Quotes about 5-year-old ‘Batkid’ in San Francisco
Miles Scott, 5, dressed as Batkid, rescues a damsel in distress in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. San Francisco turned into Gotham City on Friday, as city officials helped…
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Pakistan imposes curfew in city after clashes
By ZARAR KHAN Smoke hangs over a burnt market which was set on fire by Shiite Muslims in Friday’s clashes with Sunni Muslims, while authorities block a road with horse-carts…
Cannon from 1777 battle back ‘home’ in upstate NY
By CHRIS CAROLA Saratoga National Historical Park Curator Christine Valosin, left, and superintendent Joe Finan pose with a Revolutionary War cannon after a ceremony for the cannon at the park…
Berlusconi invites former allies into alliance
By FRANCES D’EMILIO FILE – In this April 23, 2013 file photo, then People of Freedom party leader Silvio Berlusconi, left, is followed by party secretary Angelino Alfano as they…
Bomber kills 6 in Afghanistan ahead US deal talks
By KATHY GANNON and RAHIM FAIEZ An Afghan policeman secures an area after a suicide vehicle bomb tore through the area on the outskirts of Kabul, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013.…
Assad gaining ground in Syrian civil war
By RYAN LUCAS FILE – In this Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, damages are seen in the town of Hejeira, which Syrian troops captured, in the countryside of Damascus,…
Jolie, Lansbury, Martin, Tosi to accept Oscars
By SANDY COHEN FILE – In this Feb. 11, 2011 file photo, Director Angelina Jolie smiles during the press conference of the film “In the Land of Blood and Honey,”…
White mayor, black wife: NYC shatters an image
By JESSE WASHINGTON FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 file photo, New York Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio embraces his son Dante, left, daughter Chiara, second left,…