OBAMA WITHDRAWS APPEALS COURT PICK
By JOSH LEDERMAN FILE – This April 27, 2005 file photo shows Caitlin J. Halligan, in the Court of Appeals in Albany, N.Y. Obama withdrew his nomination of Halligan to…
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‘EMBARRASSED’ EX-PITTSBURGH CHIEF TO PLEAD GUILTY
In this Sept. 21, 2012 photo, Pittsburgh Chief of Police Nate Harper speaks during a news conference at Pittsburgh Police headquarters as he describes the events surrounding a hostage incident…
JUDGE DELAYS MASS. HEARING IN IRISH NANNY CASE
By DENISE LAVOIE FILE – This undated file booking photograph provided by the Middlesex District Attorney’s office shows Aisling McCarthy Brady, a nanny charged with assault and battery of 1-year-old…
ISRAEL AND TURKEY AGREE TO RESTORE DIPLOMATIC TIES
By IAN DEITCH President Barack Obama walks on the tarmac with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Israeli President Shimon Peres, left, prior to his departure from Ben Gurion…
LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS AMID INFIGHTING
By BEN HUBBARD Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announces his resignation at the government palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 22, 2013. Lebanon’s prime minister has resigned due to an…
DOMINICANS PROBE CLAIM WEBSITE PAID FOR SEX LIES
By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A Dominican prosecutor said Friday that a local attorney told him someone claiming to work for the conservative website The…
ND LAWMAKERS DEFINE LIFE AS STARTING AT CONCEPTION
By JAMES MacPHERSON North Dakota Republican Sen. Margaret Sitte poses for a picture at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., on Friday, March 22, 2013. The Bismarck Republican is the…
FCC CHAIRMAN GENACHOWSKI TO STEP DOWN
By PETER SVENSSON FILE – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski testifies during his nominee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this June 16, 2009 file photo. The chairman…