OBAMA WITHDRAWS APPEALS COURT PICK
By JOSH LEDERMAN FILE – This April 27, 2005 file photo shows Caitlin J. Halligan, in the Court of Appeals in Albany, N.Y. Obama withdrew his nomination of Halligan to…
Government and politics
‘EMBARRASSED’ EX-PITTSBURGH CHIEF TO PLEAD GUILTY
In this Sept. 21, 2012 photo, Pittsburgh Chief of Police Nate Harper speaks during a news conference at Pittsburgh Police headquarters as he describes the events surrounding a hostage incident…
CYPRUS TO VOTE ON NEW PLAN, EUROPE SKEPTICAL
MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Protesting employees of Laiki bank chant slogans outside the Cypriot parliament, Friday, March 22, 2013. Cypriot authorities were putting the final touches Friday to a plan they hope…
LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS AMID INFIGHTING
By BEN HUBBARD Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announces his resignation at the government palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 22, 2013. Lebanon’s prime minister has resigned due to an…
DOMINICANS PROBE CLAIM WEBSITE PAID FOR SEX LIES
By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A Dominican prosecutor said Friday that a local attorney told him someone claiming to work for the conservative website The…
ND LAWMAKERS DEFINE LIFE AS STARTING AT CONCEPTION
By JAMES MacPHERSON North Dakota Republican Sen. Margaret Sitte poses for a picture at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., on Friday, March 22, 2013. The Bismarck Republican is the…
FCC CHAIRMAN GENACHOWSKI TO STEP DOWN
By PETER SVENSSON FILE – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski testifies during his nominee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this June 16, 2009 file photo. The chairman…
INTERNATIONAL COURT DETAINS RWANDAN-BORN WARLORD
By MIKE CORDER FILE – In this Jan. 16, 2009 file photo, Bosco Ntaganda, seated center, holds a press conference with Congo Interior Minister Celestine Mboyo, right, in Goma, Congo,…