Bomber kills 6 in Afghanistan ahead US deal talks
By KATHY GANNON and RAHIM FAIEZ An Afghan policeman secures an area after a suicide vehicle bomb tore through the area on the outskirts of Kabul, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013.…
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Assad gaining ground in Syrian civil war
By RYAN LUCAS FILE – In this Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, damages are seen in the town of Hejeira, which Syrian troops captured, in the countryside of Damascus,…
White mayor, black wife: NYC shatters an image
By JESSE WASHINGTON FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 file photo, New York Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio embraces his son Dante, left, daughter Chiara, second left,…
How kids helped buy a copy of Gettysburg Address
By KERRY LESTER In this Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 photo, school groups and visitors view Illinois’ copy of the Gettysburg Address at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library, in…
Geithner to join private equity firm
FILE – This Feb. 2, 2012 file photo shows then Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a news conference at the Treasury Department in Washington. The former U.S. Treasury Secretary is…
Mayor-elect says he’s ‘cleared the air’ with NYPD
Rev. Al Sharpton, center, president of National Action Network, welcomes Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, right, to the organization’s headquarters on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, in New York. De Blasio thanked…
JFK: Mementoes kept 50 years mark awful day
By JAMIE STENGLE and CHRISTOPHER SULLIVAN FILE – In this Friday morning, Nov. 22, 1963 file photo, President John F. Kennedy, center, and Vice President Lyndon Johnson, center right, walk…
NJ Christie’s political move disappoints mentor
By ANGELA DELLI SANTI FILE – In this Oct. 31, 2009 file photo, Republican candidate for New Jersey governor Chris Christie, right, smiles as he listens to former governor Tom…