All Stories from July 18, 2013 (Change date)
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Russian opposition leader sentenced to 5 yearsJul 18, 2013 9:11 am - KIROV, Russia — Alexei Navalny, one of the Russian opposition’s leading figures, was convicted of embezzlement Thursday and sentenced to five years in prison. Navalny an...
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Syrian refugees urge Kerry, U.S. to take actionJul 18, 2013 9:11 am - ZAATARI, Jordan — Angry Syrian refugees urged U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday to do more to help opponents of President Bashar Assad’s government, venting...
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Where’s that royal baby? Is Kate overdue?Jul 18, 2013 9:11 am - LONDON — By the time you’re reading this, the Duchess of Cambridge could be in labor. Or it could be a matter of hours. Or days. Or weeks. As Britain’s Prince William an...
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Cooks recount horror of Indian school lunch deathsJul 18, 2013 9:11 am - PATNA, India — Soon after they served the daily free lunch they had prepared for dozens of children at a rural Indian school, the two cooks realized something was very w...
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Senators ready to restore lower college loan ratesJul 18, 2013 9:00 am - Senators are ready to offer students a better deal on their college loans this fall, but future classes could see higher interest rates. The Senate could vote as early a...
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Dover Corp in Downer's Grove reports 9 percent 2Q revenue increaseJul 18, 2013 9:00 am - Dover Corp. in Downers Grove reported revenue for the second quarter of 2013 of $2.2 billion, a 9 percent increase over the same period last year. The revenue increase w...
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St. Charles East makes history with state doubleJul 18, 2013 8:44 am - Thanks to a couple long lightning delays, it took over three hours for St. Charles East and Geneva to finish its regional championship game Thursday in St. Charles. It t...
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Mandela ‘steadily improving’ on 95th birthdayJul 18, 2013 8:33 am - JOHANNESBURG — South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday with acts of charity on Thursday, a milestone capped by news that the former president’s health was...
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Trayvon Martin’s parents shocked by verdictJul 18, 2013 8:33 am - MIAMI — Trayvon Martin’s parents made appearances on network morning shows Thursday, saying they are still shocked that jurors acquitted George Zimmerman in the 2012 sho...
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Internet shows its muscle by making Emmy historyJul 18, 2013 8:01 am - LOS ANGELES — The Emmy Awards are television’s biggest celebration of itself, but this year’s ceremony will face an intruder: “House of Cards,” the first online series t...