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Super Tuesday results showed that Donald Trump is likely to be the Republican presidential nominee, winning 14 out of 15 contests and securing a majority of GOP delegates. However, his victory speech did little to unite the party, and a quarter to a third of Republicans remain wary of him. On the Democratic side, President Biden swept every contest except for the American Samoa caucus, but polls indicate that he is in a weak position, trailing Trump in head-to-head match-ups and receiving low approval ratings. Both Trump and Biden are seen as flawed and unpopular candidates. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the commitment of firms to use social media to disseminate information despite an April 23, 2013 fraudulent message from the Twitter Inc. microblogging account of news organization the Associated Press that caused stock prices to briefly plummet before recovering. Real-estate company Zillow Inc. and computer maker Dell Inc. are among companies that say they will use social media to communicate corporate news.

The article talks about archives relating to the late reporter Hugh Mulligan compiled by the Associated Press (AP).

The article discusses the downward trend of University of Michigan's undefeated football team on the college football poll of news organization the Associated Press (AP), which includes a chart listing teams that have slipped the most positions on the AP poll despite consecutive wins.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the editorial "Those AP Subpoenas" regarding U.S. Justice Department subpoenas for telephone records of Associated Press (AP) reporters issued in the context of its investigation of information leaks, which appeared in the May 17, 2013, issue.

The article considers the U.S. Justice Department's having subpoenaed telephone records from reporters of the Associated Press news-gathering organization in connection with an investigation into a national-security leak, and suggests much of the angry media response has been unjustified.

The article discusses U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's May 15, 2013 appearance before a Congressional panel in which he was questioned about the Justice Department's seizure of phone records from news-gathering organization Associated Press, and reports President Barack Obama voiced support for stronger legislative protection for journalists.

The article reports on May 2013 remarks by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder regarding the U.S. Justice Department's subpoena of telephone records of Associated Press (AP) reporters in its investigation of a leak of information to the press and cites concerns the subpoena abridged press freedom.

The article reports that the U.S. Department of Justice seized the records of 20 telephone lines used by reporters and editors of the news agency Associated Press (AP) in 2012 as part of a counterterrorism investigation without notifying AP management.

Corrections are presented to articles previously published in 2013 including separate articles from the January 31 issue that mischaracterized a financial forecast from Boeing Co. failed to attribute authorship to the Associated Press, and gave incorrect information about a quarterly earnings report for Facebook Inc.

The author addresses the 2012 conviction of artist Shepard Fairey for basing a 2008 poster of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama on a photograph owned by the news agency Associated Press (AP). The author claims that the ruling was correct because Fairey should have purchased a license for the photograph used in the artwork instead of violating copyright law.

The article reports that artist Shepard Fairey was sentenced to 300 hours of community service and two years of probation for lying during a court dispute with the Associated Press news agency over the origins of a poster he created that featured prominently in the 2008 presidential campaign of U.S. President Barack Obama.

This article reports on the plan of Associated Press to launch a mobile application called iCircular in 2011.

This section offers world news briefs as of June 30, 2011, including the appointment of François Baroin as the finance minister of France, an allegation by Great Britain that Iran has conducted covert ballistic missile tests, and the signing of a series of agreements between The Associated Press and the North Korean state news agency.

The article reports on the distribution agreement entered between the Associated Press (AP) and Google Inc. that would allow Google News to feature AP articles for another two years.

The article reports on an ongoing deal between news organization Associated Press (AP) and Internet company Yahoo Inc. for tighter rules and higher price tags concerning the distribution of the stories of the former to the news Web site of the latter.

The article reports on a massive power failure that hit several cities in Brazil and huge parts of neighboring Paraguay on November 10, 2009 after a hydroelectric plant at the Itaipu dam went offline. Local news reports state that the power failure cut off approximately 17,000 megawatts of electricity. The Associated Press notes that Brazilian Energy Minister Edson Lobão mentioned that the dam itself was functioning, but the power lines that carry electricity throughout Brazil had problems.

The article reports on the plan of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps to launch news agency Atlas in March 2010 to control public opinion, according to analysts. Semiofficial Iranian news sites said that the agency would be similar to the Associated Press and the British Broadcasting Corp. amid speculation on possible control of Fars News Agency by the Guards. Analysts added that the purpose of Atlas is to control news coming out of Iran to international news agencies. The government recognized Fars with best news agency award in October 2009.

The article focuses on the Cincinnati Bearcats football team, which tops the Ohio State Buckeyes team in the Associated Press poll on October 4, 2009. According to the poll, Bearcats ranked number 5, while the Buckeyes was in the number 19 position. It notes that the Ohio Stadium accommodates 102,329, while the Nippert Stadium of Cincinnati seats 35,000. In the 2007-2008 fiscal year, the Buckeyes brought in 65 million U.S. dollars in football revenue, while the Bearcats brought only more than 9 million dollars.

The article warns the fans of the Florida Gators team of the University of Florida in Gainesville, which is ranked number 1 in the 2009 preseason Associated Press (AP) football poll, that teams that received the highest percentages of first-place votes in the poll usually lose the game. One of the reasons why the Gators ranked number one is because it is the defending Bowl Championship Series (BCS) champion. Also cited is that since 1968, only one of the 10 teams that got at least 75% of the first-place votes in the poll won the national championship.

The article reports on the efforts of the Associated Press (AP) to create a way to track and control the distribution of its articles online. AP has been having a hard line against Web sites that run their stories without permission. All stories under the new AP initiative will be specially formatted to enable publishers to set guidelines for how their content will be used online. Also noted is the concern raised by AP's move.