SF TRANSIT STRIKE HAS COMMUTERS FACING GRIDLOCK
By LISA LEFF and TRACIE CONE With the BART transit system on strike, people wait in line to catch a ferry to San Francisco Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, from Jack…
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UK COMMITS TO NUCLEAR POWER DESPITE FUKUSHIMA
By DANICA KIRKA From left: Britain’s Energy Secretary, Ed Davey, Britian’s Prime Minister David Cameron, Vincent de Rivaz, Chief Executive of EDF (Electricite de France) and Henri Proglio, CEO and…
IRAN PARLIAMENT CHIEF WARNS OVER NUCLEAR PRESSURES
By NASSER KARIMI Iran’s Parliament speaker Ali Larijani, right, sits with Hannes Swoboda of Austrian social democratic party during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday Oct. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim…
ARGENTINES LINK HEALTH PROBLEMS TO AGROCHEMICALS
By MICHAEL WARREN and NATACHA PISARENKO In this March 29, 2013, photo, former farmworker Fabian Tomasi, 47, shows the condition of his emaciated body as he stands inside his home…
TRAIN KILLS 2 TRACK WORKERS AMID SF BAY STRIKE
By TERRY COLLINS and TRACIE CONE A BART police officer covers one of the two people that were struck and killed by a moving BART train along Jones Road in…
REPUBLICANS MAKING ‘OBAMACARE’ THEIR NEXT TARGET
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and DONNA CASSATA This image shows the Facebook page for the state of Illinois’ Get Covered Illinois campaign on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. The social media campaign,…
FROM ENGLAND, ONE MAN FEEDS WESTERN MEDIA ON SYRIA
By RAPHAEL SATTER In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2013, Rami Abdurrahman, gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Coventry, England. He’s practically a one man…
ARGENTINE COMMUTER TRAIN SLAMS INTO STATION, AGAIN
By DAMIAN PACHTER Police officers and paramedics carry a wounded passenger to an ambulance after a commuter train slammed into the end of the line when arriving to Once central…