NYPD DESIGNATES MOSQUES AS TERRORISM ORGANIZATIONS
By ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO Zein Rimawi, 59, second from right, a leader and founder of the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge and mosque, meet with members in his…
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VERMONT YANKEE NUKE PLANT TO CLOSE BY END OF 2014
By DAVE GRAM In this June 19, 2013 photo, the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station sits along the banks of the Connecticut River in Vernon, Vt. Entergy Corp., announced Tuesday,…
TRIAL SHOWS GREED, MACHINATIONS OF CHINA’S ELITE
By GILLIAN WONG In this image taken from video, Former Chinese politician Bo Xilai, left, sits and speaks in a court room at Jinan Intermediate People’s Court in eastern China’s…
RADIOACTIVE GROUNDWATER AT FUKUSHIMA NEARS PACIFIC
By MARI YAMAGUCHI In this photo provided by Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), NRA commissioners inspect storage tanks used to contain radioactive water at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, operated…
MICROSOFT SAYS CEO BALLMER TO RETIRE IN 12 MONTHS
By BREE FOWLER and BARBARA ORTUTAY FILE – Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at a Microsoft event in San Francisco, Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Ballmer, who helped build Microsoft into…
TERROR LEADER’S GROUP GROWS, VOWS TO AID EGYPTIANS
By AHMED MOHAMED FILE – In this undated file image taken from video provided by the SITE Intel Group and made available Thursday Jan. 17, 2013, purports to show terrorist…
JAPAN NUCLEAR WATCHDOG MAY RAISE LEAK TO ‘SERIOUS
By MARI YAMAGUCHI This Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 aerial photo shows the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant at Okuma in Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. The Japanese nuclear watchdog proposed Wednesday to…
SKEPTICISM AS NKOREA SHOWS HOME-GROWN SMARTPHONE
By YOUKYUNG LEE This undated photo released on Aug.10, 2013, by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed Aug. 11, 2013 by the Korea News Service, shows North Korean…