CHINA’S LEADERS TAKE AIM AT RAILWAYS MINISTRY
By LOUISE WATT Chinese Communist Party General Secretary and incoming-President Xi Jinping reads a report during a plenary session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the…
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SHERYL SANDBERG: ON A MISSION TO ELEVATE WOMEN
By BARBARA ORTUTAY FILE – In this Thursday, April 7, 2011, file photo, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, speaks at a luncheon for the American Society of News Editors…
OBAMA CRACKS WISE AT ANNUAL GRIDIRON DINNER
President Barack Obama walks with Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, right, as they leave the Gridiron Dinner through a loading area at a hotel in Washington, Saturday, March 9, 2013.…
FIRST LADY PUSHES FOOD INDUSTRY
By MARY CLARE JALONICK First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Partnership for a Healthier America’s second Building a Healthier Future Summit on childhood obesity, Friday, March 8, 2013, at…
FEDERAL WORKERS BRACE FOR FURLOUGHS
By SAM HANANEL U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents and K-9 security dogs keep watch at a checkpoint station, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, in Falfurrias, Texas. Government agencies vary widely…
US ADDS 236K JOBS, UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO 7.7 PCT.
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER In this Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 photo, Sayed Mouawad, right, of Providence, R.I., gestures while speaking to a company representative during a job fair in Boston.…
HK TYCOON BROTHERS PLEAD NOT GUILTY IN GRAFT CASE
By KELVIN CHAN Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. Joint Vice Chairmen and Managing Director Raymond Kwok arrives at the Eastern Court in Hong Kong Friday, March 8, 2013. Billionaire property…
NEW TSA POLICY ON KNIVES, BATS SPARKS BACKLASH
By JOAN LOWY FILE – In this Jan. 4, 2010 file photo, TSA officer Robert Howard signals an airline passenger forward at a security check-point at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in…