MAYOR LEADS RI CAPITAL CITY OUT OF FINANCIAL PERIL
By ERIKA NIEDOWSKI FILE – In this Oct. 24, 2011 file photo, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, center, listens to Occupy Providence protesters as they rally in a city park in…
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ARIZONA GUN PROPONENTS LAUNCH FREE GUN PROGRAM
By CRISTINA SILVA Former Tucson, Ariz. mayoral candidate Shaun McClusky poses with a shotgun at Black Weapons Armory in Tucson, Thursday, March 28, 2013. The weapon is similar to those…
40 YEARS ON, VIETNAM TROOP WITHDRAWAL REMEMBERED
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and LISA CORNWELL FILE – In this March 29, 1973 file photo, the American flag is furled at a ceremony marking official deactivation of the Military Assistance…
BOSTON MAYOR TO ANNOUNCE HE WON’T SEEK RE-ELECTION
By STEVE LeBLANC and BOB SALSBERG FILE – This Oct. 5, 2012 file photo shows Boston Mayor Tom Menino during a campaign event for Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren in Boston.…
USDA EXPANDING PROGRAM TO FIGHT RURAL POVERTY
FILE – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks at Maine Medical Center, in this March, 14, 2013 file photo taken in Portland, Maine. Vilsack was expected in South Carolina on Tuesday…
HAITI SPLASHES SLUM WITH PSYCHEDELIC COLORS
By TRENTON DANIEL In this picture taken March 21, 2013, homes painted in bright colors cover a hill in Jalousie, a cinder block shantytown in Petionville, Haiti. Workers this month…
BLOOMBERG, MAYOR GROUP TOUT BIG GUN CONTROL PUSH
FILE – In this Jan. 14, 2013, file photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at a gun violence summit at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in…
‘EMBARRASSED’ EX-PITTSBURGH CHIEF TO PLEAD GUILTY
In this Sept. 21, 2012 photo, Pittsburgh Chief of Police Nate Harper speaks during a news conference at Pittsburgh Police headquarters as he describes the events surrounding a hostage incident…