ANOTHER FEMALE POLICE OFFICER SHOT IN AFGHANISTAN
By MIRWAIS KHAN and AMIR SHAH FILE –In this file photo taken Dec. 17, 2009, Afghan policewomen arrive to a graduation ceremony after eight weeks of training at a police…
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MERKEL ALLIES APPEAR TO TRIUMPH IN BAVARIA
By GEIR MOULSON German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves during an election campaign event of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Bad Koestritz, central Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013.…
TEXAS LAW GETS TOUGH ON PUBLIC, PRIVATE DRONE — USE
By WILL WEISSERT This photo provided by the University of Texas shows an unmanned drone used in an experiment run by Todd Humphreys, director of the University of Texas’ Radionavagation…
100,000 POLES IN ANTI-GOVT MARCH, THREATEN STRIKE
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA A protester beats a drum in front of Solidarity trade unionists marching during a demonstration against the government’s labor and wage policies in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Sept.…
US-RUSSIA REACH AGREEMENT ON SYRIA WEAPONS
By MATTHEW LEE and JOHN HEILPRIN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday Sept.…
AFTER COAL, W.VA. PUSH FOR NATURAL GAS TRUST FUND
By BRUCE SCHREINER FILE – A C.S.X. train loaded with coal winds its way into the mountains in this Nov. 21, 2004 file photo taken near the New River at…
POLICE MOVE IN ON MEXICO CITY PROTESTERS
By MARK STEVENSON and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Protesting teachers light a bonfire in Mexico City main plaza, the Zocalo, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Thousands of teachers who have camped out…
FLORIDA GIRL WAS BULLIED FOR MONTHS BEFORE SUICIDE
By TAMARA LUSH In this Sept. 10, 2013 photo, Summer Howard, 19 and Alecia Wilkins, 18, make a poster for Summer’s sister Rebecca Sedwick. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said…