Ohio court upholds firing in school Bible case
By KANTELE FRANKO FILE- In this Feb. 27, 2013, file photo, fired Mount Vernon, Ohio public school science teacher John Freshwater stands in the lobby of the Ohio Supreme Court…
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NYC COUNCIL VOTES TO MAKE TOBACCO-BUYING AGE 21
By JENNIFER PELTZ and JAKE PEARSON FILE- In this March 18, 2013 file photo, cigarette packs are displayed at a convenience store in New York. On Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013,…
ARGENTINE SUPREME COURT APPROVES TV MEDIA LIMITS
By MICHAEL WARREN A man walks by a mural depicting Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez, holding a frame over the image of a man with a Clarin newspaper logo on the…
AP CEO: PRESS FREEDOM V. SECURITY A ‘FALSE CHOICE’
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Gary Pruitt, president and CEO of The Associated Press, speaks about press freedom at the 69th General Assembly of the Inter American Press Association at a hotel…
JAPANESE COURT: ANTI-KOREA ‘HATE SPEECH’ ILLEGAL
By MARI YAMAGUCHI In this photo taken Sunday, May 19, 2013, nationalist protesters with Japanese flags, left, and Japan’s naval ensign, right, march through a Tokyo street to denounce”privileges” for…
VIETNAM DISSIDENT SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN JAIL
By CHRIS BRUMMITT A U.S-trained lawyer and well-known dissident Le Quoc Quan, right, listens to the judge during his trial in Hanoi, Vietnam on Wednesday Oct. 2, 2013. The Hanoi…
MO. LAWMAKERS DECIDING VETO OVERRIDE ON GUN BILL
By DAVID A. LIEB Participants applaud during a rally to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a gun bill on the south lawn of the Missouri State Capital in Jefferson…
CHURCHES CHANGING BYLAWS AFTER GAY MARRIAGE RULING
By TRAVIS LOLLER City Church of Tallahassee Pastor Dean Inserra stands inside his church in Tallahassee, Fla. on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. Inserra’s church is researching how they will address…