Senate confirms Obama nominee to key appeals court


WASHINGTON (AP) — After five years of trying, President Barack Obama has placed his first nominee on a key appeals court in Washington.
 
 
 

Birth control coverage up for federal appeal
DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal...
 

Mont. man in custody after release in 1979 slaying
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The three-decade fight for freedom by a Montana man convicted of the 1979 slaying...
 

Court: State can block out of state use of FOIA
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it's legal for Virginia to block out-of-state people from...
 

TV-over-Internet service Aereo expands to Boston
NEW YORK (AP) — Aereo, the television-over-the-Internet service that is threatening the broadcast and...
 

High court weighs taking up new case on gun rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after the Senate voted to begin debate on new gun control measures, the Supreme...
 

Justice Sotomayor visits Puerto Rico on book tour
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is visiting Puerto Rico to...
 

Gay marriage case's Edie Windsor: marriage 'magic'
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Edith Windsor got engaged in the 1960s to the woman who eventually became her...
 

Court considers gay marriage Video
Supreme Court weighs arguments for and against the Defense of Marriage Act.
 

Gay marriage case's Edie Windsor: marriage 'magic'
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Edith Windsor got engaged in the 1960s to the woman who eventually became her...
 
 
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White House News


Obama's drone rules leave unanswered questions
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict…
 

Some unions now angry about health care…
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama pushed his health care overhaul plan through Congress, he counted labor…
 

Kerry's focus on peace talks, not settlements
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel's government on Friday to prevent further settlement…
 

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Statehouse Bureau


Senate passes $34B budget, sex offender…
The state Senate approved a $34 billion dollar state budget Thursday night that falls short of providing UMass the $480…
 

Gun violence the focus of lawmaker's listening…
State Rep. Harold Naughton (D-Clinton) brought his gun violence listening tour to Chicopee on Friday.
 

Lt. Governor Timothy Murray to leave office
Lt. Governor Timothy Murray is not the first Massachusetts politician to leave office before the end of his term.  
 

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Federal Budget News


House backs variable rate student loans
WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs…
 

House preserves its own budget as others…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers are moving to protect Capitol Hill's budget even as they slash programs like education,…
 

Projected lower deficit could slow any…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The good news is the budget deficit for the current year is projected to come in well below what was…
 

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