US TAKES AIM AT CHINA, UPS NAVAL AID TO SE ASIA
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. State Secretary John Kerry speaks during a joint press conference with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in Hanoi Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. The United States…
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4 DEAD IN RENEWED VIOLENCE IN BANGLADESH
By JULHAS ALAM Bangladeshi businessmen and others carry white flags as they march calling for peace in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. Many of their businesses suffered because of…
AP-GFK POLL: HEALTH LAW SEEN AS ERODING COVERAGE
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JENNIFER AGIESTA FILE – In this Dec. 4, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the new health care law during a…
BUDGET DEAL MAY SIGNAL ERA OF TINY ACHIEVEMENTS
By CHARLES BABINGTON FILE – In this Oct. 4, 2013 file photo, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, is joined by Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, left, during a news…
SHERIFF: COLO. GUNMAN PLANNED TO HURT MORE PEOPLE
By DAN ELLIOTT and P. SOLOMON BANDA A deputy of the Arapahoe County, Colo., Sheriff’s Department walks next to crime scene tape in front of a doorway to Arapahoe High…
DESMOND TUTU HOME ROBBED; WAS AT MANDELA MEMORIAL
By RAY FAURE Retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks at the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in Soweto near Johannesburg, Tuesday, Dec.…
POPE FRANCIS IS TIME’S PERSON OF THE YEAR
By DAVID BAUDER Pope Francis, Time magazine’s 2013 Person of the Year, is seen an undated photo of the magazine cover provided by Time, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. Time said…
GIRLFRIEND WANTS CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST ZIMMERMAN
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and CURT ANDERSON FILE – In this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, file photo, George Zimmerman, acquitted in the high-profile killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, listens…