All Stories from May 17, 2013 (Change date)
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Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisonsMay 17, 2013 8:42 am - BEIRUT — Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that d...
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Beckham’s role after retirement to remain globalMay 17, 2013 8:42 am - PARIS — After David Beckham’s long and distinguished soccer career ends on an artificial turf field in northwestern France, his life promises to be perhaps even more gla...
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Military sexual assaults by the numbersMay 17, 2013 8:42 am - WASHINGTON — As senior military leaders and government officials grapple with how to reduce sexual assaults in the military, a Pentagon report provides details of the pr...
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Obama focusing on job creation in Baltimore visitMay 17, 2013 8:42 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is leaving behind scandal-focused Washington to focus on the country’s slowly improving jobs picture. Obama is to fly by helicopter F...
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Ousted IRS chief: Errors not caused by politicsMay 17, 2013 8:31 am - WASHINGTON — The ousted chief of the Internal Revenue Service is telling Congress that his agency made errors in targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status,...
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Moving Picture: Grandmother shares her love of skatingMay 17, 2013 8:02 am - Two-year-old Ryan Shaffer sat on the ice in his new skates after falling down. Then ice skating instructor Karen Kay Lavris talked to him with loving encouragement and, ...
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Obama vows to end 'scourge' of military sex abuseMay 17, 2013 8:00 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is pledging to eliminate the “scourge” of sexual assault in the military while cautioning that it will take a long and sustained effo...
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Stingray exhibit opens at Chicago’s Shedd AquariumMay 17, 2013 8:00 am - Visitors to Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium will be getting up close and personal with stingrays. The aquarium’s “Stingray Touch” exhibit opens Friday. Visitors will be able to...
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87-year-old plaintiff testifies in Trump trialMay 17, 2013 7:59 am - An 87-year-old who drew Donald Trump’s ire by accusing the real estate mogul of cheating her testified Friday she felt comfortable investing with the TV star because of ...
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Dogs, owners benefit from obedienceMay 17, 2013 7:57 am - DEKALB — When Marcia Poff first acquired Quincy, he was a terror. The Doberman pinscher was wild and out of control. But with a little love and a lot of training from Po...