Toronto council poised to strip mayor of powers
By DAVID CRARY and ROB GILLIES Toronto Mayor Rob Ford attends a council meeting as councillors look to pass motions to limit his powers in Toronto on Monday Nov. 18,…
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Video shows near-vertical crash of Russian plane
By VLADIMIR KONDRASHOV and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV In this photo provided by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, firefighters and rescuers work at the crash site of a Russian passenger airliner near Kazan,…
Public exhibit of St. Peter relics revives debate
By NICOLE WINFIELD FILE – In this April 1, 2013 file photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis, followed by Cardinal Angelo Comastri, right, visits the…
4 Somali gunmen in Kenya mall attack ID’d
By JASON STRAZIUSO FILE – In this Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013 file photo, a security officer helps a wounded woman outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, after gunmen threw…
Fed stimulus, China reform promises buoy stocks
By SARAH DiLORENZO A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the Standard & Poor’s 500 index above 1,800, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. The DJIA…
Ex-Mayor Ed Koch’s furniture, art at NYC auction
This undated photo provided by Doyle New York shows a burgundy leather club chair and ottoman which belonged to former Mayor Ed Koch, and will now be sold at auction.…
Michael White plots expansion like a Roman emperor
By JOCELYN NOVECK This book cover image released by Ballantine Books shows Michael White with a wheel of cheese to be used for a dish from his book “Classico E…
Photographer shot at French newspaper office
By GREG KELLER and ANGELA CHARLTON Riot police vans drive down the Champs Elysees avenue after a gunman opened fire in the lobby of Liberation newspaper in Paris, Monday, Nov.…