Politics

Bowles: 'No easy way' to get books back in order

WASHINGTON (AP) - The co-chairman of the U.S. deficit commission calls failure to agree on a plan to reduce the national debt "the most disappointing thing in my life." Erskine Bowles says "what is going on in Washington is absolutely nothing." Bowles, a former White House chief of staff for

Obama using MLK, Lincoln Bibles during oath

By NEDRA PICKLERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is putting a symbolic twist on a time-honored tradition, taking the oath of office for his second term with his hand placed not on a single Bible, but two - one owned by Martin Luther King Jr. and one by Abraham Lincoln. The

Obama inauguration tickets peddled online

By HENRY C. JACKSONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Tickets to President Barack Obama's inauguration are supposed to be free, but they're being peddled on eBay and Craigslist for up to $2,000 apiece. Congressional offices and the Presidential Inaugural Committee, which are both

Lew's loopy signature may end up on dollar bills

WASHINGTON (AP) - Jack Lew's nomination for treasury secretary means a new signature could soon be coming to the dollar bill. Not that you'll be able to read it. Lew's signature starts off promising enough, with a soft "J." But what follows are seven loopy scribbles, rendering his