SURVEILLANCE CRITICS FACE OBAMA IN OVAL OFFICE
By JOSH LEDERMAN FILE – In this June 10, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Struggling to salvage a…
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THREAT CLOSES US EMBASSIES IN MUSLIM WORLD FOR DAY
By BRADLEY KLAPPER U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks to staff members at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. The Obama administration hasn’t sent…
CLEVELAND KIDNAPPING VICTIM: I CRIED EVERY NIGHT
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Ariel Castro listens in the courtroom during the sentencing phase Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Three months after an Ohio woman kicked…
MILITARY PAINTS DIRE PICTURE FROM BUDGET CUTS
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel pauses during a news conference at the Pentagon, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Hagel warned that the Pentagon may have to mothball up…
SAME-SEX MARRIAGES BEGIN IN RHODE ISLAND
By DAVID KLEPPER Gary McDowell, left, and Zachary Marcus, both of Providence, R.I., display their newly obtained marriage certificate at City Hall, in Providence, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 Gay marriage…
CRITICS: CONSUMERS SHOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT OUTBREAK
By GRANT SCHULTE and MARY CLARE JALONICK In this image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a photomicrograph of a fresh stool sample, which had been prepared…
OBAMA REASSURES DEMS ON HEALTH CARE, IMMIGRATION
By JOSH LEDERMAN and JIM ABRAMS President Barack Obama waves as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2013, to meet with the House Democratic Caucus. There’s…
WEINER AIDE LASHED OUT AT FORMER CAMPAIGN INTERN
FILE – In a Thursday, July 25, 2013 file photo, New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner arrives with chief spokeswoman Barbara Morgan, left, at a campaign stop in New York.…