The secret, dirty cost of Obama’s green power push
By DINA CAPPIELLO and MATT APUZZO In this July 20, 2013, photo, a plant that produces ethanol is next to a cornfield near Coon Rapids, Iowa. Government mandates to increase…
Elections
HEALTH LAW’S TROUBLES GIVE GOP A MUCH-NEEDED BOOST
By CHARLES BABINGTON FILE – In this Oct. 30, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall about the federal health care law. The health care…
Chris Christie charging ahead in NJ and beyond
By STEVE PEOPLES and THOMAS BEAUMONT FILE – In this Nov. 5, 2013 file photo, Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie celebrates his election victory in Asbury Park, N.J., after…
Mozambique rebels sow fear in fresh uprising
By TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI In this photo taken Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 Mozambican military police prepare to patrol in Inchope, northern Mozambique. Inchope lies at the crossroads of the highway from…
US envoy was inspired by South African struggle
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA In this photo taken Oct. 18, 2013, US Ambassador to South Africa Patrick Gaspard is photographed during an interview with a local newspaper in Pretroia, South Africa.…
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…
NYC mayor says he hopes successor is ‘even better’
By KAREN MATTHEWSNEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday that he hopes the administration of his successor, Bill de Blasio, “is even better” than his…
Islamists protest in Egypt over detained women
By TONY G. GABRIEL and MARIAM RIZK Supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi raise their arms during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)…