NEW MOB BIO TRACES PROBE OF PA. GAMING INDUSTRY
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM This book cover image released by Berkeley shows “The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bafalino,” by Matt Birkbeck. (AP Photo/Berkeley Mass Market Original)…
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NOKIA STOCK SURGES ON MICROSOFT TAKEOVER
By MATTI HUUHTANEN Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during a press conference on the company’s deal with Finnish mobile manufacturer Nokia in Espoo, Finland on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. Microsoft…
INDIA PASSES $20 BLN LAW TO EXPAND FOOD WELFARE
By KATY DAIGLE FILE – In this Aug. 22,2013 file photo, an Indian schoolgirl eats a free midday meal at a government school on the outskirts of Jammu, India. India…
LAVA LAMPS: 50 YEARS OLD AND STILL GROOVY
In this Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, Anthony Voss, lava lamp expert and collector, poses for the photographer in a shop in London with some of the lava lamps in his…
REPUBLICAN NYC MAYORAL HOPEFULS SPAR OVER POLICE
By JONATHAN LEMIRE FILE – In this Aug. 9, 2013 file photo, New York City Republican mayoral candidates, from left, Joe Lhota, George McDonald, and John Catsimatidis participate in a…
FAST-FOOD STRIKES SET FOR CITIES NATIONWIDE
By CANDICE CHOI and KAREN MATTHEWS FILE – In this Tuesday, July 30, 2013 file photo, demonstrators fill the Hardees on Chestnut in Downtown St. Louis. On Thursday, Aug. 29,…
BUST TO BOOM: CAN STRIPPERS SAVE ATLANTIC CITY?
By WAYNE PARRY ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — What if, after seven years of plunging casino revenues and fleeing customers, Atlantic City’s real problem was this: People are wearing too…
PARAGUAY’S NEW PRESIDENT WAS TARGETED BY THE DEA
By PEDRO SERVIN and MICHAEL WARREN Paraguay’s new President Horacio Cartes, left, receives the presidential sash from Congress President Julio Cesar Velazquez during Cartes’ swearing-in ceremony at Palacio de Lopez…