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Corbett nominates Harner as new education chief

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:11 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Gov. Tom Corbett has nominated William Harner to be Pennsylvania's next education secretary.

Smooth confirmation hearing for Pritzker

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:56:09 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's nominee for commerce secretary was questioned briefly about her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001 and her role as a beneficiary of family offshore trusts in the Bahamas, but those were minor bumps in an otherwise smooth Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

Japanese man, 80, oldest to top Everest - for now

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:03:30 -0400

KATMANDU, Nepal - An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind him.

Cuomo, cabinet pushing his tax-free NY proposal

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:37:18 -0400

NEW PALTZ, New York - High-tech businesses from other states and abroad that move onto or next to college campuses in New York would operate free of all business, property and personal income taxes for 10 years under a proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Democratic leaders take aim at GOP pick Jackson

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:23:48 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Virginia Democrats continued focusing their fire in November's bellwether statewide elections not at the top of the Republican ticket but in the middle, at the outspoken conservative black minister nominated by GOP delegates for lieutenant governor.

Senators warm to transportation nominee

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:47:13 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's nominee for transportation secretary - Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx - received a friendly reception from senators of both parties Wednesday laced with warnings that the nation needs to make a host of transportation improvements with no clear way to pay for them.

Local prosecutor investigating Va. Gov. McDonnell

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:26:37 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Richmond's top prosecutor is looking into whether Gov. Bob McDonnell illegally failed to disclose gifts as part of an investigation requested by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.

Kirk announces support for Pritzker at Commerce

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:04:46 -0400

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is supporting Penny Pritzker as President Barack Obama's choice for commerce secretary.

Gov't dysfunction may be baked into the system

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:30:53 -0400

WASHINGTON - The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so.

Ala. legislators' view of session depends on party

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:47:43 -0400

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - Shortly after the Legislature's 2013 session ended, the public address system in the Senate began playing a recording of Otis Redding singing the bluesy lyric, "They call me Mr. Pitiful."

Dems focus on Jackson in hitting Va. GOP ticket

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:56:56 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Democrats sought on Monday to frame Virginia's bellwether races for governor and other statewide offices as a referendum on a conservative GOP ticket with particular attention to past comments by GOP lieutenant governor nominee E.W. Jackson likening Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan.

Law enforcement backs NC attorney general on SBI

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:56:11 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - North Carolina's Democratic attorney general is opposing a state Senate budget provision that moves much of an investigative unit from his department to one headed by an appointee of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.

Woes notwithstanding, GOP savors a week of gifts

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:45:04 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Ken Cuccinelli and Virginia's Republican Party ticket heading into the state's November bellwether elections couldn't have imagined how the headlines that vexed them a week ago could unite and galvanize the party in a few short days.

Before conservative crowd, Cuccinelli moves middle

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:47:05 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia's conservative activist attorney general, formally became the Republican gubernatorial nominee by acclamation Saturday in a noisy voice vote at a statewide GOP convention dominated for the first time by the tea party activists who adore him.

Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:19:06 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf - in the rain.

Obama agenda marches on despite controversies

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:49:43 -0400

WASHINGTON - Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.

Tea party hero Cuccinelli is Va. GOP gov nominee

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:03:05 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Virginia's activist conservative attorney general beloved by the tea party for his aggressive challenges to federal mandates has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination by acclamation.

Senate confirms physicist Moniz as energy chief

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:18:20 -0400

WASHINGTON - Physicist Ernest Moniz won unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to be the nation's new energy secretary.

Senate panel considers labor board nominees

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:22:12 -0400

WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans said Thursday they would not support five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, raising the possibility the troubled agency could be rendered mostly inoperable later this year.

Japan watchdog to halt test reactor over safety

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:28:18 -0400

TOKYO - Japan's nuclear watchdog announced Wednesday that a trouble-plagued next-generation test reactor will not be allowed to restart due to safety violations, dealing a setback to the country's pro-nuclear government.

New Malaysian Cabinet named to boost confidence

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:22:14 -0400

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's leader named a new Cabinet on Wednesday in an effort to restore confidence in a long-ruling coalition that won national elections last week with a smaller majority.

Fallin to join group of workers for Capitol walk

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:09:04 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - Gov. Mary Fallin is expected to join a group of her cabinet secretaries, state workers and private business employees in a walk around the Capitol complex.

Durbin favors Pritzker as US Secretary of Commerce

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:10:04 -0400

CHICAGO - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says President Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of Commerce is an excellent choice to head the federal agency.

Hassan to nominate Beardmore to head DRA

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:01:19 -0400

CONCORD, New Hampshire - Gov. Maggie Hassan announced Tuesday she is nominating her predecessor's budget director to head New Hampshire's revenue agency.

Branstad appoints deputy sec. of state as auditor

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:13:58 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - An accountant and former county auditor will serve as Iowa's next state auditor, Gov. Terry Branstad announced Monday.