All Stories from May 13, 2013 (Change date)
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Second career a serendipitous fit for Geneva art teacherMay 13, 2013 7:15 am - Al Ochsner didn't set out to be a teacher. He is a professional artist. But in the early 2000s, he was also a single father to two boys, and needed more cash. He became ...
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Tips from a great teacherMay 13, 2013 7:12 am - We asked Al Ochsner, art teacher at Geneva High School, for some advice for parents. In his own words: Take an interest: My advice to high school parents would be to be ...
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Pakistan’s Sharif wants good relations with U.S.May 13, 2013 7:07 am - RAIWIND, Pakistan — The Pakistani politician poised to become the country’s next prime minister said Monday that Islamabad has “good relations” with the United States, b...
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Future of house where Ohio victims held debatedMay 13, 2013 7:05 am - CLEVELAND — An imposing, 10-foot privacy fence will soon guard the home of Cleveland rape and kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro, with windows and doors boarded shut to kee...
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Marathon bombing survivor wants others rememberedMay 13, 2013 7:03 am - BOSTON — The image showed James “Bim” Costello staggering away from the Boston Marathon bombing, his jeans shredded and blackened, his body so burned that he was left ne...
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Brother’s arrest stuns Calif. town in girl’s deathMay 13, 2013 7:02 am - VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. — People in this quiet Northern California community expressed relief that there had been an arrest in the stabbing death of an 8-year-old girl, b...
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Colo. shooting suspect asking judge to change plea to insanityMay 13, 2013 7:00 am - DENVER — The long journey toward a verdict in the deadly Colorado theater shootings enters a new and critical phase Monday when the shooting suspect asks a judge to chan...
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Watchdog group says state must address pensionsMay 13, 2013 7:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn's proposed state budget is a baby step in the right direction, a watchdog group's analysis said Monday, but the governor may be overstating savings from a...
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Al Ochsner, in the words of his studentsMay 13, 2013 7:00 am - According to Al Ochsner's independent-study student, 17-year-old senior Becca Hac, Ochsner “is not an easy teacher.” His persistence in making her become better at matti...
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Cars made in Brazil are deadlyMay 13, 2013 6:58 am - SAO PAULO — The cars roll endlessly off the local assembly lines of the industry’s biggest automakers, more than 10,000 a day, into the eager hands of Brazil’s new middl...