Emergency management

Big crowd, but not a record, seen for inauguration

By BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Oscar Moreno doesn't want to miss this presidential inauguration, even if it won't be the history-making event that drew 1.8 million people in 2009. After Election Day, the 23-year-old, Los Angeles-based artist began an online campaign on

Big crowd, but not a record, seen for inauguration

By BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Oscar Moreno doesn't want to miss this presidential inauguration, even if it won't be the history-making event that drew 1.8 million people in 2009. After Election Day, the 23-year-old, Los Angeles-based artist began an online campaign on

Boehner agrees to Sandy aid vote on Friday

By ANDREW MIGA and LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Under intense pressure from angry Republicans, House Speaker John Boehner agreed Wednesday to a vote this week on aid for Superstorm Sandy recovery. The speaker will schedule a vote Friday for $9 billion for the national flood

Senate approves $60.4 billion Sandy aid bill

By ANDREW MIGAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Friday approved a $60.4 billion emergency spending aid package for victims of Hurricane Sandy that had been backed by Senate Democrats. Democrats had to turn back Republican efforts to cut programs such as $150 million in fisheries aid