All Stories from November 29, 2013 (Change date)
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Happy with rehab, Vonn trains, eyes Canada returnNov 29, 2013 4:02 pm - VAIL, Colo. — Lindsey Vonn is energized by her progress in recovering from a knee injury and might be in the starting gate next week in Canada. Vonn spoke with The Assoc...
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8 dead in police helicopter crash onto Glasgow pubNov 29, 2013 4:00 pm - GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Scottish authorities raised the death toll to eight people Saturday in the crash of a police helicopter into a crowded Glasgow pub, stressing th...
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Yule trees call attention to holiday wasteNov 29, 2013 3:59 pm - Candy wrappers, empty snack bags and used plastic grocery bags. Aurora University students combined those and other castoff materials to craft holiday yule “trees” desig...
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Illini, Wildcats playing for trophy, prideNov 29, 2013 3:49 pm - CHAMPAIGN — Northwestern started the season with Big Ten-title ambitions and spent time this fall in Top 25. Illinois spent the last three months trying to show some kin...
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Kirk seeks medal for WWII-era spiesNov 29, 2013 3:46 pm - ALBANY, N.Y. — The men and women who spied on Germany and Japan for the U.S. during World War II parachuted behind enemy lines, led guerrilla raids, invented special equ...
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Topless barber charged, but not for nudityNov 29, 2013 3:39 pm - LONGMONT, Colo. — A woman who allegedly offered topless hairstyling services in northern Colorado faces criminal charges. But police say the problem isn’t cutting hair w...
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Limited whiskey sells for nearly $4,000 per bottleNov 29, 2013 3:38 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A new whiskey created in Kentucky features a blend of age and scarcity that spiked demand — and its price. As a result, whiskey fans including celebrit...
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Efforts to relax marijuana laws lose benefactorNov 29, 2013 3:35 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio — With the death of Cleveland billionaire and philanthropist Peter B. Lewis, the push for relaxed U.S. marijuana laws lost its most generous supporter. Th...
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Hester’s race against cheetah airs tonightNov 29, 2013 3:15 pm - TAMPA, Fla. — National Geographic has pitted two of the fastest football players against cheetahs from Busch Gardens in Tampa to see who could cross the finish line firs...
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12-year-old dies in underage joy ride crashNov 29, 2013 3:14 pm - Authorities in the South suburbs say a 12-year-old boy was killed when an underage driver with a car full of children slammed the vehicle into a tree. Olympia Fields pol...