Undecided, and Holding Little Hope, 20 Miles From City Hall
Date: 27 August 2013
By CARA BUCKLEY
26. august 2013 var en mandag under stjernetegnet for ♍. Det var 237 dag på året. Præsident for USA var Barack Obama.
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Date: 27 August 2013
By CARA BUCKLEY
Date: 27 August 2013
By TYLER KEPNER
Tyler Kepner On Baseball column on New York Mets injured pitcher Matt Harvey, who was expected to lead the team back atop the National League East and beyond; holds so many things can break down for a pitcher, in a game and in his body, that nothing is ever assured.
Date: 27 August 2013
By ZACH SCHONBRUN
Serena Williams defeats Francesca Schiavone in first round of United States Open tennis tournament.
Date: 27 August 2013
By SCOTT SHANE
Justice Department asks full federal appeals court not to hear arguments from lawyers for New York Times reporter James Risen, who has been subpoenaed to testify in a leak case.
Date: 27 August 2013
By KATE TAYLOR
New York City Council Speaker Christine C Quinn, only woman in crowded field of Democratic candidates for New York City mayor, is making a concerted effort to reach out to female voters as primary election nears; she is attending events that highlight her interest in women's issues and her support from prominent women.
Date: 27 August 2013
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
San Francisco officials are planning how to divert water from other sources in case their main reservoir Hetch Hetchy becomes unfit for consumption due to wildfire burning deeper into Yosemite National Park; scientists say water that exceeds turbidity standards will have to be filtered, but large fires in watershed areas can also create longer-term problems for water quality.
Date: 27 August 2013
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
Plaquemine Journal; veterans of the Plaquemine project gather in small Louisiana city 50 years later to recall violent police crackdown on civil-rights demonstration there in days after Martin Luther King's March on Washington.
Date: 27 August 2013
By ANDREW JACOBS
Interviews with rights advocates, Uighur exile groups and residents in Hotan, prefectural capital of Xinjiang, China, reveal a fuller picture of what many describes as one of the most serious outbreaks of violence since ethnic rioting four years earlier; state news media reports that no one died during confrontation between Muslim villagers and armed police officers in township of Hanerik, but exile groups say the death toll may exceed 100.
Date: 27 August 2013
By KIM SEVERSON
Police arrest Blane Nordahl, man believed to be responsible for string of silver burglaries across the South and also for 30 years' worth of antique silver thefts in several states; capture was partly facilitated by Lonnie Mason, retired New Jersey detective who made a career out of chasing the notoriously skillful thief.