All Stories from February 8, 2013 (Change date)
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Attorney: Deal aids poisoned lotto winner's widowFeb 08, 2013 9:00 am - A lawyer who represents the widow of a Chicago man who was poisoned with cyanide after winning the lottery says most of the businessman's $2 million estate should go to ...
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Assisted suicide on legal agenda in several statesFeb 08, 2013 8:55 am - HARTFORD, Conn. — A push for the legalization of physician-assisted suicide is under way in a half-dozen states where proponents say they see strong support for allowing...
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Citizens, business leaders launch Palatine-Inverness Crime StoppersFeb 08, 2013 8:34 am - Compelled to act after hearing how an anonymous tip led Arlington Heights police to solve a rape case, residents and business leaders have launched the Palatine-Invernes...
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U.S. wholesale stockpiles dip 0.1 pct. in DecemberFeb 08, 2013 8:16 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. wholesalers cut their stockpiles slightly in December while their sales were unchanged, suggesting businesses were cautious at the end of a weak quarte...
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Feds may expand Pontiac brake light recallFeb 08, 2013 8:16 am - DETROIT — U.S. safety regulators are looking at expanding a small recall of Pontiac G6 midsize cars so it includes up to 550,000 vehicles. About 8,000 of the cars were r...
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Longtime Harper professor releases eighth bookFeb 08, 2013 8:16 am - Greg Herriges first began writing his latest novel, about a family coping with their 9-year-old daughter’s battle with leukemia, more than a decade ago. Six months into ...
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South Africans called to action on raped teenagerFeb 08, 2013 8:09 am - JOHANNESBURG — The chime sounds every four minutes on the radio station, reminding listeners that statistically yet another child or woman in South Africa is being raped...
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Slain Tunisian leader’s funeral marred by clashFeb 08, 2013 8:09 am - TUNIS, Tunisia — The funeral of a slain Tunisian opposition leader was marred Friday by clashes between police and gangs of young men attempting to steal mourners’ cars,...
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Lawmakers consider regulating drone strikesFeb 08, 2013 8:09 am - WASHINGTON — CIA Director-designate John Brennan’s vigorous defense of drone strikes to kill terror suspects — even American citizens — overseas is causing key lawmakers...
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Accused witch burned alive in Papua New GuineaFeb 08, 2013 8:09 am - PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — A mob stripped, tortured and bound a woman accused of witchcraft, then burned her alive in front of hundreds of horrified witnesses in a...