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Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, right, welcomes conservative former interior minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Eurokinissi, Giorgos Kontarinis)

Greece readies proposal; Germany skeptical, U.S. concerned

By Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

Greece, creditors open to compromise but deal still far off

By Derek Gatopoulos and Pan Pylas - Associated Press

A woman waves a Greek flag during a speech by the leader of Syriza left-wing party Alexis Tsipras outside Athens University Headquarters, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. A triumphant Alexis Tsipras told Greeks that his radical left Syriza party's win in Sunday's early general election meant an end to austerity and humiliation and that the country's regular and often fraught debt inspections were a thing of the past. "Today the Greek people have made history. Hope has made history," Tsipras said in his victory speech at a conference hall in central Athens. (AP Photo/Fotis Plegas G.)

PETER MORICI: Now Greeks should dump the Euro

By Peter Morici

Leader of Syriza left-wing party Alexis Tsipras reacts as his supporters gather outside Athens University Headquarters in Athens, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Alexis Tsipras sworn in as new Greek prime minister

By Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece's Syriza left-wing main opposition party, waves to his supporters as he arrives for a pre-election speech at Omonia Square in Athens Thursday. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' New Democracy party has failed so far to overcome a gap in opinion polls with the anti-bailout Syriza party ahead of the Jan. 25 general election. (Associated Press)

Greece’s ties to EU strained by surge from left

By Jacob Resneck - Special to the Washington Times

Shoppers look at the windows of a leather goods shop in central Athens. The deep recession has devastated Greece's commercial sector.

Greece financial crisis: Entrepreneurs overcome long odds, succeed amid chaos

By Polyxeni Athanasoulia and Nikolia Apostolou - Special to The Washington Times

Nikos Michaloliakos, the jailed leader of the extreme right Golden Dawn party, centre, signals against the government, at the parliament in Athens on Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. Parliament failed to elect a new Greek president after three rounds of voting, triggering an early general election on Jan. 25, which could see a pro-bailout coalition lose power. Michaloliakos is awaiting trial on charges of membership of a criminal organization. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece heads for early election, stoking financial concerns

By Elena Becatoros and Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

An undated handout image released by the British Museum of a headless sculpture of the river god Ilissos. The British Museum has loaned the sculpture, one of the Elgin Marbles, to the Hermitage Museum in Russia, the first time one of the Parthenon sculptures has been lent. The trustees said Friday the marble sculpture of the river god Ilissos —a reclining male figure from the West Pediment of the Parthenon, will be part of a major exhibition on Greek art. The Hermitage is marking its 250th anniversary. (AP Photo/British Museum)

Greek PM outraged by British Museum sculpture loan

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Forest Service obtains Trail of Tears land

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Civil War statue refurbished in northeast Georgia

By JIM THOMPSON - Associated Press

Greece's captains Giorgos Karagounis, right, and Kostas Katsouranis fight for the ball during a training session in Athens on Thursday, May 29, 2014. Greece trained for the last time in Athens before its departure on Friday abroad for preparations ahead the World Cup. The Greeks face Portugal Saturday in the first of three warm-up matches, and will arrive at the sports camp in Aracaju, Brazil on Saturday, June 7. Greece will play in Group C, against Colombia, Japan and Ivory Coast at the World Cup in Brazil. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Brazil a bonus for crisis-hit Greece

By BY DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press

Greece's coach Fernando Santos, left, of Portugal watches his players during a training session in Athens on Thursday, May 29, 2014. Greece trained for the last time in Athens before its departure on Friday abroad for preparations ahead the World Cup. The Greeks face Portugal Saturday in the first of three warm-up matches, and will arrive at the sports camp in Aracaju, Brazil on Saturday, June 7. Greece will play in Group C, against Colombia, Japan and Ivory Coast at the World Cup in Brazil. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

‘Engineer’ finds blueprint for Greek success

By DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press

Fire smoldering at East Texas fertilizer lot

Associated Press

Ohio programs win funds to help drug-addicted moms

By ANN SANNER - Associated Press

Greece's left-wing opposition leader Alexis Tsipras greets supporters at his party's main election rally in central Athens Thursday, May 22, 2014 Tsipras's anti-bailout Syriza party has extended its lead ahead of weekend voting in local government and European elections, and is vowing to scrap international agreements that rescued the country&#8217;s economy from bankruptcy but imposed harsh austerity measures. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greek left-wing party leads in polls, vows to topple government

Associated Press

Oklahoma's Guillermo Alcorta returns a shot to Southern California's Connor Farren and Roberto Quiroz during a men's doubles match in the NCAA Division I team tennis championships, Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Southern California wins 21st national title

By GEORGE HENRY - Associated Press

Hice, Collins in GOP runoff for Broun’s House seat

Associated Press

2 firms announce expansion plans in Alabama

Associated Press

Winners announced in ‘13 OAPME newspaper contest

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