All Stories from May 3, 2013 (Change date)
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R.I. now 10th state to allow gay marriageMay 03, 2013 9:04 am - PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island has become the nation’s 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, after a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this heav...
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Fresh off victory, NRA holds convention in HoustonMay 03, 2013 9:04 am - AUSTIN, Texas — Fresh off a huge victory over President Barack Obama on gun control, the message from the National Rifle Association is clear: The fight has just begun. ...
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Horse saved from slaughter wins big at HawthorneMay 03, 2013 9:04 am - He may never run for the Kentucky Derby roses, but Illinois racehorse Magna Fortuna and his owners are celebrating a victory none-the-less — his survival. The 3-year-ol...
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Holy Backward, Batman!!!May 03, 2013 9:00 am - Same ride, different feeling. That's what theme park officials are touting this year as they turn the cars around on Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America, which ...
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Stocks surge in early trading after hiring climbsMay 03, 2013 8:45 am - NEW YORK — A big gain in the job market is lifting the stock market to a record high. The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 15,000 for the first time, and the Standa...
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Boston Marathon victims’ families could get $1MMay 03, 2013 8:35 am - BOSTON — The lawyer overseeing the Boston Marathon bombings victims’ fund says the families of three people who died could each receive more than $1 million. Kenneth Fei...
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Dist. 214 schools compete at DECA conference in CaliforniaMay 03, 2013 8:24 am - Ten District 214 business education students competed among 16,500 at the DECA International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, Calif., April 24-27. Students, al...
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Migrants to Obama: Don’t deport MamaMay 03, 2013 8:18 am - MEXICO CITY — Beneath the slogan “Obama, don’t deport my Mama,” dozens of migrant families deported from the U.S. despite having children born there rallied outside the ...
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Calif. wildfire burns 15-mile path to PacificMay 03, 2013 8:18 am - LOS ANGELES — A Southern California wildfire carving a path to the sea grew to more than 15 square miles and crews prepared Friday for another bad day of gusting winds a...
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Bangladesh official: Disaster not ‘really serious’May 03, 2013 8:18 am - DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s finance minister downplayed the impact of last week’s factory-building collapse on his country’s garment industry, saying he didn’t thin...