All Stories from June 8, 2012 (Change date)
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Syrian troops bomb rebel-held neighborhood in HomsJun 08, 2012 9:30 am - BEIRUT — Syrian troops on Friday heavily shelled a rebel-held neighborhood in the flash point central city of Homs as the military appeared to be readying to storm the a...
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Stevenson students ace ACT:Jun 08, 2012 9:25 am - Seven Stevenson High School juniors earned top composite scores of 36 on the ACT college-entrance exam in April, school officials announced Friday. The students were: Ya...
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Fonda not taking Cannes glam attention seriouslyJun 08, 2012 9:00 am - NEW YORK — Don't get Jane Fonda wrong. The 74-year-old actress got a thrill when she wowed the fashion crowd at France's Cannes Film Festival in a form-fitting, two-tone...
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Indian believers swallow live fish as asthma cureJun 08, 2012 8:58 am - HYDERABAD, India — Tens of thousands of asthma-sufferers mobbed a southern Indian stadium Friday to swallow live sardines smeared with a yellow herbal paste they believe...
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UK’s Cameron to face media ethics inquiryJun 08, 2012 8:57 am - LONDON — British media ethics inquiry said Friday that Prime Minister David Cameron will give evidence next week, amid questions over his ties to a number of suspects in...
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NATO apologizes for deaths in Afghan airstrikeJun 08, 2012 8:57 am - PATROL BASE PUL-I-ALAM, Afghanistan — The commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan apologized Friday for civilian deaths in a coalition airstrike earlier this week...
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Obama: Congress, Europe must stem economic crisisJun 08, 2012 8:32 am - WASHINGTON — The economy at risk, President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Friday of pursuing policies that would weaken the U.S. recovery, and he simultaneously ur...
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2nd motorcyclist dies in Fond du Lac Co. crashJun 08, 2012 8:27 am - FOND DU LAC, Wis. — A second motorcyclist has died in an eastern Wisconsin crash that injured many of the other riders in his group from Michigan. Fond du Lac (FON’-duh...
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Home Gardens man to stand trial in threat caseJun 08, 2012 8:27 am - DANVILLE — A 56-year-old central Illinois man has pleaded not guilty after prosecutors in Vermilion County accused him of threatening to shoot a judge over the Memorial ...
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Police shoot SE Indiana man after armed standoffJun 08, 2012 8:27 am - LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. — Police shot and arrested a 31-year-old man in a southeastern Indiana town early Friday morning, bringing to an end an overnight standoff that trigge...