SPOTLIGHT ON CORRUPTION AT ILLINOIS SENTENCING
By MICHAEL TARM Former Cook County Commissioner William Beavers speaks at a news conference after being sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in a Chicago federal courtroom. Beavers, 78, was…
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US: ATF MISPLACED 420 MILLION CIGARETTES IN STINGS
By STEPHEN BRAUN FILE – In this June 11, 2013 file photo, B. Todd Jones of Minnesota, President Barack Obama’s then-nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms…
SUSPECT ARRESTED FOR THREATENING DUTCH STORES
Police guard the entrance to a closed store in Haarlem, western Netherlands, Wednesday Sept. 25, 2013. Three stores in the Dutch city of Haarlem have been closed after threats of…
CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY SURROUND NAVY SEX CASE
By BRIAN WITTE FILE – July, 24, 2013 file photos provided by the U.S. Navy Football team, show, from the left, Midshipman Tra’ves Bush, Midshipman Eric Graham and Midshipman Josh…
CHINA TRIES EX-BANKER WITH MANY HOMES ON ID FAKERY
Gong Ai’ai, center, a former vice president of a local rural bank, is handcuffed and held by police officers as she stands trial for forgery of identities in Jingbian County…
GREEK POLICE OFFICIALS REPLACED IN FAR-RIGHT PROBE
Demonstrators carry a placard which reads in Greek ” Fascists Out ” during a protest in central Athens, on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. Greece’s anti-terrorism division has been handed the…
LAWYER: PERFORMER HARRIS TO DENY UK SEX CHARGES
Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris, center, leaves Westminster Magistrate’s Court in London, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. Harris faces nine counts of indecent assault on victims aged 14 and 15 and four…
CHINESE POLITICIAN BO XILAI GETS LIFE SENTENCE
By DIDI TANG and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN In this photo released by the Jinan Intermediate People’s Court, fallen politician Bo Xilai, center, is handcuffed and held by police officers as he…