CNN Site Map for Section US (Galleries) for August - 2013
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- 2013-08-29It's a panda in a blanket! Panda "A" has darker markings and a narrower band. That's one way the zoo can tell the twins apart.
- 2013-08-28The 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1968 Fair Housing Act: Landmark legislation that ended legalized segregation and had impact far beyond race.
- 2013-08-28Members of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr's family ring a bell on Wednesday, August 28, as President Barack Obama watches, during the Let Freedom Ring Commemoration and Call to Action to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington fo
- 2013-08-28The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd near the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. On the 50th anniversary of this historic civil rights event, we take a look back through rarely-seen color
- 2013-08-26President Barack Obama awards U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ty M. Carter the Medal of Honor on Monday, August 26. Carter received the medal for his courageous actions as a cavalry scout during combat operations in the Kamdesh District of Afghanistan's Nurista
- 2013-08-25Citing an increase in shootings over the last few years, a number of companies have put out products that could help people survive urban attacks when least expected -- in homes, schools and offices. Here's a look at some of the ballistic-resistant p
- 2013-08-23A series of Facebook posts on a closed Facebook page have prompted the suspension of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity on Florida International University's Miami campus.
- 2013-08-23August 28, 1963, was one of the most important days for the civil rights movement. Over 200,000 people gathered on the National Mall in Washington to hear Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Li
- 2013-08-22During Bradley Manning's court-martial, his defense team released a 2010 photo of him dressed as a woman. Manning, the soldier convicted of giving classified state documents to WikiLeaks, intends to begin hormone therapy for gender reassignment and l
- 2013-08-22Businesswoman Dianne York told CNN that San Diego Mayor Bob Filner put his hands on her buttocks during this photo op after a meeting three months ago. York said there were witnesses. She said both her advisers and Filner's were in the room at the ti
- 2013-08-21A policeman walks in front of Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy after a shooting incident in Decatur, Georgia, on Tuesday, August 20. Michael Brandon Hill, 20, opened fire at the school armed with an AK-47 "and a number of other weapons,&qu
- 2013-08-20Firefighters with private contract company Great Basin Fire douse part of the 104,457-acre Beaver Creek Fire in the Baker Creek area of Ketchum, Idaho, on Monday, August 19. The fire has forced the evacuation of several neighborhoods.
- 2013-08-14The pilot and co-pilot of a UPS cargo flight died Wednesday, August 14, when their Airbus A300 crashed on approach to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama.
- 2013-08-14A 60-foot-wide sinkhole formed under a resort in central Florida late on Sunday, August 11, forcing guests out of their rooms as one three-story building collapsed and another slowly sank.
- 2013-08-13James "Whitey" Bulger rose to the top of the notorious Winter Hill gang, prosecutors say, before he went into hiding for more than 16 years after a crooked FBI agent told him in December 1994 he was about to be indicted on federal racketeering c
- 2013-08-11Shooting for six to seven hours from sundown to sunrise, Abe Blair captured this image around just past midnight on August 13, 2012, in Crater Lake, Oregon. "This was my first time watching a meteor shower and this was the image I was hoping to captu
- 2013-08-10An air tanker drops fire retardant on a hot spot as firefighters continue to battle a wildfire on Friday, August 9, near Banning, California.
- 2013-08-09Gregg Looney and his friends work to bring in a 920-pound Bluefin tuna caught a few miles off the coast of Provincetown, Massachusetts, last week.
- 2013-08-09NOAA scientists have come across a wide diversity of sea creatures, like this bobtail squid, in largely unexplored deep-sea canyons off the northeastern U.S. coast. The Okeanos Explorer left port for the first set of dives in July. Watch live video and fo
- 2013-08-08On Tuesday, August 6, the Navy announced that despite the demand for attack submarines being "as strong as ever," the USS Miami is being deactivated because the repairs are too costly. The submarine was damaged in 2012 after worker Casey James F
- 2013-08-08Hoping to distract Yankee catcher Yogi Berra and disrupt the pitcher, Bob Turley, Jackie Robinson dances off of third base during the third game of the 1955 World Series at Ebbets Field. Brooklyn won the game, 8-3, and went on to win the Series.
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- 2013-08-07Thousands of people are reported missing every day in the United States. Phoenix Coldon, 23, of St. Louis was last seen in December 2011 sitting in her parked car. If you have seen Phoenix or any of the faces in this gallery, please contact your local FBI
- 2013-08-07Bernie Kozen stands near the scene of Monday's shooting on Tuesday, August 6, in rural Pennsylvania. Kozen, a local parks director, is being hailed as a hero for stopping the alleged gunman, Rockne Newell, who opened fire at a town council meeting in
- 2013-08-07Hasta el miércoles 7 de agosto de 2013 existió la vivienda de Ariel Castro, en Cleveland; una casa del horror que fue demolida tras descubrirse que allí vivieron secuestradas tres jóvenes durante una década.
- 2013-08-06The Washington Post Company announced on Monday, August 5, that it was selling its newspaper business to Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos for $250 million. Bezos says he understands "the critical role the Post plays in Washington, D.C., and our nation.&
- 2013-08-05Kendra Gill, who was crowned Miss Riverton in June, and three others are alleged to have thrown explosive devices.
- 2013-08-03Three men -- two inmates and a civilian accomplice -- have been charged with Introduction of contraband into the Pinellas County Jail in Florida. The bag and contraband were discovered hanging outside the fourth floor.
- 2013-08-03Three people were injured during a planned implosion at the Kern Power Plant in Bakersfield, California, early Saturday, August 3, police said.
- 2013-08-01Ariel Castro's sentencing for the kidnapping and rape of three women in Ohio will be issued Thursday, August 1. During the trial, the prosecution presented images from inside the house that reveal the disturbing conditions in which they were held. A