All Stories from August 16, 2013 (Change date)
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Three-day marijuana festival starts at Seattle parkAug 17, 2013 12:39 pm - SEATTLE — Thousands streamed into a Seattle waterfront park Friday for the opening of a three-day marijuana festival — an event that is part party, part protest and part...
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Bombings around Iraq's capital kill 7 people AP Photo BAG102Aug 16, 2013 8:52 pm - Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials in Iraq say two bombings around the capital, Baghdad, have killed seven people. Police officials said that the deadlier of the ...
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Aug 16, 2013 8:53 pm - BC-LT--Mexico-Earthquake, 2nd Ld-Writethru,149 Earthquake shakes Mexican capital MEXICO CITY (AP) — A moderate earthquake shook Mexico's capital Friday but caused no imm...
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BC-US--Egypt-International Companies,136 Companies halt operations amid violence in EgyptAug 16, 2013 8:53 pm - A number of international companies are suspending operations in Egypt as three days of violent clashes make the streets unsafe in Cairo. Electrolux, General Motors, Roy...
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BC-ML--Lebanon, 5th Ld-Writethru,594 Beirut bomb ups fear of fallout from Syria war AP Photo BEI148, BEI147, BEI138, BEI105, BEI125, BEI101, BEI145, BEI103, BEI108, BEI106, BEI104, BEI130, BEI129, BEI131, BEI128, BEI127, BEI115, BEI138, BEI141, BEI114Aug 16, 2013 8:53 pm - Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah's leader blamed Sunni extremists Friday for a car bombing that killed 22 people in a Shiite neighborhood south of Beirut, height...
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Schools must teach birth control in sex edAug 16, 2013 8:41 pm - Students in Illinois public schools that teach sex education will now be taught about birth control and sexually transmitted diseases — not just abstinence. Gov. Pat Qui...
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Ferry sinks in collision in Philippines; 24 deadAug 17, 2013 10:16 am - MANILA, Philippines — A ferry with more than 800 people aboard sank near the central Philippine port of Cebu after colliding with a cargo vessel, killing at least 24 peo...
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Crystal Lake South to finish, use bleachers while lawsuit proceedsAug 17, 2013 9:49 am - Attorneys agreed Friday to allow Community Unit School District 155 to complete a $1.2 million bleacher expansion at Crystal Lake South High School while a lawsuit is pr...
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Robin Thicke heads to court over ‘Blurred Lines’Aug 16, 2013 7:12 pm - LOS ANGELES — Robin Thicke is asking a federal judge to determine his song “Blurred Lines” doesn’t copy from elements of two other songs. Attorneys for Thicke and the s...