All Stories from June 14, 2012 (Change date)
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McDonald’s sending Addison sisters to Summer OlympicsJun 14, 2012 9:53 am - Katie O’Brien sometimes likes to pretend she’s a dinosaur and her broccoli is a tree as she bites the head off. That’s just one of the ways the 8-year-old Addison girl ...
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Pilot makes emergency landing in Cary fieldJun 14, 2012 9:47 am - Officials are still investigating the reason why a plane had to make an emergency landing in a field near Cary Wednesday evening. Wendy Kummerer, spokeswoman from the M...
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A glance at Russian arms sales to SyriaJun 14, 2012 9:42 am - MOSCOW — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has accused Russia of sending attack helicopters to Syria, warning that the shipment “will escalate the conflict ...
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Hoax promising Taco Bell disappoints Alaska townJun 14, 2012 9:42 am - BETHEL, Alaska — Some residents in Bethel, Alaska, may have thought their pleas of, “Yo quiero, Taco Bell!” had finally been heard. Yellow fliers announcing the opening ...
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Texas man in stand-your-ground case could get lifeJun 14, 2012 9:42 am - HOUSTON — A retired Houston-area firefighter faces up to life in prison after a jury convicted him of murder for gunning down his unarmed neighbor during a dispute over ...
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Ariz. asks for haikus to promote dust storm safetyJun 14, 2012 9:42 am - PHOENIX — Arizona transportation officials are getting the message out about dust storm safety — in precisely 17 syllables. The Arizona Department of Transportation is e...
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Dueling speeches, big day: Obama, Romney in OhioJun 14, 2012 9:42 am - WASHINGTON — Dueling from down the road, President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney on Thursday will offer deeply contrasting visions for how to fix the slu...
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50 aid groups demand Israel lift Gaza blockadeJun 14, 2012 9:23 am - GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Fifty international aid groups and U.N. agencies on Thursday urged Israel to open Gaza’s borders, saying its border blockade violates internation...
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Police: W. Pa. man blamed dog for apartment arsonJun 14, 2012 9:23 am - LILLY, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania man who blamed his dog for causing an apartment fire has been jailed on charges that he set the blaze himself. The Tribune-Democrat o...
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UN observers enter mountainous enclave in SyriaJun 14, 2012 9:23 am - DAMASCUS, Syria — A team of United Nations observers entered the Syrian town of Haffa Thursday after government troops overran the area near the Mediterranean coast, sei...