SENATE READY FOR SHOWDOWN ON OBAMA PICK FOR ATF
By ALAN FRAM FILE – In this June 11, 2013 file photo, B. Todd Jones of Minnesota, President Barack Obama’s nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms…
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4 INJURED WHEN CAR CRASHES INTO MISSOURI DAY CARE
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH A car is pulled from a day care center after it crashed into the building Tuesday, July 30, 2013, in Kansas City, Mo. Authorities say three children…
NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL CANDIDATES WOO LATINO VOTERS
By CLAUDIA TORRENS Sandra Reyes, right, has her picture taken with mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn in New York, Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Nearly a quarter of New York City residents…
BLACK ITALY MINISTER DEMANDS STOP TO RACIST TAUNTS
In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013 photo, Italian Senate Vice President Roberto Calderoli, left, shakes hands with Integration Minister Cecile Kyenge, inside the Senate, in Rome. Prosecutor Francesco Dettori confirmed…
PAKISTANI LAWMAKERS POISED TO ELECT PRESIDENT
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT In this Wednesday, July 24, 2013 photo, Mamnoon Hussain, a candidate from ruling party Pakistan Muslim League-N arrives to submit his nomination papers for upcoming presidential election in…
EGYPT ARRESTS MORE ISLAMISTS AS EU OFFICIAL VISITS
By AYA BATRAWY In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy chief, left, meets with interim prime minister, Mohamed ElBaradei in Cairo, Egypt, Monday,…
NZ DISPUTES REPORT THAT IT SPIED ON JOURNALIST
By NICK PERRY In this Tuesday, July 9 2013 photo, War correspondent Jon Stephenson gives evidence in his defamation case against Defense Force chief Lieutenant General Rhys Jones in the High…
3 DEAD WHEN BUS CARRYING TEENS CRASHES IN INDIANA
By RICK CALLAHAN Firefighters work to extricate people from a bus crash Saturday, July 27, 2013 in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Fire Department says three people were killed when a bus carrying…