GOP MODERATES PUSH BACK ON TEA PARTY SPENDING CUTS
By ANDREW TAYLOR FILE – In this Aug. 1, 2013, file photo House Speaker, Republican John Boehner of Ohio, takes questions from reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference as…
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EGYPT POSTPONES DISPERSING PRO-MORSI PROTEST CAMPS
By MAGGIE MICHAEL A supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi chants slogans against Egyptian Army during a protest at the sit-in at Rabaa Al-Adawiya mosque, which is fortified with…
ZIMBABWE’S PRESIDENT: NO GOING BACK ON POLL RESULT
By ANGUS SHAW Zimbabwean President elect, Robert Mugabe at the country’s Commemoration of Heroes day in Harare, Monday, Aug.12, 2013. Mugabe received more than 60 percent of the vote in…
PRINCE CHARLES FACING POLITICAL ‘MEDDLING’ CLAIMS
By JILL LAWLESS FILE – In this Tuesday, March 12, 2013 file photo Britain’s Prince Charles, speaks to Jordan’s Muslim and Christian clerics during his visit to the King Hussein…
HOLDER PROPOSES CHANGES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
By PETE YOST This Oct. 4, 2010 file photo shows Attorney General Eric Holder speaking during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. Holder is calling for major…
FATHER KILLS SON, HIMSELF AT YWCA OFFICES IN NH
Police assemble outside the YWCA Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013 in Manchester, N.H. The state attorney general’s office said Muni Savyon, 54, of Manchester used a handgun to fatally shoot his…
GUNMEN KILL 5 YEMENI SOLDIERS AT CHECKPOINT
By AHMED AL-HAJ FILE — In this Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013 file photo, Yemeni soldiers man a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. and British embassies in Sanaa,…
JUDGE GRANTS BAY AREA TRANSIT STRIKE REPRIEVE
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Attorneys Sharon O’Grady, left, and Tamar Pachter represent the Governor Jerry Brown in the proceedings Sunday Aug. 11, 2013, in San Francisco. San Francisco Superior Court Judge…