OBAMA: REFORM SPY PROGRAM, PA– USE RUSSIA ‘RESET’
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. The president…
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PLANE APPROACHING CONN. AIRPORT CRASHES INTO HOMES
N CHRISTOFFERSEN A firefighter surveys the scene of a small plane crash, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, in East Haven, Conn. The multi-engine, propeller-driven plane plunged into a working-class suburban neighborhood…
OBAMA VOWS TO CAPTURE BENGHAZI PERPETRATORS
President Barack Obama gestures during his news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. The president said he’ll work with Congress to…
MEXICO DRUG KINGPIN CARO QUINTERO ORDERED RELEASED
By MARK STEVENSON The undated file photo distributed by the Mexican government shows Rafael Caro Quintero, considered the grandfather of Mexican drug trafficking. A Mexican court has ordered the release…
JEB BUSH BACKS NEW SCHOOL STANDARDS, CHOICES
By DAVID A. LIEB Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 40th annual meeting, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, in Chicago. Bush defended new achievement standards…
YEMEN: SAUDIS AMONG MILITANTS HIT IN DRONE STRIKES
HIT IN DRONE STRIKES By AHMED AL-HAJ FILE – In this Nov. 8, 2011 file photo, a Predator B unmanned aircraft taxis at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi,…
US ORDERS DIPLOMATS OUT OF LAHORE, PAKISTAN
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Pakistani guards search a car outside the U. S. Consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. The State Department warned Americans not to travel to Pakistan…
US, RUSSIA SHOW BRAVE FACE DESPITE TATTERED TIES
By DEB RIECHMANN and MATTHEW LEE White House press secretary Jay Carney listens to a question from a reporter during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington,…