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Feds to probe why alarms failed in W.Va. explosion
Federal investigators are looking into why no alarms sounded as a massive natural gas explosion sent flames as high as hilltops, engulfing homes and ...
Democrats: Don't cut Medicaid in fiscal cliff deal
Liberal Democratic members of Congress are warning President Barack Obama to not cut the Medicaid health care program as part of negotiations with ...
Romney's big loss leaves GOP with no clear leader
Mitt Romney's shadow looms over a Republican Party in disarray. The face of the GOP for much of the last year, the failed presidential candidate has ...
Mitt Romney's loss creates GOP leadership vacuum
Mitt Romney's shadow looms over a Republican Party in disarray. The face of the GOP for much of the last year, the failed presidential candidate has ...
GOP divide surfaces early in 2014 Senate contest
That didn't take long. The fissures within the Republican Party that some say cost the GOP control of the Senate have resurfaced just three weeks ...
'War on coal' label obscures battlefield realities
Drive through the coalfields of Central Appalachia, and signs of the siege are everywhere. Highway billboards announce entry to "Obama's No Job Zone," ...
APNewsBreak: Raese built golf club without permits
Republican Senate candidate John Raese filled in wetlands and damaged more than 2 miles of streams when he rerouted them to create waterfalls on a ...
Obama mixes debate preparation with fundraising
President Barack Obama warned Democrats about becoming too complacent with six weeks left before the election. He joked that Democrats tend to believe ...
Presidential contest shifts focus to raising money
For a day, the presidential contest was almost all about money — money to wage the presidential contest, that is. Mitt Romney promised to help ...
Senate may go on recess without passing cyber bill
The Senate could leave town this week for a monthlong break without passing legislation to protect the U.S. electrical grid, water supplies and other ...
W.Va. dedicates Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial
On the heels of a West Virginia coal mining death, families of the 29 men killed in the Upper Big Branch mine dedicated a memorial Friday to their ...
2 paths forward for uninsured, 1 clouded by ruling
Really? The Supreme Court's big health care decision means 30 million or more uninsured Americans are soon going to have coverage? It's far from that ...
Cybercrime disclosures rare despite new SEC rule
Hackers broke into computers at hotel giant Wyndham Worldwide Corp. three times in two years and stole credit card information belonging to hundreds ...