MERKEL ALLIES APPEAR TO TRIUMPH IN BAVARIA
By GEIR MOULSON German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves during an election campaign event of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Bad Koestritz, central Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013.…
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TEXAS LAW GETS TOUGH ON PUBLIC, PRIVATE DRONE — USE
By WILL WEISSERT This photo provided by the University of Texas shows an unmanned drone used in an experiment run by Todd Humphreys, director of the University of Texas’ Radionavagation…
AFTER COAL, W.VA. PUSH FOR NATURAL GAS TRUST FUND
By BRUCE SCHREINER FILE – A C.S.X. train loaded with coal winds its way into the mountains in this Nov. 21, 2004 file photo taken near the New River at…
MO. LAWMAKERS DECIDING VETO OVERRIDE ON GUN BILL
By DAVID A. LIEB Participants applaud during a rally to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a gun bill on the south lawn of the Missouri State Capital in Jefferson…
GIFT SCANDAL: VA. GOP GOV’S CANDIDATE DONATES $18K
By BOB LEWIS FILE – This Saturday July 20, 2013 file photo Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli answers a question during the Virginia Bar Association convention debate with Democratic challenger…
GREEK HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TO STRIKE OVER JOB CUTS
By DEREK GATOPOULOS University administrative staff members chant slogans outside the Administrative Reform ministry in central Athens against austerity measures that threaten their jobs, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. The…
LEADERS SEEK TO AVOID EARLY CALIF. INMATE RELEASES
By DON THOMPSON FILE — In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, inmates workout in the exercise yard of Housing Unit B at California State Prison, Sacramento, near Folsom, Calif.…
SPITZER, STRINGER PRESS TOWARD PRIMARY IN NYC
By JENNIFER PELTZ FILE – In this Aug. 9, 2013 file pool photo, Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer, left, and former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, both Democrats, participate in…