All Stories from May 31, 2012 (Change date)
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Irish soccer fans would spend most on Euro title, survey showsMay 31, 2012 5:40 am - Irish soccer fans would pay the most to see their country win the European Championship title in July, followed by English and Greek supporters, according to a survey co...
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L.A. vote could spell end for plastic grocery bagMay 31, 2012 5:40 am - LOS ANGELES — Ah, the little plastic grocery bag, we hardly got to know you. Although it seems as if the single-use grocery bag, as it’s formally known, has been around ...
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Shootings leave 6 dead in already jittery SeattleMay 31, 2012 5:33 am - SEATTLE — A city already anxious about a recent spate of shootings was rattled further when a man walked into an arts cafe near a Seattle university and opened fire, fat...
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LA judge deciding on trial in attack on Giants fanMay 31, 2012 5:33 am - LOS ANGELES — More than a year after a San Francisco Giants fan was brutally beaten at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium, a judge is hearing evidence to determine if two suspe...
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Clinton: Military action in Syria demands unitMay 31, 2012 5:33 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the U.S. would need international support, including from Russia, for any military action in Syria. ...
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Suicide car bomber kills 5 police in AfghanistanMay 31, 2012 5:33 am - KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle full of explosives outside a district police headquarters in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing five ...
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Students slammed by pickup, 9 hurt in Calif. crashMay 31, 2012 5:33 am - HEMET, Calif. — Eight Southern California teens had just finished one of the final days of their school year when they met with a speeding pickup truck as they walked ac...
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14-year-old Californian wins National Spelling BeeMay 31, 2012 5:33 am - OXON HILL, Md. — Snigdha Nandipati heard a few words she didn’t know during the National Spelling Bee, but never when she stepped to the microphone. Calm and collected t...
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Community rallies to help longtime Wheeling volunteerMay 31, 2012 5:30 am - For more than 30 years Dave Bunda has been giving back to his community, but now he is the one needing help from his friends. Bunda, who’s helped hundreds as a volunteer...
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Smallmouth bass to help map success of DuPage River restorationMay 31, 2012 5:30 am - Roughly 100 smallmouth bass moved into new homes Wednesday at two DuPage County forest preserves along the West Branch of the DuPage River. The bass, which began life se...