All Stories from September 13, 2013 (Change date)
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North America’s tallest peak may be shorterSep 13, 2013 9:40 am - JUNEAU, Alaska — North America’s tallest peak, Alaska’s Mount McKinley, may have been taken down a notch. An effort to update decades-old maps using airplane-mounted rad...
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Teen convicted of killing baby gets life in prisonSep 13, 2013 9:40 am - BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A Georgia teen convicted of fatally shooting a baby in a stroller was sentenced Thursday to spend the rest of his life in prison with no chance of parol...
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Man using cluster balloons lands in NewfoundlandSep 13, 2013 9:40 am - YORK HARBOR, Newfoundland — A balloonist who was trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean using hundreds of helium-filled balloons landed short of his goal in Newfoundland. Jo...
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Nation’s bloated nuclear spending comes under fireSep 13, 2013 9:40 am - LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — At Los Alamos National Laboratory, a seven-year, $213 million upgrade to the security system that protects the lab’s most sensitive nuclear bomb-makin...
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Newlywed released pending trial in husband’s deathSep 13, 2013 9:40 am - MISSOULA, Mont. — A federal judge ordered a Montana newlywed released from jail Thursday as she awaits trial on charges that she pushed her husband to his death over a c...
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4 men given death sentences in India gang rapeSep 13, 2013 9:40 am - NEW DELHI — An Indian court Friday sentenced to death four men for the gang rape and murder of a young New Delhi woman, ordering them to the gallows for a brutal attack ...
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Scathing obit about abusive NV mother goes viralSep 13, 2013 9:40 am - RENO, Nev. — Anyone expecting a sweet remembrance of the life and times of Marianne Theresa Johnson-Reddick was in for a surprise if they opened the obituary pages this ...
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Schmitz will leave Illinois HouseSep 13, 2013 9:33 am - State Rep. Tim Schmitz, a Batavia Republican and 14-year veteran of the Illinois House, won’t run for re-election in 2014. Schmitz made the announcement on Facebook this...
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Energy costs push U.S. wholesale prices up 0.3 pct.Sep 13, 2013 9:23 am - WASHINGTON — Higher energy costs pushed U.S. wholesale prices up 0.3 percent last month. Prices rose a modest 1.4 percent over the past year, the lowest one-year gain si...
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Roselle grocery store closing after 56 yearsSep 13, 2013 9:22 am - After 56 years in business, the Pik-Kwik Foods in Roselle is set to close by the end of the month. The owners say they must move the grocery store out of its location at...