All Stories from August 17, 2012 (Change date)
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Obama campaign offers Romney 5-year tax disclosureAug 17, 2012 9:12 am - GREENVILLE, S.C. — Barack Obama’s re-election campaign kept up pressure against Republican rival Mitt Romney on two fronts Friday, launching a new ad defending the presi...
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Quinn says he’ll take pension reform to the peopleAug 17, 2012 9:09 am - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn’s weeks of calls for lawmakers to cut public pensions ended in failure for the governor Friday, with lawmakers leaving town without a plan r...
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Attack shows need for Pakistani Taliban offensiveAug 17, 2012 9:02 am - ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani Taliban’s brazen attack on a major air force base near the capital underscores the need for the Pakistani army’s planned offensive against the ...
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Pakistan: Bomb hits bus carrying Shiites, 1 killedAug 17, 2012 9:02 am - KARACHI, Pakistan — A bomb hit a bus carrying Shiite Muslims students in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi on Friday, killing one person in what appeared to be the lat...
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Kenny the Clown had late Steve Jobs’ stolen iPadAug 17, 2012 9:00 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Imagine the potential treasures inside the stolen iPad of the late Steve Jobs: Secret corporate documents, personal correspondence and maybe even gam...
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South Africa police kill 34 miners, wound 78Aug 17, 2012 9:00 am - JOHANNESBURG — Frantic wives searched for missing loved ones, President Jacob Zuma rushed home from a regional summit and some miners vowed a fight to the death Friday a...
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Another Afghan police attack kills 2 U.S. troopsAug 17, 2012 8:28 am - KABUL, Afghanistan — A newly recruited Afghan village policeman opened fire on his American allies on Friday, killing two U.S. service members minutes after they handed ...
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China, U.S. political campaigns show stark contrastsAug 17, 2012 8:28 am - BEIJING — The world’s two biggest economies are entering the final stages of political campaigns to pick their national leaders. But that’s where similarities in the pol...
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Topinka honors Palatine’s Taps Brigade at Illinois State FairAug 17, 2012 8:25 am - A Palatine organization dedicated to performing military funeral honors for veterans and fallen soldiers received a salute of its own this week. Illinois Comptroller Jud...
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Daylong ‘Concert For The Cure’ event coming to McHenryAug 17, 2012 8:22 am - Submitted by North McHenry Relay For Life Committee On Saturday, Aug. 18, the North McHenry Relay For Life Committee has partnered with Stade’s Farm & Market, Star 105.5...