’s … 8

• Senate gives pre-dawn OK to Democratic budget

  March 23, 2013 in Nation/World, Region WASHINGTON (AP) — An exhausted Senate gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next year that embraces nearly $1 trillion in tax increases over the coming … 54

• Senate panel votes to approve Obama’s CIA nominee

  March 5, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Intelligence Committee voted today to approve President Barack Obama’s pick to lead the CIA after winning a behind-the-scenes battle with the White House over access …

• Vestal: If supermajority votes govern, a minority rules

  March 1, 2013 in City on Page A5 “If a pertinacious minority can controul the opinion of a majority respecting the best mode of conducting it; the majority in order that something may be done, must conform to … 77

• Supermajority for taxes in Legislature unconstitutional

  February 28, 2013 in Region OLYMPIA — Requiring the Legislature to approve tax increases by a super-majority violates the state Constitution if it’s done by an initiative, Washington’s highest court said this morning. 79

• Koop, who transformed surgeon general post, dies

  February 25, 2013 in Nation/World With his striking beard and starched uniform, former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop became one of the most recognizable figures of the Reagan era — and one of the most … 4

• French Assembly passes gay marriage, adoption bill

  February 12, 2013 in Nation/World PARIS (AP) — France’s lower house of parliament has approved a sweeping bill to legalize gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt children. President Francois Hollande’s Socialists have pushed … 6

• Postal Service to cut Saturday mail to trim costs

  February 6, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Apparently trying an end-run around an unaccommodating Congress, the financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages … 34

• British lawmakers vote in favor of gay marriage

  February 5, 2013 in Nation/World LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage championed by Prime Minister David Cameron, despite stronger-than-expected opposition from within his … 13

• Congress sends bill to Obama averting govt default

  January 31, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — Congress sent President Barack Obama drama-free legislation on Thursday raising the debt ceiling, averting a government default and putting off the next tax-and-spending clash between the White House …

• Senate confirms Kerry nomination for State Dept.

  January 29, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed President Barack Obama’s choice of five-term Sen. John Kerry to be secretary of state, with Republicans and Democrats praising him as the ideal … 46

• Vestal: Knezovich needs help in Olympia

  January 16, 2013 in City on Page A5 What do you have to do to stay fired as a cop in this state? Kick a handcuffed suspect while he’s down? Force a mentally ill suspect to strip and … 10

• Giffords, Kelly launch gun control lobbying effort

  January 8, 2013 in Nation/World TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched a political action committee aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Tucson … 16

• Vestal: Rape law advocate finds change is slow

  December 29, 2012 in City on Page A5 Virginia Graham didn’t get into politics for the politics. “I’m probably the least political person you’ve ever met,” she said. 17

• Booker won’t run for NJ gov, eyes US Senate seat

  December 20, 2012 in Nation/World TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Cory Booker, perhaps New Jersey’s highest-profile Democrat, has ruled out a bid for governor next year and is eyeing a run for U.S. Senate …

• House GOP plans vote on fiscal cliff ‘Plan B’

  December 20, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House pushed ahead Thursday with a bill that would raise taxes on people earning over $1 million a year as hopes faded for a pre-Christmas …

• Kerry: Mistakes made at State in Libya assault

  December 20, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department had “clear warning signs” of a deteriorating security situation in Libya prior to the deadly Sept. 11 assault on the diplomatic mission, the top … 1

• Gun laws show difficulty of stemming violent acts

  December 20, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — One early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons, a law widely regarded as …

• Lawmakers press for answers on 9/11 Libya assault

  December 20, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers want to know why security was “grossly inadequate” at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya when militants stormed the facility on Sept. 11, killing the ambassador …

• House GOP plans vote on fiscal cliff ‘Plan B’

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP-controlled House is moving ahead Thursday on a bill that would raise taxes on people earning over $1 million a year, sparing most workers from a …

• One by one, shattered Newtown buries its dead

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — One by one by one by one, each with fresh heartbreak, hearses crisscrossed two New England towns on Wednesday, bearing three tiny victims of the Sandy …

• ‘Lincoln’ at the Capitol draws director and star

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Today’s lawmakers might be excused for thinking they’ve seen this movie: A recently re-elected president spars with a quarrelsome Congress over an issue that roils the nation. …

• Senators write Sony, criticize ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The movie “Zero Dark Thirty” is misleading and “grossly inaccurate” in its suggestion that torture produced the tip that led the U.S. military to find terrorist leader … 1

• GOP proposes smaller, $24B Sandy aid package

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Wednesday proposed a $24 billion emergency aid package for Superstorm Sandy victims, less than half of what Democrats hope to pass by Christmas. The …

• Obama to send Congress gun proposals in January

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring the time for action overdue, President Barack Obama promised on Wednesday to send Congress broad proposals in January for tightening gun laws and curbing violence after …

• Obama, Boehner clash as cliff edge approaches

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Fiscal cliff talks at a partisan standoff, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner swapped barbed political charges on Wednesday yet carefully left room for further …

• Possible Hagel pick raises concerns in Senate GOP

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s possible pick of Republican Chuck Hagel to run the Pentagon raises serious concerns among some of his former Senate colleagues, who question his pronouncements …

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