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Interior chief Salazar stepping down in March
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who oversaw a moratorium on offshore drilling after the BP oil spill and promoted alternative energy sources ...
Obama deflects criticism about lack of diversity
Deflecting criticism about a perceived lack of diversity in his second-term Cabinet, President Barack Obama on Monday urged Americans not to rush to ...
Obama Cabinet shuffle taking shape
The composition of President Barack Obama's second term Cabinet became clearer Wednesday, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis resigning and three other ...
Obama to tap budget expert Lew to lead Treasury
President Barack Obama will nominate White House chief of staff Jack Lew to be his second-term Secretary of the Treasury, turning to one of ...
Labor Dept. urges talks over Bahrain labor unrest
The government of Bahrain has fallen short of commitments to recognize labor rights and prevent employment discrimination under a free trade agreement ...
Campaign surrogates shore up support in final days
President Barack Obama has Springsteen. Republican Mitt Romney has his sons. They, along with dozens of other celebrities and elected officials, are ...
Clintons land in Haiti to showcase industrial park
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton encouraged foreigners to invest in Haiti as she and her husband Bill led a star-studded delegation gathered ...
Officials reject conspiracies on unemployment rate
When conspiracists suggested Friday that the Obama administration had engineered a sharp drop in unemployment to aid President Barack Obama's ...
US unemployment falls to 7.8 pct., a 44-month low
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years and giving President ...
Ford to add 1,200 workers at Detroit-area plant
Ford is adding 1,200 workers to a suburban Detroit factory to build the Fusion, a sign of confidence that the revamped sedan will be a big hit when ...
FACT CHECK: Convention speakers stray from reality
Laying out the first plans for his party's presidential ticket, GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan took some factual shortcuts Wednesday night ...
CONVENTION WATCH: 2 churches, Ryan delights
Around the 2012 Republican National Convention and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details to you: ...
Families sue over Kansas grain elevator blast
Family members of four people killed in a grain elevator explosion last year in northeast Kansas are suing employees of Bartlett Grain Co., including ...
Ryan says he did seek economic stimulus money
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on Thursday reversed course and acknowledged lobbying the government for millions of dollars in ...
Ryan called stimulus wasteful, then sought funds
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has been one of the harshest critics of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan. But months ...