All Stories from September 12, 2013 (Change date)
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Obama allies cite PR missteps in bid for Syria hitSep 12, 2013 9:32 am - WASHINGTON — Some of President Barack Obama’s top allies say the president misread a few crucial political forces when he asked Congress to support his bid to strike Syr...
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Reports indicate American jihadi killed in SomaliaSep 12, 2013 9:32 am - MOGADISHU, Somalia — A rapping jihadi from Alabama who ascended the ranks of Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked extremist rebels and was on the FBI’s Most Wanted list with a $5 m...
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Colorado flooding cuts off mountain towns, kills 3Sep 12, 2013 9:32 am - LYONS, Colo. — Heavy rains sent walls of water crashing down mountainsides Thursday in Colorado, cutting off remote towns, forcing the state’s largest university to clos...
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Funeral planned for Conn. slave who died in 1798Sep 12, 2013 9:32 am - NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Abused in life and death, an enslaved man known as Mr. Fortune will be honored with an elaborate funeral more than 200 years after he died in Connecti...
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First lady wants people to drink more plain waterSep 12, 2013 9:32 am - WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama has pushed Americans to eat healthier and to exercise more. Now she says we should “drink up” too. As in plain water. And as in more of it. T...
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Lean and lovin' it: Defining a “foodist”Sep 12, 2013 9:00 am - Darya Pino Rose likes creating new words like “foodist” and “healthstyle,” and loves to eat and write about food — healthy, real food. Rose also makes lists; lots of 'em...
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AP: CIA delivering light weapons to SyriaSep 12, 2013 8:37 am - WASHINGTON — The CIA has been delivering light machine guns and other small arms to Syrian rebels for several weeks, following President Barack Obama’s decision to arm t...
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Syrian rebels blast Russian offer on chemical armsSep 12, 2013 8:37 am - BEIRUT — Syria’s top rebel commander on Thursday called for regime officials to be referred to the International Criminal Court for carrying out an alleged chemical atta...
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Assad credits Russia with chemical weapons moveSep 12, 2013 8:37 am - MOSCOW — Syrian President Bashar Assad says his government has agreed to surrender its chemical weapons in response to Russia’s initiative and not because of the U.S. th...
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Putin gambit gets personal as newfound clout hinges on AssadSep 12, 2013 8:37 am - Vladimir Putin won a reprieve from U.S. missile attacks for his ally Bashar Assad. Now he has to trust a man few others do and show he can bring Assad to heel. While the...