POPE DRAWS 3M FOR VIGIL AFTER CHASTISING ‘EXODUS’
By NICOLE WINFIELD and JENNY BARCHFIELD Pilgrims and residents gather on Copacabana beach before the arrival of Pope Francis for World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 27, 2013.…
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IN EGYPT BLOODSHED, DOZENS OF MORSI BACKERS KILLED
By AYA BATRAWY and TONY G. GABRIEL The corpse of a supporter for Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi, killed during clashes with security forces at Nasr City, where pro-Morsi protesters…
WIS. AIR SHOW LEADS FIGHT AGAINST FEDERAL FEES
By M.L. JOHNSON FILE – In this July 27, 2011, file photo, people stand in line for a tour of the cockpit aboard “Fifi,” a Boeing B-29 aircraft, at the Experimental…
THOUSANDS IN GERMANY PROTEST NSA SURVEILLANCE
Hundreds of demonstrators protest against supposed surveillance by the US National Security Agency NSA, durung a rally in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday July 27, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Roland Holschneider) BERLIN (AP) —…
POPE TELLS BISHOPS TO GET OUT OF THEIR CHURCHES
By NICOLE WINFIELD An altar boy breaks protocol and runs to embrace Pope Francis during a Stations of the Cross service on the Copacabana beachfront in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday,…
CORRECTION: HONDURAS-DEATH SQUADS STORY
By ALBERTO ARCE FILE – In this undated file image obtained by the Associated Press on Feb. 14, 2013, a man lies on the ground surrounded by unidentified people. On…
ALAN ALDA WANTS SCIENTISTS TO CUT OUT THE JARGON
By FRANK ELTMAN In this Friday, April 26, 2013 photo, actor Alan Alda listens during an interview at Stony Brook University, on New York’s Long Island. The film and television…
REPORT: WORLD TURMOIL MEANS FEWER HAVE FREE PRESS
By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN FILE – In this July 17, 1997 file photo, David Hoffman sits inside his self-built newsstand on Lexington Avenue in New York. According to democracy watchdog…