NORTH KOREA DETAINS US WAR VETERAN, 85, SON SAYS
By MARTHA MENDOZA This 2005 photo provided by the Palo Alto Weekly shows Merrill Newman, a retired finance executive and Red Cross volunteer, in Palo Alto, Calif. An 85-year-old American…
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PSYCHIC SYLVIA BROWNE DIES AT 77 IN CALIFORNIA
By JOHN ROGERS and CHANNING JOSEPH This undated image released by HarperOne shows psychic and author Sylvia Browne. Browne, a psychic whose frequent appearances on shows such as “Larry King…
DEMOCRATS VOTE TO CURB FILIBUSTERS ON APPOINTEES
By DAVID ESPO and ALAN FRAM Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., at far right,…
Israeli restaurant: Turn off phone, get discount
By ARON HELLER Diners sit in a restaurant in the village of Abu Ghosh, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. A restaurant owner in an Arab village…
Reagan’s role in NSA’s hack of Google and Yahoo
By MARTHA MENDOZA In this undated file photo made available by Google shows the campus-network room at a data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. With the cooperation of foreign allies,…
Obama, Clinton families pay tribute to JFK
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and his wife former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, along with members of the Kennedy…
Gov’t to require seat belts on large buses
By JOAN LOWY FILE – This March 2, 2007 file photo shows a charter bus carrying the Bluffton University baseball team from Ohio after it plunged off a highway ramp…
Nissan’s Versa Note: Versatile and thrifty
By ANN M. JOB This undated product image provided by Nissan shows the all-new Versa Note. The five-seat Versa Note is a low-priced, high-utility car with an attractive, fresh exterior,…