HIGH COURT WEIGHS MICHIGAN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BAN
By MARK SHERMAN FILE – In this Nov. 2, 2010, file photo then-Michigan Attorney General-elect Bill Schuette speaks in Detroit. After the Supreme Court ruled a decade ago that race…
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GROWING BACKLASH TO GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE
By The Associated Press Software engineer and entrepreneur Jeff Lyon stands for a photo in San Jose, Calif. on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. Lyon spent Labor Day weekend developing “Flagger,”…
EGYPT: ISLAMIST TO BE TRIED FOR INSULTING JUDGES
By MARIAM RIZK Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against army during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. Thousands of Morsi supporters took to…
SURVIVORS OF NEW MIGRANT TRAGEDY ARRIVE IN MALTA
By STEPHEN CALLEJA and COLLEEN BARRY An officer holds a baby as migrants disembark from a Maltese Navy ship at the Valletta harbor, Malta, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. A Maltese…
SNOWDEN: MASS SURVEILLANCE MAKING US LESS SAFE
In this image made from video released by WikiLeaks on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks during a presentation ceremony for the Sam…
AP INTERVIEW: ISLAMIST LEADER SAYS LIBYA PM FAILED
By MAGGIE MICHAEL FILE – In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013 file photo, Libyan’s Prime Minister Ali Zidan speaks to the media during a press conference in Rabat, Morocco. Zidan…
EGYPT DECRIES US AID FREEZE, SAYS IT’S “INCORRECT”
By HAMZA HENDAWI FILE – In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013, file photo, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, second left, stands with an Egyptian army official before laying a…
4 US WHISTLEBLOWERS MEET SNOWDEN IN MOSCOW
Lon Snowden, left, speaks to The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. Edward Snowden’s father Lon Snowden told Russian television outside the Moscow airport Thursday morning that…