SAN DIEGO OFFICIALS TO WEIGH MAYORAL AGREEMENT
By JULIE WATSON Greg Timms, left, signs a petition to recall San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, alongside Tana Piontek, right, at a stand set up in the parking lot of…
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LAWMAKERS OK NYPD WATCHDOG, OVERRIDING VETOES
By JENNIFER PELTZ New York City council speaker Christine Quinn is joined by councilman Donovan Richards as she speaks to reporters, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013 in New York. New York…
MAYOR: NEW NYPD OVERSIGHT JEOPARDIZES CITY SAFETY
By JENNIFER PELTZ Supporters of the NYPD Oversight override vote demonstrate on the steps of City Hall Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013 in New York. New York City council members say…
DISGRACED CHINESE POLITICIAN MOUNTS FEISTY DEFENSE
By GILLIAN WONG In this photo released by the Jinan Intermediate People’s Court, Bo Xilai, center, stands on trial at the court in eastern China’s Shandong province on Thursday Aug.…
WHO’S WHO IN CHINA’S BO XILAI POLITICAL SCANDAL
By The Associated Press In this March 11, 2012 photo, Bo Xilai, former Chongqing party secretary wipes his glasses during a plenary session of the National People’s Congress at the…
BRADLEY MANNING SAYS HE WANTS TO LIVE AS A WOMAN
By DAVID DISHNEAU and PAULINE JELINEK FILE – In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Army, Pfc. Bradley Manning poses for a photo wearing a wig and lipstick.…
MANNING SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS IN WIKILEAKS CASE
By DAVID DISHNEAU and PAULINE JELINEK Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted into a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, before a sentencing hearing in his court…
BALES FACES ANGRY AFGHANS AS SENTENCING CONTINUES
By GENE JOHNSON CORRECTS SPELLING OF ARTIST’S LAST NAME TO MILLETT INSTEAD OF MILLET – In this courtroom sketch, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, left, appears before Judge Col. Jeffery Nance…