All Stories from August 25, 2012 (Change date)
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Romney turns to Ohio amidst distractionsAug 25, 2012 9:00 am - POWELL, Ohio — Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan are telling Ohio voters that President Barack Obama still doesn't have any idea how to salvage the tough economy he...
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Refinery blast kills 24 in Venezuela, dozens hurtAug 25, 2012 9:00 am - CARACAS, Venezuela — A huge explosion rocked Venezuela's biggest oil refinery early Saturday, killing at least 24 people and injuring more than 50 others in the deadlies...
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Sandusky victim sues Penn StateAug 25, 2012 9:00 am - HARRISBURG, Pa. — The young man whose 2009 allegations of sexual abuse led to the Penn State scandal and criminal convictions of former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky is...
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Isaac passes Haiti, heads toward Cuba, FloridaAug 25, 2012 9:00 am - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Tropical Storm Isaac swept across Haiti's southern peninsula early Saturday, dousing a capital city prone to flooding and adding to the misery of...
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Chinese turn to microblogs for donationsAug 25, 2012 8:17 am - BEIJING — Nine months after Ma Chunhua’s baby was born, bruises began appearing all over the daughter’s tiny frame. When doctors this spring diagnosed it as leukemia, Ma...
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Barnes & Noble falls after second consecutive Nook sales dropAug 25, 2012 8:16 am - Barnes & Noble Inc., the U.S. bookstore chain working to navigate a shift to digital content, fell after posting a second straight quarterly sales decline in Nook device...
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Ex-Obama supporters disillusioned on South SideAug 25, 2012 8:13 am - He still walks the same streets here as his old acquaintance Barack Obama once did. That is about all they have in common anymore. At 50, Chicago activist Mark Allen li...
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Hundreds apply for Deferred Action program in WheatonAug 25, 2012 8:00 am - Samuel Carrasco was only 6 when his parents put him in the trunk of their car and drove across the U.S. border into Texas. He had no choice then, but 17 years later he d...
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Web designers should forget the desktopAug 25, 2012 8:00 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Every morning I wake up too early, reach for my iPad, and scan the morning’s tech headlines. This is a pathetic enough existence, but the websites I ...
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Twitter stomping on potential competitorsAug 25, 2012 7:54 am - Nothing says “We’re ready to compete with Mark Zuckerberg” like smushing legions of seemingly friendly collaborators beneath your feet to prevent them from becoming comp...