OBAMA TO TAP CHARLOTTE MAYOR TO RUN TRANSPORTATION
By JULIE PACE FILE – In this Sept. 4, 2012 file photo, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. President Barack Obama on Monday will…
Government appointments and nominations
ARGENTINE CONGRESS AIMS TO ‘DEMOCRATIZE’ COURTS
By MICHAEL WARREN A man wearing a mask on his head takes a picture of the Congress as he protests the comprehensive judicial reform proposed by President Cristina Fernandez in…
NAPOLITANO RE-ELECTED ITALY’S PRESIDENT
NAPOLITANO RE-ELECTED ITALY’S PRESIDENT FILE – In this Feb. 28, 2013 file photo Italian President Giorgio Napolitano arrives for a meeting with German President Joachim Gauck at Bellevue Palace in…
EGYPT’S MORSI TO RESHUFFLE CABINET AMID TURMOIL
Associated Press FILE – In this Friday, July 13, 2012 file photo, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi holds a joint news conference with Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, unseen, at the Presidential…
OBAMA WITHDRAWS APPEALS COURT PICK
By JOSH LEDERMAN FILE – This April 27, 2005 file photo shows Caitlin J. Halligan, in the Court of Appeals in Albany, N.Y. Obama withdrew his nomination of Halligan to…
12 CANDIDATES FOR SYRIAN REBEL INTERIM PREMIER
By BARBARA SURK In this citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, anti-Syrian regime protesters raise…
NEW JUDGE NAMED FOR FORMER MASS. MOBSTER’S TRIAL
FILE – This June 23, 2011 file booking photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows James “Whitey” Bulger. A new judge has been named to preside over the trial…
AP SOURCE: OBAMA POISED TO PICK PEREZ FOR LABOR
By JIM KUHNHENN and SAM HANANEL FILE – In this Thursday, May 10, 2012 file photo, United States Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, left, who heads up the civil rights…