CAMPAIGN SEEKS TO PUSH SEATTLE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP FILE — In this Aug. 1, 2013 file photo, Seattle police officers take Caroline Durocher, center, into custody after Durocher sat in a downtown intersection during…
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AUTHORITIES: MEN SMUGGLED GUNS TO NYC ON B– USES
By TOM HAYS New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly looks at some of the guns seized as part of gun smuggling between the Carolinas and New York, Monday, Aug. 19,…
AP INTERVIEW: TOP IRAN ADVISER REACHES OUT TO WEST
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI In this Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013 photo, Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, gives an interview to The Associated…
UK LAWMAKER ARRESTED AT ANTI-FRACKING PROTEST
Activists link arms to resist police officers who were trying clear the road outside the main entrance to the Cuadrilla exploratory drilling site in Balcombe, southeast England , as anti…
OIL FALLS BELOW $107 AS STOCK MARKETS STALL
By PABLO GORONDI Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a protest in Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. Heavy gunfire rang out…
GERMANY: MAN TAKES 3 HOSTAGES AT CITY HALL
Onlookers stand in front of the city hall in Ingolstadt, Germany, Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, after a man has taken several hostages in the city hall of Ingolstadt. Police spokesman…
TRAIN KILLS 37 PILGRIMS IN EASTERN INDIA
By INDRAJIT SINGH Coaches of the Rajya Rani Express train burn after a mob set it on fire as it ran over a group of Hindu pilgrims at a crowded…
ISRAEL QUIETLY MAINTAINS TIES WITH EGYPTIAN ARMY
By JOSEF FEDERMAN FILE – In this file photo taken Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, an Egyptian Army soldier takes his position on top of an armored vehicle while guarding an…