FLORIDA GIRL WAS BULLIED FOR MONTHS BEFORE SUICIDE
By TAMARA LUSH In this Sept. 10, 2013 photo, Summer Howard, 19 and Alecia Wilkins, 18, make a poster for Summer’s sister Rebecca Sedwick. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said…
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MO. LAWMAKERS DECIDING VETO OVERRIDE ON GUN BILL
By DAVID A. LIEB Participants applaud during a rally to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a gun bill on the south lawn of the Missouri State Capital in Jefferson…
IRAQ TRIES NOVEL WAYS TO CURB RISING VIOLENCE
By SAMEER N. YACOUB In this picture taken on Sept. 9, 2013, Iraqi army soldiers guard a moat surrounding the oil-rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north…
TRIAL STARTS FOR KENYA DEPUTY PRESIDENT RUTO
By MIKE CORDER Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto, right, awaits the start of his trial in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept.…
ZIMMERMAN, WIFE SAY THE OTHER WAS AGGRESSOR
By KYLE HIGHTOWER and MIKE SCHNEIDER In this June 24, 2013 file photo, George Zimmerman, left, arrives in Seminole circuit court, with his wife Shellie, in Sanford, Fla. Shellie Zimmerman…
CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION RALLY PUSHES FOR POLL PROBE
By SOPHENG CHEANG and JUSTINE DRENNAN Canbidua’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy, center, arrives at the democracy square during a demonstration in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. More than…
4 OF 5 SCHOOLS BEEF UP POLICY AFTER PENN STATE
By EDDIE PELLS FILE – In this Oct. 9, 2012, file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, is taken from the Centre County Courthouse by…
OBAMA OFFERS NEW GUN CONTROL STEPS
By JOSH LEDERMAN FILE – In this April 17, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama puts his arm around former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords before speaking in the Rose Garden…