AMERICANS ANXIOUS, IRRITATED AS GOV’T SHUTS DOWN
By DEEPTI HAJELA A sign explaining the closing of the Library of Congress is posted outside the Library of Congress in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation…
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TYCOON PLANS $8 BILLION CHINESE HOLLYWOOD
By WANG YISHAN and KELVIN CHAN Wanda Chairman Wang Jianlin speaks during a press conference after a launching ceremony of Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis in Qingdao in east China’s Shandong…
HO– USE BACKS BILL TO BOOST LOGGING IN NAT’L FORESTS
By MATTHEW DALY FILE – This March 18, 2011 file photo shows a Douglas fir tree on federal forest land outside Ruch, Ore. The blue paint marking a tree for…
WATERSHED PROTECTION GOAL OF USDA, COCA-COLA PACT
By TAMMY WEBBER FILE – In this March 5, 2013 file photo, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vilsack is scheduled to be at at the…
9/11 ANNIVERSARY MARKED WITH SOMBER TRIBUTES
By JENNIFER PELTZ New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo rides with firefighters and first responders with the FDNY Motorcycle Club Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, from FDNY Rescue 1 headquarters to the…
LARGEST FERRIS WHEEL NEARS COMPLETION IN LAS VEGAS
By HANNAH DREIER FILE – In a Tuesday, July 30, 2013 file photo, the world’s tallest observation wheel, know as the High Roller is seen behind David Codiga, executive project…
IN JAMAICA, A TWIST ON WINE TOURS FOR POT LOVERS
By DAVID McFADDEN In this Aug. 29, 2013 photo, farmer nicknamed Breezy shows his illegal patch of budding marijuana plants during a tour of his land in Jamaica’s central mountain…
RARELY SEEN COPY OF MAGNA CARTA COMING TO HOUSTON
By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI In this courtesy photo provided by the Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust, from left, England’s Prince Charles, Christopher James, Chairman of Hereford Perpetual Trust, and Joel A. Bartsch,…