All Stories from August 30, 2013 (Change date)
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Game video: DeKalb at Vernon HillsAug 30, 2013 9:00 am - ...
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Illinois couple married 71 years die hours apartAug 30, 2013 8:55 am - A man and wife who were married for more than seven decades died hours apart this week at a hospice in Rockford. Family members say Robert and Nora Viands were always to...
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Holiday trips on hold because of Sierra fireAug 30, 2013 8:22 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With the last big travel weekend of the summer arriving, some nervous tourists are keeping an eye on the huge Sierra Nevada wildfire, wondering whet...
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San Diego mayor’s indiscretions went unnoticedAug 30, 2013 8:22 am - SAN DIEGO — San Diego Mayor Bob Filner is leaving office in disgrace amid sexual harassment allegations and many unanswered questions, including how someone who acknowle...
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Irish poet Nobel winner Seamus Heaney dies at 74Aug 30, 2013 8:20 am - DUBLIN — Seamus Heaney, Ireland’s foremost poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995, died Friday after a half-century exploring the wild beauty of Ireland and...
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Alawite stronghold in Syria a haven amid warAug 30, 2013 8:20 am - TARTOUS, Syria — In this picturesque coastal city fiercely loyal to President Bashar Assad, beaches are dotted with swimmers, cafes are filled with Syrians smoking water...
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U.S.: Iran can’t access much oil incomeAug 30, 2013 8:20 am - WASHINGTON — The U.S. has concluded that nearly half of Iran’s monthly earnings from crude oil exports are accumulating in accounts overseas because of sanctions that re...
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Judge: VA can’t deny benefits to lesbian Army vetAug 30, 2013 8:20 am - LOS ANGELES — A judge in Los Angeles ruled Thursday that a lesbian Army veteran and her spouse should be entitled to disability benefits given the recent Supreme Court r...
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U.S. finds itself with only 1 Syria partner: FranceAug 30, 2013 8:20 am - PARIS — The United States found itself Friday with France as its only major partner in a potential strike against Syria, after a stunning rejection of military force in ...
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Duckworth: U.S. shouldn’t go alone in SyriaAug 30, 2013 7:53 am - U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth says the U.S. shouldn’t go it alone when it comes to military action in Syria. In a statement Friday, the Hoffman Estates Democrat had strong w...