Mo. Supreme Court denies Franklin’s appeal
By JIM SALTER FILE – In this Monday, Oct. 19, 1998, file photo, Joseph Paul Franklin sits in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court where jury selection was set to begin…
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150 years later, Lincoln’s speech long remembered
BY MARK SCOLFORO James Getty, portraying President Abraham Lincoln, stands before a ceremony commemorating the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg…
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,…
Prosecutors argue against Jerry Sandusky appeal
By MARK SCOLFORO FILE – In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, is taken from the Centre County Courthouse by…
Audio of Pa. town attack played at hearing
FILE – In this May 22, 2013 file photo, Rockne Newell talks about his discussions with Ross Township over junk on his property in Ross Township, Pa.. Newell, a man…
UN COURT RULING ON CAMBODIA-THAI LAND DISPUTE
A Cambodian Buddhist monk, second from left, walks together with local tourists through the famed Preah Vihear temple near Cambodia-Thai border in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013.…
Maldivians finally vote to elect new president
By HUSSAIN SINAN A Maldivian woman casts her vote in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013. After two months of political bickering and repeated failure to hold an election, Maldives…
Legal blog seeks recognition from high court
By MARK SHERMAN Tom Goldstein, who writes SCOTUSblog.com, poses for a photograph in front of the Supreme Court, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, in Washington. The court’s justices themselves read the…