Illegal profits: A look at insider trading
By KEN SWEET This combo made from file photos shows, from left, financier Carl Icahn, pro golfer Phil Mickelson, and developer and high-profile sports better Billy Walters. A federal official…
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Israel chooses veteran hard-liner as president
By TIA GOLDENBERG Newly elected Israeli president Reuven Rivlin, right, raises a toast with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, June, 10, 2014.…
Seas rise, Fla. GOP leaders balk at climate change
By MICHAEL J. MISHAK This May 17, 2014, file photo shows Blanca Mesa of Miami protesting against Sen. Marco Rubio’s statements on climate change as activists and beach-goers join hands…
Tracy Morgan remains critically hurt after pileup
By WAYNE PARRY Actor Tracy Morgan attends the FX Networks Upfront premiere screening of “Fargo” at the SVA Theater in this April 9, 2014 file photo taken in New York.…
Russian, Ukrainian leaders meet in Normandy
BY LORI HINNANT and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Ukraine’s President-elect Petro Poroshenko, left, walks past Russian President Vladimir Putin during the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day in Ouistreham, western…
Man suspected of killing Canadian Mounties caught
By PATRICK WHITTLE and BENJAMIN SHINGLER Royal Canadian Mounted Police Supt. Marlene Snowman, right, and Assistant Commissioner Roger Brown, left, provide information after police apprehended Justin Bourque, a suspect in…
Bergdahl swap may make closing Guantanamo harder
By BRADLEY KLAPPER and DONNA CASSATA Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga. disparages the Obama administration’s decision to swap Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the only American soldier…
Some black Miss. Dems supported GOP’s Cochran
By JESSE J. HOLLAND FILE – This June 30, 2009 file photo shows Vicksburg, Miss. Mayor, then-State Rep. George Flaggs, D-Vicksburg speaking at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. With sending…