ANALYSIS: CRISES IN ASIA LET BIDEN SHOW US RESOLVE
By JOSH LEDERMAN FILE – This Dec. 7, 2013 file photo shows Vice President Joe Biden, center, is briefed by Lt. Col. Daniel Edwan, the commander of the JSA Security…
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PENTAGON CHIEF PLANS TO STOP IN PAKISTAN ON MONDAY
By LOLITA C. BALDOR U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, shakes hands with Afghan Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi, left, during a meeting at the International Security Assistance Force Headquarters…
OBAMA, BUSH, CLINTON TO TRAVEL TO SOUTH AFRICA
By JULIE PACE FOR — USE AS DESIRED, YEAR END PHOTOS – FILE – From left, President Barack Obama, former president George W. Bush, former president William J. Clinton former…
6 DETAINED IN MEXICO THEFT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON A cameraman films the radiation head that was part of a radiation therapy machine, in the patio of the family who found…
ICY STORM SLAMS SOUTHWEST, SHUTS DOWN NORTH TEXAS
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Icy conditions make for light traffic on the highways in Dallas, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. As snow and freezing rain blanketed normally sun-swept North Texas, residents accustomed…
NY JUDGE: GOLDMAN SACHS SILENT ABOUT ROGUE TRADER
By TOM HAYS FILE- In this April 3, 2013 file photo, former Goldman Sachs trader Matthew Taylor leaves Manhattan federal court in New York. Taylor was sentenced to nine months…
CHINESE FIRM PAID US GOV’T INTELLIGENCE ADVISER
By STEPHEN BRAUN This undated handout photo provided by the The Peterson Institute for International Economics shows Theodore H. Moran. Moran, a longtime adviser to the U.S. Director of National…
OFFICIALS: ENCOURAGING SIGN FOR 24 STRANDED WHALES
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO Vultures feed off the carcasses of an adult whale and and a calf ,Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, at Highland Beach in the Everglades National Park, Fla. Wildlife…