Senate nears historic vote on gay rights bill
By DONNA CASSATA Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, talks to reporters after the Senate cleared a major hurdle and agreed to proceed…
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BART union ratifies contract that ended strike
By TERRY COLLINS FILE – In this Oct. 22, 2013, file photo, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) passengers wait for a train in Oakland, Calif. A BART labor union overwhelmingly…
Gay rights legislation gains bipartisan support
By DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this Oct. 12, 2013 file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Proponents of a bill that would…
Indonesian laborers go on nationwide pay strike
Indonesian workers march during a rally against low wages in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct 31, 2013. Thousands of workers staged the rally demanding the Jakarta government to set a new…
SHARPTON, BARNEYS NY CEO DISCUSS RACIAL PROFILING
By KAREN MATTHEWS The Rev. Al Sharpton, left, meets with Mark Lee, center, CEO of Barneys New York, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, at the National Action Headquarters in New York…
MIZUHO CHAIRMAN, OTHERS RESIGN OVER MOB LOANS
By ELAINE KURTENBACH Mizuho Mizuho Financial Group President Yasuhiro Sato bows at the end of a press conference in Tokyo Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. Mizuho said Monday the chairman of…
ANALYSTS TESTIFY ON DETROIT BANKRUPTCY TRIAL DAY 2
By ED WHITE Protesters rally outside The Theodore Levin United States Courthouse in Detroit, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. The city of Detroit for months has disclosed the awful condition of…
TRAIN KILLS 2 TRACK WORKERS AMID SF BAY STRIKE
By TERRY COLLINS and TRACIE CONE A BART police officer covers one of the two people that were struck and killed by a moving BART train along Jones Road in…