BUDGET DEAL MAY SIGNAL ERA OF TINY ACHIEVEMENTS
By CHARLES BABINGTON FILE – In this Oct. 4, 2013 file photo, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, is joined by Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, left, during a news…
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UNDERCOVER STINGS — USED TO FIGHT DOMESTIC TERRORISM
By ROXANA HEGEMAN In this undated photo provided by the Sedgwick County, Kan., Clerkâs Office, a booking mugshot of Terry Lee Loewen is seen. The 58-year-old avionics technician who worked…
SHERIFF: COLO. GUNMAN PLANNED TO HURT MORE PEOPLE
By DAN ELLIOTT and P. SOLOMON BANDA A deputy of the Arapahoe County, Colo., Sheriff’s Department walks next to crime scene tape in front of a doorway to Arapahoe High…
SYRIAN REBEL SPOKESMAN DECRIES US, UK AID DECISION
By BASSEM MROUE This image made on a government-organized media tour for local journalists shows people returning to the western town of Nabek, which Syrian troops took full control of…
DETROIT MAYOR TOUTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN LAST SPEECH
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing speaks in Detroit before the Detroit Economic Club Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, his last formal speech about his four years in office in Detroit. Bing, a…
HO– USE REPUBLICANS SIGNAL SUPPORT FOR BUDGET DEAL
By ANDREW TAYLOR House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, joined by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes reporters’ questions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec.…
BIPARTISAN BUDGET DEAL SETS OFF SOME GRUMBLING
By ANDREW TAYLOR House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., announce a tentative agreement between Republican and Democratic negotiators on a…
GIRLFRIEND WANTS CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST ZIMMERMAN
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and CURT ANDERSON FILE – In this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, file photo, George Zimmerman, acquitted in the high-profile killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, listens…