All Stories from May 30, 2012 (Change date)
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Ex-Cameron aide detained over alleged perjuryMay 30, 2012 9:11 am - LONDON — The former top media adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron was detained Wednesday on suspicion of perjury in the trial of a flamboyant ex-Scottish lawmaker — ...
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U.S. levies new sanctions on key Syrian bankMay 30, 2012 9:11 am - WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department is levying sanctions on a key Syrian bank as it seeks to ratchet up economic pressure on President Bashar Assad’s regime. Treasury ...
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Obama's health care aid to small firms disappointsMay 30, 2012 9:00 am - WASHINGTON — It seemed like a good idea at the time. But a health insurance tax credit for small businesses, part of President Barack Obama's health care law that gets s...
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Judges sentence Charles Taylor to 50 yearsMay 30, 2012 9:00 am - LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands — International judges sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison Wednesday, saying he was responsible for “some ...
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Ex-Rutgers student in webcam case to go to jailMay 30, 2012 8:41 am - NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A day after apologizing for the first time, a former Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate gave up his ...
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South Africa’s Mandela celebrates party’s 100thMay 30, 2012 8:41 am - JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress has brought its centenary celebrations to his home village in eastern South Africa. A delegation led by the gov...
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National Spelling Bee begins with ‘witticism’May 30, 2012 8:41 am - OXON HILL, Md. — The 85th National Spelling Bee is under way. Thirteen-year-old Kevin Lazenby of Opelika, Ala., stepped to the microphone Wednesday morning at a conventi...
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World chess champion Anand retains title in tiebreakerMay 30, 2012 8:41 am - MOSCOW — World chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India has retained his title, beating Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand 2.5-1.5 in a rapid tiebreaker round of four gam...
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You can still register for Mid-Am Canoe & Kayak RaceMay 30, 2012 8:25 am - The Fox River has provided me a lifetime of recreation — four decades worth that started with boyhood fishing adventures and has evolved into bird-watching kayak trips t...
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Rose Fest returns to unite neighbors, help communityMay 30, 2012 8:24 am - Bob Jilke jokes that he stopped counting after his first 15 years of coordinating the Roselle Lions Club annual Rose Festival, but, really, he’s been at it for 25 years ...