NY CASE PUTS N-WORD — USE AMONG BLACKS ON TRIAL
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Brandi Johnson, left, and her lawyer, Marjorie M. Sharpe, leave federal court in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, after a civil jury awarded $30,000 in punitive…
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INDIA CONVICTS YOUNGEST DELHI GANG RAPE DEFENDANT
By ASHOK SHARMA Delhi police officers escort a juvenile accused of rape, outside the Juvenile justice board in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. An Indian juvenile court on…
‘DREAM’ CEREMONIES REVEAL POLITICAL SEGREGATION
By JESSE WASHINGTON FILE – In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 file photo, from left, President Barack Obama, former President Jimmy Carter, first lady Michelle Obama, and former President Bill…
OBAMA HOLDS MARTIN LUTHER KING AS PERSONAL HERO
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE This photo taken Aug. 26, 2013 shows President Barack Obama speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Barack Obama was 2 years old…
2 MORE NM COUNTIES GIVE SAME-SEX LICENSES
By JERI CLAUSING and RUSSELL CONTRERAS CORRECTS DAY OF WEEK TO TUESDAY, NOT MONDAY – Jena and Nan Masland, both 35, join dozens of same-sex couple lining up outside the…
NM COUNTY TOLD TO ISSUE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LICENSES
JERI CLAUSING Angelique Neuman, left, and Jen Roper, right, celebrate their wedding at Christus St. Vincent Regional Cancer Center, where Roper is undergoing treatment, Friday Aug. 23, 2013 in Santa…
IOWA HIGH COURT BACKS TERMINATION OF U. IOWA DEAN
By RYAN J. FOLEY File – In this combination of undated file photos provided by The University of Iowa is Iowa President Sally Mason, left, and Phillip Jones, former dean…
LAWMAKERS OK NYPD WATCHDOG, OVERRIDING VETOES
By JENNIFER PELTZ New York City council speaker Christine Quinn is joined by councilman Donovan Richards as she speaks to reporters, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013 in New York. New York…