OBAMA OFFERS NEW GUN CONTROL STEPS
By JOSH LEDERMAN FILE – In this April 17, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama puts his arm around former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords before speaking in the Rose Garden…
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REPUBLICAN NYC MAYORAL HOPEFULS SPAR OVER POLICE
By JONATHAN LEMIRE FILE – In this Aug. 9, 2013 file photo, New York City Republican mayoral candidates, from left, Joe Lhota, George McDonald, and John Catsimatidis participate in a…
FAST-FOOD STRIKES SET FOR CITIES NATIONWIDE
By CANDICE CHOI and KAREN MATTHEWS FILE – In this Tuesday, July 30, 2013 file photo, demonstrators fill the Hardees on Chestnut in Downtown St. Louis. On Thursday, Aug. 29,…
ARGENTINE HIGH COURT CONSIDERS MEDIA MONOPOLY LAW
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA This photo combo shows a stack of Clarin newspapers at the Grupo Clarin production plant, and Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez addressing the nation in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fernandez,…
LONG-RANGE SHUTDOWN OF VT. NUKE PLANT CREATES STIR
By The Associated Press Entergy Wholesale Commodities president Bill Mohl speaks at a news conference, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, in Brattleboro, Vt., to announce the closing of the Vermont Yankee…
VERMONT YANKEE NUKE PLANT TO CLOSE BY END OF 2014
By DAVE GRAM In this June 19, 2013 photo, the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station sits along the banks of the Connecticut River in Vernon, Vt. Entergy Corp., announced Tuesday,…
BUST TO BOOM: CAN STRIPPERS SAVE ATLANTIC CITY?
By WAYNE PARRY ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — What if, after seven years of plunging casino revenues and fleeing customers, Atlantic City’s real problem was this: People are wearing too…
RUSSIA: NO PROOF SYRIA GOVT BEHIND CHEMICAL STRIKE
By The Associated Press Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a news conference in Moscow on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Western nations calling…