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States looking to new tolls to pay for highways

WASHINGTON — Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay.

May 23 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Chicago protesters break away from nurses’ rally

CHICAGO — Hundreds of protesters broke away from a large rally and began marching through Chicago streets Friday, taunting police and shouting about everything from bank bailouts to nuclear power — a prelude to even bigger demonstrations expected after the start of a NATO summit.

May 18 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Ohio Wesleyan honors scholar-athletes at 8th annual Dale Bruce Awards Dinner

Ohio Wesleyan University senior Sharif Kronemer (Silver Spring, Md./Springbrook) won the highest honor at the eighth annual Dale J. Bruce Scholar-Athlete Awards Dinner, held on Thursday in the Benes Rooms of the Hamilton-Williams Campus Center on the Ohio Wesleyan campus.

Apr 20 2012 | Posted in Sports | Read More »

GOP derails Senate ‘Buffett rule’ taxes on wealthy

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic “Buffett rule” bill Monday forcing the nation’s top earners to pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes, using the day before Americans’ taxes are due to defy President Barack Obama on one of his signature election-year issues.

Apr 16 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Romney accuses Obama of ‘hide-and-seek’ campaign

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney unleashed a strong attack on President Barack Obama’s truthfulness Wednesday, accusing him of running a “hide-and-seek” re-election campaign designed to distract voters from his first-term record while denying them information about his plans for a second.

Apr 4 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Food stamp families to critics: Walk in our shoes

Some have advanced degrees and remember middle-class lives. Some work selling lingerie or building websites. They are white, black and Hispanic, young and old, homeowners and homeless. What they have in common: They’re all on food stamps.

Jan 19 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

State cuts to Medicaid affect patients, providers

ATLANTA — Just as Medicaid prepares for a vast expansion under the federal health care overhaul, the 47-year-old entitlement program for the poor is under increasing pressure as deficit-burdened states chip away at benefits and cut payments to doctors.

Dec 27 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Job market brightens as unemployment claims sink

WASHINGTON — The outlook for the job market is looking brighter.

Dec 15 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »