MISSILE PLAN CHANGES MAY PROVIDE OPENING FOR TALKS
By DESMOND BUTLER Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, March 15, 2013, to announce that the Obama administration will add 14 interceptors to…
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OBAMA: US SHOULD FUND RESEARCH FOR CLEANER CARS
By JOSH LEDERMAN President Barack Obama greets audience members after speaking at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill., Friday, March 15, 2013. Obama traveled to the Chicago area to deliver…
SLOW CHANGES: A STROLL THROUGH 4 PAPACIES
By VICTOR L. SIMPSON FILE – In this March 12, 1939 file photo, Pope Pius XII is being borne on his portable throne, the Sedia gestatoria, on his way to…
MICHELLE BACHELET SAYS SHE’S GOING BACK TO CHILE
By EDITH M. LEDERER FILE – In this Oct. 6, 2008 file photo, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet gestures during the announcement of a new cultural center in Buenos Aires, Argentina.…
ARGENTINE PUBLISHER REISSUES BOOK ON POPE FRANCIS
By ISAAC GARRIDO In this photo released by the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops, Pope Francis, left, is seen aboard a minibus with other Cardinals at the Vatican, the day…
COLO LEGISLATURE OKS EXPANSION OF FIREARMS CHECKS
By KRISTEN WYATT and IVAN MORENO Colorado State Representative Rhonda Fields, speaks to a colleague during a debate period for a gun control bill which she sponsored, inside the Colorado…
HUGO CHAVEZ COFFIN PARADES PAST VENEZUELA’S ILLS
By JACK CHANG and E. EDUARDO CASTILLO The coffin containing the remains of Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez is carried from the military academy, at the start of a procession…
DOCUMENTARY LAYS BARE MORTON’S WRONGFUL CONVICTION
By WILL WEISSERT In this Feb. 4, 2013 file photo, Michael Morton, freed in 2011 after spending 25 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, takes the…