POLL: NO HEROES IN SHUTDOWN, GOP GETS MOST BLAME
By CALVIN WOODWARD and JENNIFER AGIESTA Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. stands on the Senate steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, during a news…
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QUEBEC SEEKS CURB ON RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS
By BENJAMIN SHINGLER Demonstrators take part in a protest against Quebec’s proposed “charter of values” in Montreal on Saturday Sept. 14, 2013. The plan by the ruling party, the separatist…
EXIT POLLS: AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENT WINS 3RD TERM
By AIDA SULTANOVA Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev leaves a polling station in Baku, Azerbaijan, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Oil-rich Azerbaijan is booming and the wealth is trickling down to its…
TRIAL DATE FOR MORSI STOKES EGYPT POLITICAL DRAMA
By SARAH EL DEEB FILE – In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, then Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, speaks with Minister of Defense,…
MORMONS PUSHING CHURCH STANCE ON HOMOSEXUALITY
By BRADY McCOMBS FILE – In this June 2, 2013 file photo, members of the Mormons Building Bridges march during the Utah Gay Pride Parade in Salt Lake City. The…
EGYPT GENERAL SAYS BROTHERHOOD WARNED OF VIOLENCE
By MAGGIE MICHAEL In this photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egypt’s interim President Adly Mansour, center, Defense Minister Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi, left, and other officials visit the Tomb of the…
OHIO OPENS CASE IN $100M CHARITY FRAUD CASE
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN The man who calls himself Bobby Thompson, right, talks with defense attorney Joseph Patituce during opening arguments in court in Cleveland Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. Thompson,…
GOBBLE TOV! AMERICAN JEWS READY FOR THANKSGIVUKKAH
By LEANNE ITALIE This image released by ModernTribe.com shows an American Gothic Thanksgivukkah Poster celebrating Thanksgiving and Hanukkah. (AP Photo/ModernTribe.com) NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a turkey. It’s a menorah.…