All Stories from August 14, 2013 (Change date)
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Website: Kidnapped teen says captor deserved to dieAug 14, 2013 8:36 am - SAN DIEGO — The 16-year-old California girl kidnapped by a close family friend suspected of killing her mother and 8-year-old brother says he threatened to kill her if s...
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UPS jet crashes near Birmingham airport, 2 deadAug 14, 2013 8:13 am - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A UPS cargo plane crashed into a field near the Birmingham airport Wednesday, killing two pilots and scattering wreckage over a wide rural area moment...
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Hundreds reported killed as Egypt smashes protestsAug 14, 2013 8:13 am - CAIRO — In Egypt’s bloodiest day since the Arab Spring began, riot police Wednesday smashed two protest camps of supporters of the deposed Islamist president, touching o...
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Mike North video: Untradeable Konerko?Aug 14, 2013 8:00 am - As Mike North says good riddance to outfielder Alex Rios, he wonders if the Chicago White Sox will make trades for first baseman Paul Konerko or Adam Dunn if someone com...
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MLK Memorial may not be ready for anniversaryAug 14, 2013 7:37 am - WASHINGTON — Work to refinish part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial where a disputed inscription was recently removed may not be done until after the 50th annivers...
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U.S. retail sales up 0.2 percent in JulyAug 14, 2013 6:47 am - U.S. retail sales edged up in July despite a drop in auto sales. A category of purchases that excludes the most volatile areas rose by the most in seven months, a sign t...
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Mars food study researchers emerge from domeAug 14, 2013 6:44 am - HONOLULU — Six researchers have spent the past four months living in a small dome on a barren Hawaii lava field at an elevation of 8,000 feet, trying to figure out what ...
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Airline mergers have already led to higher faresAug 14, 2013 6:42 am - NEW YORK — The government is trying to put a stop to rising airfares and fees by blocking the latest airline merger — but for fliers, it’s already too late. The past dec...
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MannKind’s Afrezza fares well in late-stage trialsAug 14, 2013 6:40 am - VALENCIA, Calif. — Drug developer MannKind says its inhaled insulin Afrezza met the main goals behind two late-stage studies involving patients with two types of diabete...
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Icahn sets sights on Apple, talks to CEO Tim CookAug 14, 2013 6:38 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Activist investor Carl Icahn thinks Apple should be doing more to revive its stock price, and wants to help CEO Tim Cook with the resuscitation. Icahn, ...