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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

• Afghan president says CIA payments to continue

  May 4, 2013 in Nation/World KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday that the CIA’s station chief in Kabul has assured him that regular funding the U.S. intelligence agency gives his … 5

• 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

• 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 …

• Obama: He and Boehner ‘pretty close’ to a deal

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Optimistic despite a tightening deadline, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he and House Speaker John Boehner are “pretty close” to a grand fiscal deal to avoid a …

• Inouye’s death leaves hole in HI political clout

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World HONOLULU (AP) — The death of U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii leaves open a seat in the Senate to be filled by a Democrat, with U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa …

• Unions plan new offensive after Michigan loss

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Blindsided by a new law weakening union rights in Michigan, organized labor is preparing to target Republican governors in politically important states up for re-election in 2014 …

• Scott plays up modest background, downplays race

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — To U.S. Rep. Tim Scott, keeping his modest upbringing in the front of his mind has helped guide his swift ascent in South Carolina’s business and …

• Hawaii’s Inouye, senator and war hero, dies at 88

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World HONOLULU (AP) — On Dec. 7, 1941, high school senior Daniel Inouye knew he and other Japanese-Americans would face trouble when he saw Japanese dive bombers, torpedo planes and fighters …

• Too big to jail? Execs avoid laundering charges

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — When the Justice Department announced its record $1.9 billion settlement against British bank HSBC last week, prosecutors called it a powerful blow to a dysfunctional institution … 1

• Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii dead at 88

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Recovering from war wounds that left him with one arm, Danny Inouye wanted a cigarette and needed a light. The nurse at the Army hospital in Michigan …

• 2 funerals begin a sad procession in Connecticut

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Opening a long and almost unbearable procession of grief, Newtown began laying its dead to rest Monday, holding funerals for two 6-year-old boys — one a …

• Ohio governor spares condemned obese killer

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The governor on Monday sidestepped a decision about whether a condemned inmate was too fat to be humanely executed by sparing the prisoner on the grounds …

• Rep. Tim Scott picked to replace DeMint in Senate

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley picked U.S. Rep. Tim Scott to be the state’s next U.S. senator Monday, making him the only black Republican in Congress … 7

• GOP official: SC Gov Haley to tap Scott for Senate

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has chosen Rep. Tim Scott to replace Jim DeMint in the Senate, a move that will make him the first African-American senator … 1

• President’s pot comments prompt call for policy

  December 15, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Barack Obama says he won’t go after pot users in Colorado and Washington, two states that just legalized the drug for recreational use. But advocates …

• Pot proponents hopeful, wary after Obama comments

  December 14, 2012 in Nation/World SEATTLE (AP) — Officials and pot advocates looking for any sign of whether the Obama administration will sue to block legal pot laws in Washington state and Colorado or stand …

• APNewsBreak: Texas cancer probe draws NCI scrutiny

  December 14, 2012 in Nation/World AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The National Cancer Institute confirmed Friday that federal officials are taking a closer look at a troubled $3 billion cancer-fighting effort in Texas that is under …

• Michigan Senate OKs new emergency manager bill

  December 13, 2012 in Nation/World LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Michigan Legislature cleared the way Thursday for GOP Gov. Rick Snyder to sign a replacement for an emergency manager law struck down by voters, …

• APNewsBreak: Colo gov says time to talk gun laws

  December 13, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Gov. John Hickenlooper said “the time is right” for state lawmakers to consider gun control measures, offering his firmest stance in the aftermath of several high-profile … 5

• Calif Gov. Brown being treated for prostate cancer

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown is being treated with radiation for early stage prostate cancer, his office announced Wednesday. The 74-year-old Brown is receiving a short course …

• NJ Gov. Christie: My weight no bar to presidency

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he is “more than a little” overweight — but fit enough to be in the White House. The Republican governor … 1

• Right-to-work law gives Michigan unions new task

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Now that Michigan has become a right-to-work state, unions in this stronghold of organized labor confront a new and urgent problem: convincing members to continue paying …

• Mich. becomes right-to-work state despite protests

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World LANSING, Mich. (AP) — In a dizzyingly short time span, Republicans have converted Michigan from a seemingly impregnable fortress of organized labor into a right-to-work state, leaving outgunned Democrats and … 2

• Americans finding dozens of ways to mark 12-12-12

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World A Michigan sixth-grader will put aside her nerves and get her ears pierced on her 12th birthday. Two law-enforcement officials will exchange wedding vows at 12:12 p.m. in Pittsburgh’s federal …

• Michigan lawmakers approve right-to-work bills

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Over the chants of thousands of angry protesters, Republican lawmakers made Michigan a right-to-work state Tuesday, dealing a devastating and once-unthinkable defeat to organized labor in …

• W.Va. gas line explodes, burns homes and roads

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World SISSONVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — Four homes went up in flames and collapsed in charred heaps Tuesday after a natural gas line exploded in an inferno that raged for at least …

• Michigan Legislature sends governor right-to-work

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a bitterly contested right-to-work plan limiting the power of unions, a devastating and once unthinkable defeat for organized … 1

• Right-to-work debate heats up ahead of Mich. vote

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Even with the outcome considered a foregone conclusion, the heated battle over right-to-work legislation in the traditional union bastion of Michigan showed no sign of cooling … 7

• HSBC to pay $1.9B to settle money-laundering probe

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — HSBC, the British banking giant, said Tuesday it will pay $1.9 billion to settle a money-laundering probe by federal and state authorities in the United States. The …

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