Author, journalist Toriano Porter moves forward from death of son, close friends
April 22, 2013 – Independence, MO – One of the first things Toriano Porter did when he received word that his 16-year-old son, Toriano II, was shot and killed Sept.…
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SYRIAN ENVOY: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CAN’T BE TOLERATED
By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN Bashar Ja’afari, Syria’s U.N. ambassador, gestures as he speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at United Nations headquarters. Bashar Ja’afari says the use…
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SIMPLIFIES HEALTH CARE FORM
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR FILE – This April 10, 2013 file photo shows Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner speaking during a news conference at the Health…
KARZAI: US GIVES FUNDS TO NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, right, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai shake hands in Helsinki, Finland Monday, April 29, 2013. Afghan President Karzai arrived to Finland for a working visit Monday.…
MANDELA APPEARS AN AILING MAN IN VIDEO
By MICHELLE FAUL In this image taken from video, the ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Madela is filmed Monday April 29, 2013, more than three weeks after being released from hospital.…
CHRISTIE: OBAMA ‘KEPT EVERY PROMISE’ ON STORM AID
By WAYNE PARRY FILE – In a Thursday, March 21, 2013 file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks to a large gathering in Manasquan, N.J., during a town hall…
WEATHER POSTPONES TRADE CENTER’S ASCENT TO TALLEST
By VERENA DOBNIK FILE – One World Trade Center rises above the lower Manhattan skyline, April 13, 2013 in New York. It is already New York’s tallest building. But when…
OBAMA TO TAP CHARLOTTE MAYOR TO RUN TRANSPORTATION
By JULIE PACE FILE – In this Sept. 4, 2012 file photo, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. President Barack Obama on Monday will…