SPOTLIGHT ON CORRUPTION AT ILLINOIS SENTENCING
By MICHAEL TARM Former Cook County Commissioner William Beavers speaks at a news conference after being sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in a Chicago federal courtroom. Beavers, 78, was…
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HUNDREDS HONOR DC NAVY YARD VICTIM AT FUNERAL
By BRETT ZONGKER People walk out of church following the funeral service for Navy Yard shooting victim John R. Johnson at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Gaithersburg, Md., Tuesday, Sept.…
CLASHES BREAK OUT IN ATHENS ANTI-FASCIST RALLY
By ELENA BECATOROS Students shout slogans as they march through the city center of Athens during a protest against far-right Golden Dawn party, Athens, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. The government…
US: ATF MISPLACED 420 MILLION CIGARETTES IN STINGS
By STEPHEN BRAUN FILE – In this June 11, 2013 file photo, B. Todd Jones of Minnesota, President Barack Obama’s then-nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms…
SUSPECT ARRESTED FOR THREATENING DUTCH STORES
Police guard the entrance to a closed store in Haarlem, western Netherlands, Wednesday Sept. 25, 2013. Three stores in the Dutch city of Haarlem have been closed after threats of…
TERRORISTS CLAIM 137 KILLED IN KENYA MALL ATTACK
By DAVID RISING and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Mary Italo, center, grieves with other relatives for her son Thomas Abayo Italo, 33, who was killed in the Westgate Mall attack, as they…
SHERIFF: MOM RESPONSIBLE FOR TEXAS MURDER-SUICIDE
This handout image provided by the Navarro (Texas) County Sheriff’s Office shows Israel Alvarez. The bodies of Alvarez, Guadalupe Ronquillo-Ovalle and their three children were discovered Sunday night. Navarro County…
CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY SURROUND NAVY SEX CASE
By BRIAN WITTE FILE – July, 24, 2013 file photos provided by the U.S. Navy Football team, show, from the left, Midshipman Tra’ves Bush, Midshipman Eric Graham and Midshipman Josh…