ABE HEADS TO AFRICA TO BOOST JAPAN’S PROFILE
By KEN MORITSUGU Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, and his wife Akie wave as they depart for Africa, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Abe is…
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BELOW-ZERO TEMPS PUSH INTO MIDWEST, NORTHEAST
By TAMMY WEBBER and KERRY LESTER Allan Umscheid, owner of Yards By Al in Lawrence, Kan, feels the bitter wind and catches drifting snow on his face as he runs…
ADDING A BABY TO NEW HEALTH LAW PLANS NOT EASY
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR FILE – In this Dec. 11, 2013, file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. There’s another quirk to the…
PASSENGERS RESCUED OFF SHIP STUCK IN ANTARCTIC ICE
By ROD McGUIRK In this photo provided China’s official Xinhnua News Agency, the first group of passengers of the trapped Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy arrive at a safe surface…
EGYPT AIRS WHAT IT CLAIMS IS TERROR CONFESSION
By MAGGIE MICHAEL FILE – In this July 13, 2012 file photo, then Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks to reporters at the presidential palace in Cairo. An Egyptian judge says…
LEGAL RECREATIONAL POT INDUSTRY OPENS IN COLORADO
By KRISTEN WYATT Partygoers smoke marijuana, left, and cigarettes during a Prohibition-era themed New Year’s Eve party celebrating the start of retail pot sales, at a bar in Denver, late…
SAFETY QUESTIONS AFTER ND OIL TRAIN DERAILMENT
By DAVE KOLPACK and JAMES MacPHERSON A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment Monday, Dec 30, 2013, in Casselton, N.D. The train carrying crude oil…
S SUDAN REBELS TAKE MOST OF STRATEGIC CITY OF BOR
By JASON STRAZIUSO The United States special envoy to South Sudan Donald Booth speaks to the media, as U.S. Ambassador to South Sudan Susan D. Page, left, listens in Juba,…