By Philip Rucker and Aaron Blake Article Reprint A series of e-mails and text messages disclosed Wednesday show that a senior aide and appointees of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie forced days of traffic jams
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Kenneth Bae’s Family Slams Dennis Rodman’s ‘Outrageous’ Comments
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Breaking News from ABC | ABC Sports News By RUSSELL GOLDMAN and ANTHONY CASTELLANO Article Reprint The family of Kenneth Bae, an American citizen detained in North
Read moreSenate moves ahead with measure to extend long-term unemployment benefits
By Paul Kane and Robert Costa Article Reprint The Democratic effort to extend federal benefits for the long-term unemployed got a surprise boost Tuesday as skeptical Republicans in the Senate voted to allow the
Read moreThe WikiLeaks Mole
How a teenage misfit became the keeper of Julian Assange’s deepest secrets – only to betray him By David Kushner Article Reprint On a recent frigid night near Reykjavik, Iceland, Sigurdur “Siggi” Thordarson slips into a
Read moreAscendant Gov. Jerry Brown faces challenges
ktvu.com Article Reprint SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown is sprinting into the final year of his third term as governor with a series of policy successes and powerful financial backers boosting his all-but-certain run
Read moreBART union approves new labor contract
ktvu.com Article Reprint OAKLAND, Calif. — Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, which represents 945 station agents, train operators and foreworkers, approved a tentative four-year BART agreement on Friday night, according to union
Read moreNSA Spying: Rand Paul Plans Obama Lawsuit
Republican Rand Paul says he hopes hundreds of thousands of Americans will join a class-action suit challenging the snooping. sky.com Article Reprint A Republican Senator says he will take legal action against President Obama for
Read moreRahm creates a process to endorse his plan for more charter schools
Advisory council signs off on two more nonunion schools on the northwest side. By Ben Joravsky Article Reprint Combatants in the great charter school debate went toe-to-toe a couple of weeks ago in a bout
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