All Stories from August 17, 2013 (Change date)
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Feds shut NYC bus line that stranded 53 in Va.Aug 17, 2013 11:12 am - Associated Press NEW YORK — A New York City bus line that stranded 53 passengers at a Virginia truck stop for 24 hours has been closed by federal authorities. The Feder...
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Russia boat crash kills 4, injures 49Aug 17, 2013 11:10 am - Associated Press MOSCOW — Russian media report that a boat being piloted by a captain suspected of being drunk has crashed into a barge, killing four people and wounding...
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Indicted Vanderbilt player surrenders to policeAug 17, 2013 11:08 am - Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Vanderbilt football player indicted on charges that he was an accomplice after the rape of an unconscious student on campus has tur...
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Drug lord’s release painful for victims’ relativesAug 17, 2013 10:35 am - Associated Press MEXICO CITY — On a sunny winter morning in 1984, two young American couples dressed in their Sunday best walked door to door in the western Mexican city...
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Bears bring in QB PalmerAug 17, 2013 10:17 am - The Bears signed veteran backup quarterback Jordan Palmer to — at least temporarily — replace No. 3 signal-caller Matt Blanchard, who was injured Thursday night in the 3...
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Rookie linemen impressing Bears coachesAug 17, 2013 10:17 am - It has been 38 years since the Bears played a season with a pair of first-year players regularly starting on the offensive line, but it could happen this season. It was ...
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Israeli settlers defy stereotype amid peace talksAug 17, 2013 10:00 am - Associated Press BARKAN, West Bank — Micha Drori is living the Israeli dream: a house, a yard, a wife and three kids. The 42-year-old businessman has found an affordable...
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Divers search Philippine ferry for dozens missingAug 17, 2013 10:00 am - CEBU, Philippines — Divers combed through a sunken ferry Saturday in search of dozens of people missing after a collision with a cargo vessel near the central Philippine...
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Key events in Egypt’s uprising and unrestAug 17, 2013 9:59 am - CAIRO — Egyptian authorities are considering disbanding the Muslim Brotherhood group, a government spokesman said Saturday, as security forces raided a mosque in Cairo w...
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Crews rush to clean up former California nuke labAug 17, 2013 9:59 am - SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — The sun was barely up at a former Cold War rocket test site when crews in hard hats, neon vests and steel-toe boots collected jars of dirt as part ...