All Stories from August 29, 2013 (Change date)
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Predator drone now part of Calif. wildfire battleAug 29, 2013 10:02 am - GROVELAND, Calif. — As crews advanced against a giant wildfire around Yosemite National Park, fire commanders said they would maintain use of a Predator drone to give th...
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Gun-toting, foul-mouthed Pa. chief won’t back downAug 29, 2013 10:02 am - GILBERTON, Pa. — Police Chief Mark Kessler expects to be fired for posting incendiary videos in which he ranted obscenely about the Second Amendment and liberals while s...
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Zimmerman’s wife to ‘think about’ staying marriedAug 29, 2013 10:02 am - SANFORD, Fla. — George Zimmerman’s wife says she’s going to have to “think about” whether she stays married to him. Shellie Zimmerman made the comments to ABC on Wednesd...
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Tiny Okla. town tries to rid water supply of wormsAug 29, 2013 10:02 am - OKLAHOMA CITY — Beating the late-summer heat isn’t as easy as running to the sink in one northeast Oklahoma town, as residents there are being asked not to drink tap wat...
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Bears WR Anderson helps his causeAug 29, 2013 10:00 am - Rumors of a possible Earl Bennett trade would increase wide receiver Joe Anderson's chances of making the Bears' final roster, but the first-year player from Texas South...
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Midwest hot, dry spell brings back drought worriesAug 29, 2013 9:57 am - DES MOINES, Iowa — A growing season that began unusually wet and cold in the Midwest is finishing hot and dry, renewing worries of drought and its impact on crops. Tempe...
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Explaining change at Wheaton AcademyAug 29, 2013 9:41 am - As the 2012-13 sports season wound down the question seemed to be on everyone’s tongue. “What’s going on at Wheaton Academy?” The short answer: a shifting focus in the p...
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Excitement — and change — is in the air on this opening nightAug 29, 2013 9:38 am - This is not an ordinary Friday night in the world of high school sports. The kickoff of high school football season is viewed as the equivalent of Christmas or New Year...
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U.S. economy grew at 2.5 percent rate in springAug 29, 2013 9:03 am - WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at a 2.5 percent annual rate from April through June, much faster than previously estimated. The steep revision was largely because U....
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Revamping ‘Ford Pinto of rail cars’ urged after Quebec fireAug 29, 2013 9:02 am - Barrington Mayor Karen Darch, head of a rail safety group Wednesday compared a widely used train tank car to the recalled Ford Pinto in urging U.S. regulators to require...