FED JUDGE: TEXAS ABORTION LIMITS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
By CHRIS TOMLINSON File – In this July 9, 2013 file photo, opponents and supporters of an abortion bill hold signs near a news conference outside the Texas Capitol, in…
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NJ GOVERNOR ENDS GAY MARRIAGE FIGHT AS COUPLES WED
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and ANGELA DELLI SANTI Beth Asaro, left, and Joanne Schailey celebrate after exchanging vows to become the first same-sex couple married in Lambertville, N.J. history at 12:01…
APNEWSBREAK: NEW CHARGES IN BLACKWATER SHOOTINGS
By FREDERIC J. FROMMER and ERIC TUCKER FILE – In this Sept. 25, 2007 file photo, an Iraqi traffic policeman inspects a car destroyed by a Blackwater security detail in…
POLICE: GUNMAN WHO FIRED AT US COURTHO– USE DIES
Authorities gather in front of the Federal Building in Wheeling, W.Va, on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. West Virginia State Police say a man who fired shots at a federal courthouse…
LAURYN HILL ALLOWED TO TOUR BEFORE SENTENCE ENDS
FILE – An April 22, 2013, file photo shows singer Lauryn Hill walking from federal court in Newark, N.J. Hill’s attorney says she has been released from federal prison after…
MALDIVES URGES SUPPORT FOR NEW PRESIDENTIAL VOTE
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Former Maldivian Foreign Minister Ahmed Naseem, right, speaks during a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. The Maldives government has called on all…
SHUTDOWN IMPACT: DEFENSE WORKERS RETURN TO WORK
Protestors hold signs during a during an event with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, as the budget battle…
SUPREME COURT TERM BEGINS WITH CONTENTIOUS TOPICS
By MARK SHERMAN FILE – In this June 27, 2012, file photo law enforcement officers set up a perimeter controls in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on the eve…