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Small group of protesters urges jobs not war

Small group of protesters urges jobs not war

Associated Press · January 21, 2013 5:00 am

Algerian firemen carry a coffin containing the body of a person killed during the hostage situation in a gas plant at the morgue in Ain Amenas, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. At least 81 people have been reported dead, including 32 Islamist militants, after a bloody, four-day hostage situation at Algeria's remote Ain Amenas natural gas plant. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)

Inside job, 2 Canadian militants in Algerian siege

Associated Press · January 21, 2013 5:00 am

President Barack Obama talks to Beyonce before she sings the National Anthem at his ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Stars rub shoulders with politicos at inauguration

Associated Press · January 21, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2011, file photo, celebrity chef Art Smith discusses a healthy journey to wellness during an interview with The Associated Press in Miami Beach, Fla., at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. Smith served as Oprah Winfrey's personal chef and a Top Chef contestant. Smith is one of 6 chefs hosting the first Chef's Ball on Jan. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)

Chefs hail 1st foodies with inauguration salute

Associated Press · January 19, 2013 5:00 am

This April 19, 2005 photo released by Statoil via NTB scanpix, shows the Ain Amenas gas field in Algeria, where Islamist militants raided and took hostages Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013. As Algerian army helicopters clattered overhead deep in the Sahara desert, Islamist militants hunkered down for the night in the natural gas complex they had assaulted Wednesday morning, killing two people and taking dozens of foreigners hostage in what could be the first spillover from France's intervention in Mali. (AP Photo/Kjetil Alsvik, Statoil via NTB scanpix) NORWAY OUT

State Dept.: 1 American dead in Algerian standoff

Associated Press, Bradley Klapper · January 19, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2011, file photo, celebrity chef Art Smith discusses a healthy journey to wellness during an interview with The Associated Press in Miami Beach, Fla., at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. Smith served as Oprah Winfrey's personal chef and a Top Chef contestant. Smith is one of 6 chefs hosting the first Chef's Ball on Jan. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)

Chefs hail 1st foodies with inauguration salute

Associated Press · January 19, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - This May 1, 2011 file photo shows Duff Goldman, the cake master behind Food Network's reality show "Ace of Cakes," speaking in Los Angeles. Goldman is making the cake for President Barack Obama's Commander-in-Chief's Ball. Goldman's Charm City Cakes bakery said Saturday that it will bake a cake for the ball, one of two official inaugural balls the president will attend. (AP Photo/Katy Winn, File)

‘Ace of Cakes’ bakes the Obama inauguration cake

Associated Press · January 19, 2013 5:00 am

A closer look at the inauguration schedule

A closer look at the inauguration schedule

Associated Press · January 19, 2013 5:00 am

Explorer’s rare Scotch returned to Antarctic stash

Explorer’s rare Scotch returned to Antarctic stash

Associated Press, Rod McGuirk · January 19, 2013 5:00 am

Manti Te’o tells ESPN: Not involved in creating hoax

Manti Te’o tells ESPN: Not involved in creating hoax

Associated Press · January 19, 2013 5:00 am

Hagerstown police captain will be new chief

Hagerstown police captain will be new chief

Associated Press · January 19, 2013 5:00 am

A presidential vehicle, parked outside the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, sports Washington's "Taxation Without Representation" license plate. The White House has said that President Barack Obama's official vehicles will begin using the symbolic license plates during the inauguration this weekend. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama’s motorcade now sports D.C.’s ‘Taxation Without Representation’ plates

Associated Press · January 19, 2013 5:00 am