SYRIAN PRESIDENT SHOWING RENEWED CONFIDENCE
By ZEINA KARAM In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, President Bashar Assad, right, visits the Umayyad Electrical Station on May Day, a day after a…
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ALAN ALDA WANTS SCIENTISTS TO CUT OUT THE JARGON
By FRANK ELTMAN In this Friday, April 26, 2013 photo, actor Alan Alda listens during an interview at Stony Brook University, on New York’s Long Island. The film and television…
REPORT: WORLD TURMOIL MEANS FEWER HAVE FREE PRESS
By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN FILE – In this July 17, 1997 file photo, David Hoffman sits inside his self-built newsstand on Lexington Avenue in New York. According to democracy watchdog…
OFFICIALS: OBAMA NAMING NC’S WATT FOR HOUSING POST
By JIM KUHNHENN FILE – In this Sept. 2012 file photo, Rep. Melvin Watt of North Carolina addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012.…
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SIMPLIFIES HEALTH CARE FORM
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR FILE – This April 10, 2013 file photo shows Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner speaking during a news conference at the Health…
MASS. VOTERS TO DECIDE US SENATE PRIMARY WINNERS
By BOB SALSBERG and STEVE LeBLANC Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., addresses an audience during a campaign rally in Boston’s South Boston neighborhood, Monday,…
KARZAI: US GIVES FUNDS TO NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, right, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai shake hands in Helsinki, Finland Monday, April 29, 2013. Afghan President Karzai arrived to Finland for a working visit Monday.…
CHRISTIE: OBAMA ‘KEPT EVERY PROMISE’ ON STORM AID
By WAYNE PARRY FILE – In a Thursday, March 21, 2013 file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks to a large gathering in Manasquan, N.J., during a town hall…