All Stories from June 7, 2013 (Change date)
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Is Big Data turning government into ‘Big Brother?’Jun 07, 2013 7:44 am - SAN FRANCISCO — With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by profit-see...
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United Nations seeks over $5B for Syria in biggest ever appealJun 07, 2013 7:42 am - Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The United Nations launched its biggest humanitarian appeal ever Friday to help millions of Syrians suffering the effects of a conflict th...
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Syrian troops capture central villagesJun 07, 2013 7:41 am - BEIRUT — Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah fighters pressed on with their offensive Friday in the country’s opposition heartland, taking two small villages near a strate...
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France studies how to track arms for Syrian rebelsJun 07, 2013 7:41 am - PARIS — France’s government is investigating high-tech methods to prevent terrorists from using any weapons that Western governments send to Syrian rebels, such as gadge...
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U.S. declassifies phone program details after uproarJun 07, 2013 7:40 am - WASHINGTON — Moving to tamp down a public uproar spurred by the disclosure of two secret surveillance programs, the nation’s top intelligence official is declassifying k...
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Jennifer Lopez brings ‘Fosters’ to ABC FamilyJun 07, 2013 7:38 am - BURBANK, Calif. — “The Fosters” is a study in unlikely bedfellows. The new ABC Family drama pairs mainstream star Jennifer Lopez and Peter Paige, who played bubbly Emmet...
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Scorsese, De Niro honor Mel Brooks at AFI tributeJun 07, 2013 7:37 am - LOS ANGELES — Robert De Niro and Morgan Freeman never worked with Mel Brooks, and the Oscar winners came to a ceremony in his honor to let him know they resent it. Brook...
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Blacketor leaving school board, other terms upJun 07, 2013 7:32 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An eight-year veteran of the Indiana Board of Education is leaving at the end of her term this month. Jo Blacketor told The South Bend Tribune We...
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Northern Indiana animal sanctuary mourns death of lionessJun 07, 2013 7:32 am - ALBION, Ind. (AP) — Staffers of a northern Indiana animal sanctuary are mourning the death of a lion that had lived there for nearly two decades. Black Pine Animal Sanct...
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Jury deadlocks over Indiana mom’s guilt in deathsJun 07, 2013 7:32 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A second jury has failed to reach a verdict on child neglect charges against a northern Indiana woman in the car trunk deaths of her two young sons. ...