ALABAMA CHURCH MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BOMBING
By JAY REEVES Churchgoers file outside the church as a wreath is carried at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. The congregation gathered outside…
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POLICE MOVE IN ON MEXICO CITY PROTESTERS
By MARK STEVENSON and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Protesting teachers light a bonfire in Mexico City main plaza, the Zocalo, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Thousands of teachers who have camped out…
FLORIDA GIRL WAS BULLIED FOR MONTHS BEFORE SUICIDE
By TAMARA LUSH In this Sept. 10, 2013 photo, Summer Howard, 19 and Alecia Wilkins, 18, make a poster for Summer’s sister Rebecca Sedwick. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said…
OKLA. SCHOOL CHANGES POLICY ON DREADLOCKS
This Sept. 8, 2013 photo shows Tiana Parker, 7, who was removed from the Deborah Brown Community School due to the school’s policy against her natural hairstyle, poses for a…
GREEK HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TO STRIKE OVER JOB CUTS
By DEREK GATOPOULOS University administrative staff members chant slogans outside the Administrative Reform ministry in central Athens against austerity measures that threaten their jobs, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. The…
APNEWSBREAK: $250M GIFT TO KY. COLLEGE WITHDRAWN
By BRUCE SCHREINER FILE – In a Tuesday, July 30, 2013 file photo, Centre College President John A. Roush announces that the tiny liberal arts school in rural Kentucky has…
TEEN DEAD, MORE HURT IN TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL STABBING
By MICHAEL GRACZYK Parents, Eunice Pacheco, right, and LaKesia Brent, left, wait for news about their children outside Spring High School Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, in Spring, Texas. A 16-year-old…
REAL ESTATE MOGUL TO GIVE $200M TO U. OF MICHIGAN
By DAVID RUNK FILE – In this July 27, 2012 file photo, Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross smiles as he talks to reporters after practice at NFL football training camp…