A NEW IDEA FOR SPACE TOURISM: BALLOON OVER ROCKET
By SETH BORENSTEIN This artist’s rendering provided by World View Enterprises on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 shows their design for a capsule lifted by a high-altitude balloon up 19 miles…
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RELATIVE: EGYPTIAN FAMILY REJECTS ISRAEL HONOR
By MARIAM RIZK and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER FILE – In this Monday Sept. 30, 2013 file photo, Irena Steinfeldt, an official at Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, shows a certificate recognizing…
CHEAPSIDE HOARD PUTS 17TH-CENTURY BLING ON DISPLAY
By JILL LAWLESS In this Monday, Oct. 7, 2013 photo, a gilt-brass and enamel clock-watch with alarm and calendar made by Gaultier Ferlite is seen on display in an exhibition…
POLL: NO HEROES IN SHUTDOWN, GOP GETS MOST BLAME
By CALVIN WOODWARD and JENNIFER AGIESTA Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. stands on the Senate steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, during a news…
SHUTDOWN IMPACT: DEFENSE WORKERS RETURN TO WORK
Protestors hold signs during a during an event with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, as the budget battle…
POLICE SHOOT DRIVER OUTSIDE CAPITOL AFTER CHASE
By BRADLEY KLAPPER and LAURIE KELLMAN This view from the Russell Senate Office Building shows police converging on the scene of a shooting on Constitution Avenue on Capitol Hill near…
GENERAL SAYS EGYPT SHOULD KEEP TO TRANSITION PLAN
By SARAH EL DEEB A supporter of Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi hangs a poster with Arabic that reads, “Sissi you are a gift from God, your people are here…
AMERICANS ANXIOUS, IRRITATED AS GOV’T SHUTS DOWN
By DEEPTI HAJELA A sign explaining the closing of the Library of Congress is posted outside the Library of Congress in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation…