EX-OFFICIALS CONVICTED IN CALIF. CORRUPTION CASE
By JOHN ROGERS Five former Bell City elected officials listens to the judge as a guilty verdict is read in their trial on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, in Los Angeles.…
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EX-MAYOR CONVICTED IN BELL, CALIF., CASE
By JOHN ROGERS FILE – This Jan. 24, 2013 file photo, former Bell, Calif., city officials appear for a massive city corruption trial in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom. Verdicts…
BLOOMBERG CIGARETTE PLAN GETS PRAISE, CRITICISM
y MEGHAN BARR and JENNIFER PELTZ Harry Patel, an employee of Blondie’s Deli and Grocery, talks on the phone while waiting for customers in New York, Monday, March 18, 2013.…
TRIAL OVER NYPD STOP-AND-FRISK TACTIC SET TO BEGIN
By COLLEEN LONG FILE – In this Sunday, June 17, 2012 file photo, Rev. Al Sharpton, center, walks with thousands along Fifth Avenue, during a silent march to end the…
HUGO CHAVEZ COFFIN PARADES PAST VENEZUELA’S ILLS
By JACK CHANG and E. EDUARDO CASTILLO The coffin containing the remains of Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez is carried from the military academy, at the start of a procession…
BANKRUPTCY EXPERT NAMED DETROIT EMERGENCY MANAGER
By COREY WILLIAMS This undated photo provided by Jones Day shows attorney Kevyn Orr. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced Thursday, March 14, 2013 that Orr, a bankruptcy expert who represented…
4 KILLED IN UPSTATE NY; POLICE SEARCH VILLAGE
By MICHAEL HILL and JOHN KEKIS Law enforcement officers run for cover along Main Street in Herkimer, N.Y., when shots were fired while they were searching for a suspect in…
DEAD PIGS FOUND IN SHANGHAI RIVER RISE ABOVE 6,600
A worker hauls away dead pigs with a net in Zhonglian village of Jinshan district in Shanghai Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The number of dead pigs found floating in a…