CENSUS: RECORD 1 IN 3 US COUNTIES ARE NOW DYING
By HOPE YEN FILE – In this Feb. 9, 2011, file photo, a coal truck drives out of downtown Welch, W.Va. A record number of U.S. counties _ more than…
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A SLOWLY UNFOLDING MYSTERY FOR MEDIA
By DAVID BAUDER A reader looks at the first edition of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano after the election of Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church,…
OBAMA SENDS PRAYERS, WARM WISHES TO NEW POPE
By JOSH LEDERMAN Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who chose the…
VATICAN: VICTIM GROUP WRONG TO CRITICIZE CARDINALS
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican spokesman says a group representing church sex abuse victims is acting out of “negative prejudices” when criticizing cardinals. The Reverend Federico Lombardi was responding…
CARDINALS LOCKED INTO SISTINE CHAPEL TO PICK POPE
By NICOLE WINFIELD Cardinals attend a Mass for the election of a new pope celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Sodano inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 12, 2013.…
WHITE PROMISES “UNRELENTING” ENFORCEMENT AT SEC
By MARCY GORDON FILE – In this Jan. 24, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama listens as Mary Joe White speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House…
CHICAGO INFANT SHOT 5 TIMES DIES; DAD IN CRITICAL
By DON BABWIN In this Monday, March 11, 2013 photo, Contoria Powers, cries while talking on a cell phone after her 6-month-old cousin, Jonylah Watkins, was shot five times while…
OBAMA FRIEND OR FOE? MCCAIN CHARTS HIS COURSE
By DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this March 7, 2013 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republican McCain is a walking contradiction,…