Bankruptcy shadows Detroit’s mayoral election
By COREY WILLIAMS Detroit mayoral candidate Mike Duggan campaigns in Detroit, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Duggan is running for mayor against Benny Napoleon in the general election on Tuesday. The…
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DC on fast track to decriminalizing pot possession
By Ben Nuckols This photo taken Oct. 16, 2013 shows marijuana clone plants that are used to grow medical marijuana displayed under a light, at The Joint, a medical marijuana…
Filner casts short shadow in San Diego mayor race
By ELLIOT SPAGATSAN DIEGO (AP) — It took Democrats 20 years to recapture the mayor’s seat in San Diego and less than nine months for one of their own to…
Mexico nears junk food tax, sets anti-obesity plan
By MARK STEVENSON Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks during the unveiling of Mexico’s strategy to combat diabetes and obesity in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)…
Ex-NYC Mayor Dinkins hospitalized with pneumonia
FILE- In this Aug. 11, 2011 file photo, former New York City Mayor David Dinkins comments as he arrives for the funeral of former Gov. Hugh Carey at St. Patrick’s…
Court blocks ruling on NY police stop-frisk policy
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and COLLEEN LONG FILE – In this Aug. 13, 2013 file photo, police officers take a report from a woman who had her phone stolen in the…
NYC stop-frisk ruling halted by appeals court
By COLLEEN LONG and LARRY NEUMEISTER ILE- In this Friday, May 17, 2013, file photo, U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin is interviewed in her federal court chambers, in New…
Largest camp for Syrian refugees becoming a city
By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH In this Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, photo, Syrian refugees build a makeshift house at the Zaatari refugee camp near the Syrian border in Jordan.…