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Former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry, whose four terms were overshadowed by his 1990 arrest after being caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine, died Sunday morning. He was 78.More >>
Divisive and flamboyant, maddening and beloved, Marion Barry outshone every politician in the 40-year history of District of Columbia self-rule. But for many, his legacy was not defined by the accomplishments and failures...More >>
Former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry, whose four terms were overshadowed by his 1990 arrest after being caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine, died Sunday morning. He was 78.More >>
Former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry, whose four terms were overshadowed by his 1990 arrest after being caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine, died Sunday morning. He was 78.More >>
Crews erected barricades around the building where a grand jury has been considering whether to indict the Ferguson police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, even as a grand jury decision seemed unlikely...More >>
Crews erected barricades around the building where a grand jury has been considering whether to indict the Ferguson police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, even as a grand jury decision seemed unlikely this weekend.More >>
Activists, authorities and the family of Michael Brown called for calm as a grand jury drew closer to an announcement in the Ferguson police shooting. But it was unclear whether the panel was still at work or when...More >>
Crews erected barricades Saturday around the building where a grand jury has been considering whether to indict the Ferguson police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, even as a grand jury decision seemed unlikely...More >>
A man set his house on fire and then fatally shot a sheriff's deputy and wounded another Saturday when they responded to the scene, before he was shot to death by other law enforcement officers, authorities said.More >>
A man who had made previous threats against police set his house on fire Saturday and ambushed the first sheriff's deputy who responded, fatally shooting the deputy and wounding another before he was killed by a police...More >>
A government study with significant implications for the U.S. energy industry says the breeding grounds of a struggling bird species need a 3-mile or larger buffer from oil and gas drilling, wind farms and solar...More >>
A government report with significant implications for the U.S. energy industry says a struggling bird species needs a 3-mile buffer between its breeding grounds and oil and gas drilling, wind farms and solar projects.More >>
A snowfall that has brought huge snowdrifts and closed roads around Buffalo is finally expected to stop Friday.More >>
In a story Nov. 21 about the Buffalo snowstorms, The Associated Press reported erroneously that warmer temperatures could make the snow heavier. Warmer temperatures alone would not increase the snow's weight.More >>
After a three-day onslaught that dumped a historic 7 feet of snow on the Buffalo area and killed at least 12 people, the sun came out, but so did predictions of flooding caused by rain and temperatures of up to 60...More >>
Beth Bragg's home was spared the worst of a lake-effect storm that buried parts of the Buffalo area under more than 7 feet of snow. But she was still out first-thing Saturday with her shovel - along with hundreds of...More >>
Uber Technologies is investigating whether one of its general managers violated the popular car-booking service's privacy policies by snooping on a reporter's whereabouts.More >>
Uber Technologies confirmed Wednesday that it is investigating whether one of its general managers violated the popular car-booking service's privacy policies by snooping on a reporter's ride.More >>
The Rev. Al Sharpton is calling for prosecutors to do a thorough investigation into the police killing of an unarmed man in a darkened stairwell at a public housing building in New York City.More >>
Stunned relatives of an unarmed man killed by a rookie police officer in a dark public housing stairwell looked on as the Rev. Al Sharpton and public officials demanded a full investigation Saturday into what law...More >>
White House economists: Obama's immigration steps would expand labor force, boost wagesMore >>
White House economists: Obama's immigration steps would expand labor force, boost wagesMore >>
Defying Republicans, Obama pressing ahead on immigration action; GOP says it will fightMore >>
Defying Republicans, Obama pressing ahead on immigration action; GOP says it will fightMore >>
8 feet? Buried Buffalo braces for more from relentless lake-effect snow machineMore >>
8 feet? Buried Buffalo braces for more from relentless lake-effect snow machineMore >>
Ebola hampers adoptions in West Africa, heightens need for aid to childrenMore >>
Ebola hampers adoptions in West Africa, heightens need for aid to childrenMore >>
European militants have prominent role in Islamic State group's video of beheadingsMore >>
European militants have prominent role in Islamic State group's video of beheadingsMore >>
Family responds after Islamic State beheads US aid worker Peter KassigMore >>
Family responds after Islamic State beheads US aid worker Peter Kassig
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Hopes and fears as sign-up season opens for second year of health law's insurance marketsMore >>
Hopes and fears as sign-up season opens for second year of health law's insurance marketsMore >>
Former Navy SEAL who says he killed bin Laden makes no apologies for going public with missionMore >>
Former Navy SEAL who says he killed bin Laden makes no apologies for going public with missionMore >>
New energy for repeal-Obamacare push: GOP rallies against health adviser's 'stupidity' remarkMore >>
New energy for repeal-Obamacare push: GOP rallies against health adviser's 'stupidity' remarkMore >>
Scientists: Comet lander Philae ends up in cliff's shadow, posing a problem for solar panelsMore >>
Scientists: Comet lander Philae ends up in cliff's shadow, posing a problem for solar panelsMore >>
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) - Tunisians have lined up at polling stations to vote in their North African country's first free and open presidential election.
Sunday's vote marks the long awaited completion of a rocky transition to democracy after Tunisians electrified the region by overthrowing dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011, kicking off the Arab Spring pro-democracy uprisings.
The front runner among the nearly two dozen presidential candidates is 87-year-old Beji Caid Essebsi, a veteran politician from the previous regime who has gained people support with talk of a return to stability after years of economic and political turmoil.
If no candidate gains an outright majority, the vote will go to a run off held in one month.
Alone among the countries of the Arab Spring, Tunisia's transition has remained on track.
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