All Stories from August 20, 2013 (Change date)
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Best-selling author Elmore Leonard dies at 87Aug 20, 2013 9:00 am - DETROIT - He was the master of his genre, the Dickens of Detroit, the Chaucer of Crime. Pretty much every novel Elmore Leonard wrote from the mid-1980s on was a best-se...
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Endangered butterflies to be released in ElginAug 20, 2013 8:54 am - Endangered butterflies are getting ready to be released in Elgin. The Swamp Metalmark butterflies were bred at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum’s in Chicago by museum ...
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Mubarak casts shadow over U.S. policy in EgyptAug 20, 2013 8:42 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON — For the Obama administration, there’s a new wrinkle that could further complicate ties with post-coup Egypt: the possible release of the co...
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Suspect in Fort Hood shootings waits turn in courtAug 20, 2013 8:42 am - FORT HOOD, Texas — Maj. Nidal Hasan, accused in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood that killed 13 and wounded dozens, is about to get his best chance yet to explain ...
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UK defends detention of journalist’s partnerAug 20, 2013 8:42 am - LONDON — The British government broke its silence Tuesday about the detention of a journalist’s partner for nine hours at Heathrow Airport, defending the action and sayi...
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Jennifer Lopez expected to return to ‘Idol’Aug 20, 2013 8:02 am - NEW YORK — A person familiar with negotiations to bring Jennifer Lopez back as an “American Idol” judge says her return will be announced this week. The person said Mond...
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Egypt questions Brotherhood's top leader in prisonAug 20, 2013 8:00 am - CAIRO — Egypt's military-backed authorities arrested the Muslim Brotherhood's supreme leader on Tuesday, dealing a serious blow to the embattled movement at a time when...
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ABC, CBS news gaining with different approachesAug 20, 2013 7:45 am - NEW YORK — Evening newscasts on ABC and CBS are both gaining ground on market leader Brian Williams of NBC News, but that’s one of the few things they have in common. Be...
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15 Dist. 203 students switching schools under ‘choice’ optionAug 20, 2013 7:37 am - Parents of 15 elementary students in Naperville Unit District 203 have taken the district up on the “school choice” option it was required to offer under the No Child Le...
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Mariano’s looking for applicants in MundeleinAug 20, 2013 7:05 am - The grocery chain Mariano’s is hosting a job fair from noon to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at the Comfort Inn hotel, 517 E. Route 83, Mundelein. Experienced and entry level ...