AP Photos: Prospectors seek fortune in legal pot
By GENE JOHNSON This combination of November 2013 photos in Washington state shows, top row from left, pastry chef Marla Molly Poiset, security guard Steve Smith and businesswoman Angel Swanson.…
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Video shows near-vertical crash of Russian plane
By VLADIMIR KONDRASHOV and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV In this photo provided by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, firefighters and rescuers work at the crash site of a Russian passenger airliner near Kazan,…
Bomber kills 6 in Afghanistan ahead US deal talks
By KATHY GANNON and RAHIM FAIEZ An Afghan policeman secures an area after a suicide vehicle bomb tore through the area on the outskirts of Kabul, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013.…
GOP sees health care law as big 2014 opportunity
In this Nov. 15, 2013, photo, Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., walks on on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. In his West Virginia district, the TV ads attacking…
Geithner to join private equity firm
FILE – This Feb. 2, 2012 file photo shows then Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a news conference at the Treasury Department in Washington. The former U.S. Treasury Secretary is…
Birds of prey seize the day in battle with gulls
By GILLIAN FLACCUS In this Oct. 28, 2013 photo, Mia, a 5-year-old Harris hawk eats a bit of meat after working at the Olinda Alpha landfill in Brea, Calif. The…
NASA’s newest Mars flyer will explore atmosphere
By MARCIA DUNN FILE – In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 file photo, technicians work on NASA’s next Mars-bound spacecraft, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN), at the Kennedy…
Pipeline explodes in North Texas; no injuries
Smoke from a burring gas pipeline carrie over farm fields near Milford, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. A Chevron gas pipeline exploded in rural North Texas with no injuries and…