All Stories from August 18, 2012 (Change date)
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John Lennon’s killer again up for paroleAug 18, 2012 5:04 pm - ALDEN, N.Y. — Officials say John Lennon’s killer, who is up for parole for the seventh time, could have a parole hearing as early as Tuesday. New York Department of Corr...
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Intrusion embarrasses ‘Fort Knox of uranium’Aug 18, 2012 5:02 pm - OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Officials like to refer to the Y-12 National Security Complex as the Fort Knox for highly enriched uranium, which is why an unprecedented incursion by...
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Nyad back in the water in Cuba-Florida record swimAug 18, 2012 5:00 pm - HAVANA — Third time’s a charm? Endurance athlete Diana Nyad launched another bid Saturday to set an open-water record by swimming 103 miles from Havana to the Florida Ke...
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Philly officer fatally shot after finishing shiftAug 18, 2012 5:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA — A police officer was shot to death blocks from his precinct house just after he finished his shift early Saturday in what authorities suspect was a street...
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Notable deaths last weekAug 18, 2012 4:12 pm - Helen Gurley Brown, the longtime editor of Cosmopolitan magazine and an author who encouraged women not to save it for the wedding night, has died in New Yorkat age 90. ...
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Blunders jeopardize Drew Peterson trial prosecutionAug 18, 2012 4:09 pm - With no physical evidence tying Drew Peterson to the death of his third wife and so much of the case hinging on what she said before she died and what his next wife said...
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I-65 fully reopened following fatal crashesAug 18, 2012 4:00 pm - ROSELAWN, Ind. —State Police have reopened all northbound lanes of Interstate 65 in northern Indiana following a series of crashes that killed one man and injured six ot...
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Strategy to maneuver through a short-saleAug 18, 2012 3:27 pm - By early July, instead of celebrating their 34th wedding anniversary, Joseph and Mary Damiani were dealing with hyper stress and a headache-producing pile of paperwork. ...
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Afghanistan insurgents use Pakistan fertilizer for bombsAug 18, 2012 3:00 pm - Seizures in Afghanistan of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, the main explosive used in Taliban bombs, more than doubled in the first seven months of 2012 compared to the sam...
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Brett Jackson homers, Cubs split doubleheader with RedsAug 18, 2012 3:00 pm - CINCINNATI — Brett Jackson hit his first career home run to help Brooks Raley earn his first major league win, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 9-7 victory over the Cincinn...