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    Jun 11, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  1. Boehner: Congress can do immigration this year

    WASHINGTON (AP) — With the Senate ready to cast the first floor votes on a landmark immigration bill, House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday he thinks there's a good chance the legislation can be signed into law "by the end of the year." Ahead of...

    Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Laws, Patrick Leahy, Harry Reid, Chuck Grassley

  2. Jun 11, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  3. APNewsBreak: IG faults payments to ex-Rep. Wilson

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department's inspector general says former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson collected $450,000 in questionable payments from the nation's federally funded nuclear labs after she left office. A report released Tuesday says...

    Tags: Politics, Lobbying

  4. Jun 11, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  5. US: No plans to end broad surveillance program

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration considered whether to charge a government contractor with leaking classified surveillance secrets while it defended the broad U.S. spy program that it says keeps America safe from terrorists. Facing a...

    Tags: U.S. Army, Jay Carney, Espionage and Intelligence, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Laws

  6. Jun 10, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  7. Gun control advocates mark 6 months since shooting

    <span style="font-size: small;">WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Six months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, some of the victims' families are heading to Capitol Hill to remind lawmakers they are painfully waiting for action, while some of the president's allies are asking him to do more without any new prospects of legislation to toughen gun laws.</span>
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Six months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, some of the victims' families are heading to Capitol Hill to remind lawmakers they are painfully waiting for action, while some of the president's allies are asking him to...

    Tags: Gun Control, Laws, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, Politics

  8. Jun 9, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  9. Want more time off? Some employers let you buy it

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Want more time off work to hang out at the beach? Need some cash and have vacation days to spare? Some companies allow their workers to buy and sell vacation time. It's a perk that gives workers more flexibility in managing their...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Trips and Vacations, Employees, Travel

  10. Jun 13, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  11. US whites now losing majority in under-5 age group

    <span style="font-size: small;">WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; For the first time, America's racial and ethnic minorities now make up about half of the under-5 age group, the government said Thursday. It's a historic shift that shows how young people are at the forefront of sweeping changes by race and class.</span>
    WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, America's racial and ethnic minorities now make up about half of the under-5 age group, the government said Thursday. It's a historic shift that shows how young people are at the forefront of sweeping changes by...

    Tags: Human Interest, Colleges and Universities, Poverty, Demographics, Barack Obama

  12. Jun 2, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  13. Newly released IRS video shows employees dancing

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service has provided Congress with another video featuring its employees, this one showing about a dozen of them practicing dancing on a stage. The video, which lasts under three minutes, comes weeks after it...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Employees, Politics

  14. May 31, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  15. Court upholds rifle sales reporting requirement

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has unanimously upheld an Obama administration requirement that dealers in southwestern border states report when customers buy multiple high-powered rifles. The firearms industry trade group, the...

    Tags: Gun Control, Politics, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control

  16. Jun 1, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  17. Coming soon? Nutritional labels on alcohol drinks

    WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Alcohol beverages soon could have nutritional labels like those on food packaging, but only if the producers want to put them there.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Alcohol beverages soon could have nutritional labels like those on food packaging, but only if the producers want to put them there. The Treasury Department, which regulates alcohol, said this past week that beer, wine and...

    Tags: Diageo Plc, Food Industry, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Wines, Chemical Industry

  18. May 30, 2013 |Story| AP Indiana
  19. Study: Helmet law weakened, motorcycle injuries up

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The average medical claim from a motorcycle crash rose by more than one-fifth last year in Michigan after the state stopped requiring all riders to wear helmets, according to an insurance industry study. Across the nation,...

    Tags: Medical Research, Laws, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Lawyers, U.S. Congress

  20. May 31, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  21. Big asteroid swinging by Earth today has its own moon

    <span style="font-size: small;">WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Astronomers getting their first close-up glimpse of a giant asteroid about to whiz by Earth found a surprise bonus rock. A smaller moon asteroid is circling the larger space rock, an unusual but not unheard of space phenomenon.</span>
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Astronomers getting their first close-up glimpse of a giant asteroid about to whiz by Earth found a surprise bonus rock. A smaller moon asteroid is circling the larger space rock, an unusual but not unheard of space phenomenon....

    Tags: NASA

  22. Jun 5, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  23. TSA drops plan to allow small knives on planes

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Transportation Security Administration says he's dropping a proposal that would have let airline passengers carry small knives, souvenir bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes. The proposal had...

    Tags: Transportation Security Administration

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