FIRST LADY WON’T RULE OUT PLASTIC SURGERY, BOTOX
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE FILE – In this May 13, 2009, file photo, first lady Michelle Obama hugs a third grade student at Ferebee-Hope Community School in southeast Washington. The nation’s…
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NEW MEXICO BOY, 12, SHOOTS 2 CLASSMATES AT SCHOOL
By RUSSELL CONTRERAS A woman hugs a student at a staging ground set up at the Roswell Mall following a shooting at Berrendo Middle School, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in…
BEANIE BABIES BILLIONAIRE COULD GET PRISON TIME
File-This Feb. 16, 2003, file photo shows Ty Warner, Beanie Baby creator and chief executive of Ty Inc. The billionaire creator of Beanie Babies steps before a federal judge Tuesday…
OBAMA TO PRESS JOBS AGENDA WITH EXECUTIVE ACTIONS
By JIM KUHNHENN President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014.…
EMOTIONS FLOW AS CALIF. POLICE ACQUITTED IN DEATH
By GILLIAN FLACCUS ADDS LOCATION-Former Fullerton police Officer Manuel Ramos reacts after being acquitted Monday Jan. 13, 2014, in Santa Ana, Calif., of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges stemming…
AFTER 5 DAYS, W.VA.’S WATER CRISIS NEARS ITS END
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Workers at Freedom Industries continue through the night to empty storage tanks of chemicals into tanker trucks at it’s plant in Charleston, Va., Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014.…
RUSSIA: ASSAD MULLING OPEN HUMANITARIAN ACCESS
By LARA JAKES and LORI HINNANT US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, with with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and U.N-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, center,…
NEW NYC MAYOR SEEKS TO ADVANCE LIBERAL AGENDA
By JONATHAN LEMIRE FILE – In this Dec. 5, 2013 file photo, William Bratton, left, speaks while New York Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio looks on during a news conference in…