All Stories from August 9, 2013 (Change date)
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Oprah gets Swiss apology for racist encounterAug 09, 2013 8:44 am - GENEVA — Talk show host Oprah Winfrey says she encountered racism while shopping in Switzerland — and the national tourism office agrees. The media mogul, who is one of ...
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U.S. orders diplomats out of Lahore, PakistanAug 09, 2013 8:37 am - ISLAMABAD — The State Department has warned Americans not to travel to Pakistan and evacuated nonessential government personnel from the country’s second largest city be...
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‘D’ written on those killed in Fort Hood shootingAug 09, 2013 8:36 am - FORT HOOD, Texas — The soldier knew she had to decide quickly who she could save, so she grabbed a black marker and wrote a “D” on the foreheads of those she couldn’t. T...
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US, Russia diplomatic and defense chiefs to meetAug 09, 2013 8:36 am - WASHINGTON — The crisis in Syria, arms control and missile defense headline what are expected to be chilly talks between top U.S. and Russian foreign and defense chiefs,...
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2 Turkish Airlines crew kidnapped in LebanonAug 09, 2013 8:36 am - BEIRUT — Gunmen on Friday ambushed a van carrying a Turkish Airlines crew in the Lebanese capital and kidnapped two of its members, a pilot and a co-pilot, security offi...
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16 NJ county workers have ticket for $448M PowerballAug 09, 2013 8:16 am - LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. — Sixteen workers from a county garage in a New Jersey coastal community hit hard by Superstorm Sandy have one of the three winning tickets in th...
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Vodka ignites after car hits Highland Park liquor storeAug 09, 2013 8:12 am - About $100,000 of alcohol was destroyed after a Highland Park woman drove her car into a liquor store, causing a vodka-fueled fire. Eighty-four-year-old Marty Anderson ...
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Simple Mexico home of surrealist opens to publicAug 09, 2013 8:07 am - MEXICO CITY — Down a narrow, dead-end street in a middle-class neighborhood of Mexico City, a three-story brick house with white window frames gives up no hint of the bi...
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‘The Real,’ ‘Exhale,’ take new approach to TV talkAug 09, 2013 8:06 am - LOS ANGELES — Five women sitting around talking has become a TV staple. Five women talking, each of whom is either black, Asian or Latino, is something different. It’s t...
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5 free things in Havana, from cobblestones to carsAug 09, 2013 8:00 am - HAVANA — For a city where people earn an average of $20 a month at government jobs, Havana can be a surprisingly pricey place — at least for tourists. From $6 daiquiris...