Senate committee OKs Homeland Security nominee
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL FILE – This Nov. 13, 2013 file photo shows Homeland Security Secretary nominee Jeh Johnson testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Homeland Security…
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1 year down: American walking from Africa to Chile
By JASON STRAZIUSO In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 and released by the National Geographic Society on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, journalist Paul Salopek walks across the Afar…
Travel gifts: Keep comfy, organized and connected
By BETH J. HARPAZ This undated image provided by Pakems shows the lightweight, comfy, rubber-soled, water-resistant Pakem shoes in five colors. They come in high and low tops, sell for…
Hot cars at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show
By The Associated Press Matthias Müller, President of the Executive Board, Porsche AG introduces the new Porsche Macan Turbo at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov.…
Russian crash investigators find voice recorder
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV In this photo provided by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, fire fighters and rescuers work at the crash site of a Russian passenger airliner near Kazan, the capital…
Election officials begin counting votes in Nepal
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Nepalese election officials seal the leftover ballot papers after the voting time was over at a polling station in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Nepalis went…
US consumer prices drop 0.1 pct. on cheaper gas
By JOSH BOAK In the Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, photo, price tags hang on merchandise at T.J. Maxx in North Andover, Mass. The government reports on consumer prices for October…
Rio’s Olympic waterways full of trash, sewage
By JENNY BARCHFIELD Small boats sit on the shore of Guanabara Bay in the suburb of Sao Goncalo, across the bay from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013.…