All Stories from July 12, 2013 (Change date)
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Moving Picture: Mt. Prospect man brings birds to yardsJul 12, 2013 10:00 am - Tim Joyce of Mount Prospect is a birdscaper, a position he says he created himself to help people attract a variety of migrating and native birds to their backyards. Jo...
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano resigningJul 12, 2013 9:39 am - WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who led the burgeoning Department of Homeland Security through a host of policy changes in the post 9/11 era, ...
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Proposed Mundelein High budget calls for a surplusJul 12, 2013 9:30 am - With the bulk of a $10 million facility improvement plan already completed, Mundelein High School officials expect spending to decrease over the next year, according to ...
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Republicans to tackle cuts in food stamp programJul 12, 2013 9:14 am - WASHINGTON — House approval of a scaled-back farm bill is setting up what could be an even bigger fight over food stamps and the role of domestic food aid in the United ...
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Al-Qaida linked gunmen kill Syrian rebel commanderJul 12, 2013 9:14 am - BEIRUT — Al-Qaida-linked gunmen killed a rebel commander in northwestern Syria, an activist group and an opposition spokeswoman said Friday, in a sign of increased tensi...
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Egypt: Ousted president’s supporters demonstratingJul 12, 2013 9:14 am - CAIRO — Thousands of supporters of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood are demonstrating in a Cairo square, waving pictures of ousted president Mohammed Morsi. They’re chanting a...
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Sam Mendes returning to direct 24th Bond filmJul 12, 2013 9:06 am - NEW YORK — Sam Mendes is coming back to direct another James Bond film with Daniel Craig following the enormously successful “Skyfall.” The British director Mendes had ...
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Russia: no asylum application from SnowdenJul 12, 2013 9:00 am - MOSCOW — Russian immigration officials said Saturday they have not received an application from Edward Snowden, the U.S. National Security Agency leaker who wants to get...
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Malala celebrates 16th birthday with UN addressJul 12, 2013 8:24 am - UNITED NATIONS — Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban for promoting education for girls, celebrated her 16th birthday Friday by demanding, in her...
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Texas Senate on track to pass tough abortion rulesJul 12, 2013 8:24 am - AUSTIN, Texas — This time when the Texas Senate takes up tough new abortion restrictions, the chamber’s top Republican is determined not to let anything — or anyone — de...