2 Civil War museums in US team up for new center
By STEVE SZKOTAK Christy Coleman, left, director of the American Civil War Center at Tredegar Iron Works, left, and Waite Rawls of the Museum of the Confederacy, pose in front…
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Key Syrian rebel leader dies of wounds
By DIAA HADID In this Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Tawhid Brigade, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Abdul-Qadir Saleh,…
Emerson College to name school after Ron Burgundy
FILE – This 2004 file photo originally released by Paramount Pictures shows Will Ferrell as anchorman Ron Burgundy in “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.” Emerson College is changing the…
US homebuilder confidence holds steady in November
By ALEX VEIGA In this Monday, Nov. 11, 2013, photo, workers build a new home in Pepper Pike, Ohio. National Association of Home Builders releases housing market index for November,…
Zimbabwe’s president: I’m no British clone
By ANGUS SHAW FILE – In this file photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013 Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe inspects the guard of honor during the opening of the first session…
Iowa seeks to rein in use of speed cameras
By RYAN J. FOLEY In this Nov. 12, 2013 photo is a highway sign warning motorists along Interstate 380 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that the speed limit is enforced by…
UN secretary-general visits Auschwitz memorial
United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon , walks along a barbed-wire fence as he visits the former German Nazi Death Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Ban…
South African: archivists study Mandela missives
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA FILE – In this Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008 file photo former president Nelson Mandela, left, and his ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, right, during the unveiling of a statue…