Hallmark’s ugly sweater ornament stirs controversy
By Kansas City Star In this undated photo provided by Hallmark is an ornamental, miniaturized version of the ugly holiday sweater emblazoned with the prase: “Don we now our FUN…
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Nation’s largest landfill closing in California
Trucks dump trash at the Puente Hill Landfill in Puente Hills, Calif. on Thursday, October 31, 2013. The nation’s largest landfill 20 miles east of Los Angeles where 130 million…
Cities in red states push federal health plan
By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI In this Oct. 24, 2013 photo temporary City Of Houston employee Lida Moreno, left, and colleagues count out Spanish language brochures for Enroll America in preparation of…
Air traffic control modernization hits turbulence
By JOAN LOWY An Alaska Airlines plane takes off Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. The modernization of the U.S. air traffic control system, one of…
AFTER ‘SNAFU,’ JACKSON REPORTS TO FEDERAL PRISON
By MICHAEL TARM FILE – In this Aug. 14, 2913 file photo, former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., leaves federal court in Washington after being sentenced to 2 1/2 years…
DURBIN REMOVES POST AFTER WHITE HO– USE MISCUE
By DON BABWIN FILE – This Sept. 4, 2013 file photo shows Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the Senate assistant majority leader, arriving for a top-secret briefing for senators with Secretary…
MILITARY BASES OPEN THEIR DOORS TO HOME-SCHOOLERS
By KIMBERLY HEFLING In this photo taken Oct. 9, 2013, Channing Morgan, from left, Brooklyn Olds, and Grace Whittaker learn sign language during a lesson at a home schooling co-operative…
CHINA, INDIA SIGN BORDER COOPERATION AGREEMENT
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, second right, talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013.…