JESSE JACKSON JR. SAYS HE’S SORRY FOR HIS CRIMES
By MICHAEL TARM and FREDERIC J. FROMMER Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandra, arrive at federal court in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, to learn their…
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POLICE KILL LA. BANK HOSTAGE TAKER; 1 HOSTAGE DIES
By HOLBROOK MOHR Investigators work throughout the early morning hours Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 at the Tensas State Bank branch in St. Joseph, La., where a gunman took three people…
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS PULLS OUT OF SOMALIA
By JASON STRAZIUSO Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) International President Dr. Unni Karunakara addresses journalists during a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. The aid group Doctors Without…
MANNING TO SPEAK AT HIS SENTENCING HEARING
By DAVID DISHNEAU FILE – In this July 30, 2013 file photo, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md. Manning is expected to…
OFFICIALS: 56 KILLED IN EGYPT, MOST IN CAIRO
By HAMZA HENDAWI and MAGGIE MICHAEL Egyptian security forces clear a sit-in camp set up by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Nasr City district, Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday,…
AIR FORCE NUCLEAR UNIT FAILS KEY SECURITY TEST
AIR FORCE NUCLEAR UNIT FAILS KEY SECURITY TEST In this image released by the U.S. Air Force, a Malmstrom Air Force Base missile maintenance team removes the upper section of…
POACHERS KILL RHINO IN NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK
By JASON STRAZIUSO EDITORS NOTE GRAPHIC IMAGE – In this photo of Sunday Aug. 10, 2013 provided by Kenya Wildlife Services a dead rhino killed by poaches in Nairobi National…
MUSK’S ‘HYPERLOOP’ TRANSPORT IDEA HAS SCI-FI FEEL
By JUSTIN PRITCHARD An image released by Tesla Motors, is a conceptual design rendering of the Hyperloop passenger transport capsule. Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 unveiled…