All Stories from January 24, 2013 (Change date)
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Mike North video: Kobe Bryant Is No JordanJan 24, 2013 8:00 am - Los Angeles Laker talk is all about Kobe and how hard he is working. Sure, he’s a great player, but Mike North thinks he has to do better than 8/24 in a game and that he...
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Top white-collar crime prosecutor getting SEC jobJan 24, 2013 7:51 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will nominate former U.S. attorney Mary Jo White, who built a reputation prosecuting white-collar crimes, to lead the Securities and ...
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N. Korea warns of nuke test, more rocket launchesJan 24, 2013 7:51 am - SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s top governing body warned Thursday that the regime will conduct its third nuclear test in defiance of U.N. punishment, and made clear ...
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Palestinian leader reaches out to Israel centristsJan 24, 2013 7:51 am - RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian president wants to meet with newly elected Israeli parliament members to lay out his views on peace, hoping a political surge of ce...
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Bangladesh fire victims’ families wait for moneyJan 24, 2013 7:51 am - DHAKA, Bangladesh — When fire ravaged a Bangladeshi garment factory, killing 112 workers, dozens of their families did not even have a body to bury because their loved o...
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Trial in India gang rape case begins in New DelhiJan 24, 2013 7:51 am - NEW DELHI — The trial of five men charged with the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus began in a closed courtroom Thursday with opening arg...
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10 finalists named for international Booker prizeJan 24, 2013 7:51 am - JAIPUR, India — American author Marilynne Robinson, Israel’s Aharon Appelfeld and China’s Yan Lianke are among 10 finalists for the Man Booker International Prize for fi...
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Syrian jets bomb rebel-held areas near DamascusJan 24, 2013 7:51 am - BEIRUT — Syrian warplanes bombed rebel-held areas near Damascus on Thursday as President Bashar Assad’s troops battled opposition fighters for control of a strategic roa...
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U.S. jobless claims drop to 5-year low of 330,000Jan 24, 2013 7:45 am - The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to the lowest level in five years, evidence that employers are cutting fewer jobs and may step up hiring....
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Calif. school security gets high-powered riflesJan 24, 2013 7:00 am - FONTANA, Calif. — The semiautomatic rifles look like they belong in a war zone instead of a suburban public school, but officials in this Los Angeles-area city say the h...