CHICAGO DEMOCRAT CONVICTED OF TAX CHARGES
By MICHAEL TARM FILE – In this March 2, 2012 file photo, Cook County Commissioner William Beavers, left, speaks to reporters, as his attorney Sam Adam Jr. listens, after Beavers’…
Government and politics
GA. LAWMAKERS OK CRACKDOWN ON SO-CALLED PILL MILLS
By KATE BRUMBACK FILE – In this June 14, 2012 file photo, a suspect is loaded into a DeKalb police prisoner transport van during a “pill mill” raid by dozens…
TURKEY, DUTCH LEADERS SPAR OVER BOY’S FOSTER CASE
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, right, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan are seen at the start of a meeting in Catshuis residence in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday March…
NKOREA SUSPECTED IN CYBERATTACK DESPITE CHINA LINK
By SAM KIM A man walks past next to a sign of Cyber Terror Response Center at National Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 21, 2013. A Chinese…
XI VISITS RUSSIA AS CHINA SEEKS BIGGER GLOBAL ROLE
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN In this March 16, 2013 photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping claps as he arrives at a plenary session of the National People’s Congress held in Beijing’s Great…
EX-OFFICIALS CONVICTED IN CALIF. CORRUPTION CASE
By JOHN ROGERS Five former Bell City elected officials listens to the judge as a guilty verdict is read in their trial on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, in Los Angeles.…
CYPRUS HAS 4 DAYS TO FIND BAILOUT SOLUTION
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and ELENA BECATOROS People queue at an ATM outside a closed Laiki Bank branch in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, March 21, 2013. The European Central Bank says…
KURDISH REBEL LEADER CALLS FOR CEASE-FIRE
By MUCAHIT CEYLAN and SUZAN FRASER FILE -In this July 24, 2012 file photo, honour guard soldiers carry the flag-covered coffin of Ahmet Caglar, one of four soldiers killed in…