SPELLING BEE KIDS WILL HAVE TO KNOW DEFINITIONS
By JOSEPH WHITE FILE – In this May 29, 2012 file photo, contestants in the National Spelling Bee take the written exam on computers in Oxon Hill, Md., before the…
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SHOULD YOU HAVE ROBOTIC SURGERY? PL– USES, MIN– USES
By LINDSEY TANNER In this March 22, 2013 photo, Dr. Pier Giulianotti, chief of minimally invasive and robotic surgery at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System in…
NTSB: PILOT’S TEXTING CONTRIBUTED TO COPTER CRASH
By JOAN LOWY This photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board, shows the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed near Mosby, Mo., on Aug. 26, 2011. The pilot of…
STEPHEN COLBERT LURES BILL CLINTON TO TWITTER
FILE – This April 6, 2013 file photo shows former President Bill Clinton, left, and Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert during the Clinton Global Initiative at Washington University in St. Louis.…
GUATEMALA WAR TRIAL PUTS PAST CLOSER TO PRESIDENT
By SONIA PEREZ DIAZ FILE – In this Jan. 15, 2012 file photo, Guatemala’s President Otto Perez Molina attends a military ceremony in Guatemala City. President and former General, Perez…
EGYPT’S CHRISTIAN POPE BLASTS ISLAMIST PRESIDENT
By HAMZA HENDAWI FILE – In this Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 file photo, Egypt’s Coptic Christian Pope, Tawadros II speaks to The Associated Press in the province of Assiut, Egypt.…
VOTERS TO CHOOSE JACKSON JR.’S HO– USE SUCCESSOR
By SOPHIA TAREEN FILE – In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, Robin Kelly celebrates her special primary election win in Matteson, Ill., for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District seat, once…
ADMIRAL SAYS NORTH KOREA IS DIRECT THREAT TO US
By DONNA CASSATA and RICHARD LARDNER U.S. Army soldiers prepare for an exercise during their annual military drills with South Korea in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North…