MEXICO BUS DRIVERS IDLE AFTER ‘REVENGE’ KILLINGS
By RICARDO CHAVEZ In this Aug. 29, 2013 photo, forensic workers examine the scene where a bus driver was allegedly killed by a self-styled “bus driver hunter,” in Ciudad Juarez,…
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NY CASE PUTS N-WORD — USE AMONG BLACKS ON TRIAL
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Brandi Johnson, left, and her lawyer, Marjorie M. Sharpe, leave federal court in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, after a civil jury awarded $30,000 in punitive…
MICH. LAWMAKERS GIVE FINAL OK TO EXPAND MEDICAID
By DAVID EGGERT Speaker of the House Jase Bolger watches the voting board as the Michigan House of Representatives votes on the Medicaid expansion bill Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 in…
FRANCE WAITS ON US VOTE OVER SYRIA STRIKES
By RYAN LUCAS In this citizen journalism image provided by the United media office of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians pray…
MO. SLAYING CASE MAY HINGE ON PROPERTY RIGHTS
By JIM SALTER In a Aug. 16, 2013, photo James Crocker, left, is escorted to court for a prelimiary hearing in Steeleville, Mo. Crocker had grown weary of the canoe…
INDIA PASSES $20 BLN LAW TO EXPAND FOOD WELFARE
By KATY DAIGLE FILE – In this Aug. 22,2013 file photo, an Indian schoolgirl eats a free midday meal at a government school on the outskirts of Jammu, India. India…
INDIA SAYS 1 WOMAN KILLED EVERY HOUR OVER DOWRY
FILE – In this Wednesday, July 4, 2007 file photo, Indian woman Pooja Chauhan, in her undergarments and carrying a baseball bat and bangles in her hands, marches to the…
LEGISLATORS GIVE MEXICO LEADER EDUCATION VICTORY
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ FILE – In this May 2, 2013 file photo, Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks during a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico. Teachers’ protests that…