Toronto mayor says he won’t resign
By ROB GILLIES Toronto Mayor Rob Ford tells to the media to get off his property as he leaves his home in Toronto on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. A judge…
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Obama pitches the US to foreign investors
By JIM KUHNHENN President Barack Obama speaks during the “SelectUSA Investment Summit” on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 in Washington. Obama encouraged international businesses and investors to bring new investment and…
Lowe, father of IBM personal computer, dies at 72
By TAMMY WEBBER FILE – In this Aug. 4, 1987 file photo, William C. Lowe, a vice president at IBM, poses with two of the company’s newest Personal System/2 computers,…
Senate blocks Obama picks for judge, housing posts
By ALAN FRAM FILE – In this May 1, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Federal Housing Finance Authority director Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., waves during the…
After unity, some Democrats push back on Obama
By JIM KUHNHENN FILE – In this Oct. 21, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Just two…
China, other Asians angry over embassy spy reports
By KRISTEN GELINEAU In this photo taken Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, a man digs a trench near a mushroom shaped heating exhaust shaft near the newly constructed US embassy in…
Cities in red states push federal health plan
By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI In this Oct. 24, 2013 photo temporary City Of Houston employee Lida Moreno, left, and colleagues count out Spanish language brochures for Enroll America in preparation of…
Motum gone, Washington State looks to defense
By NICHOLAS K. Washington State’s Davonte Lacy, left, and head coach Ken Bone jokingly pose for a photographer during the Pac-12 NCAA college basketball media day on Thursday, Oct. 17,…