All Stories from December 26, 2013 (Change date)
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Poll: Americans hopeful for a better year in 2014Dec 26, 2013 7:00 am - WASHINGTON — Ready to ring in the new year, Americans look ahead with optimism, according to a new AP-Times Square New Year's Eve poll. Their ratings of the year gone by...
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Maine, Michigan still await full power after ice stormDec 26, 2013 6:59 am - GARDINER, Maine — By Thursday, Bob and Katrina Johnson had grown weary of lugging around a portable generator to prevent a freezer-load of moose meat from spoiling and t...
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Thai election body urges delay in polls amid clashDec 26, 2013 6:58 am - BANGKOK — Thailand’s election commission on Thursday called for upcoming polls to be delayed as street battles between security forces and protesters seeking to disrupt ...
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Purdue’s Daniels condemns group over boycott moveDec 26, 2013 6:28 am - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University President Mitch Daniels is joining other university presidents in condemning a decision by the American Studies Association to e...
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UW-Madison lab may help bring WWII soldier homeDec 26, 2013 6:24 am - MADISON, Wis. — The DNA lab at the University of Wisconsin may help bring the final member of a World War II unit home. Twenty-eight-year-old Pfc. Lawrence Gordon, from...
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Peoria police search for leads in fatal shootingDec 26, 2013 6:24 am - PEORIA — Peoria detectives say there are few leads in their investigation into a fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man earlier this week. The (Peoria) Journal-Star reports...
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Man suspected in parents’ deaths back in IndianaDec 26, 2013 6:23 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. — A northwestern Indiana man who’s a suspect in his parents’ slayings has been returned to Indiana as authorities prepare to file charges in that case....
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Students use charts to track growthDec 26, 2013 6:22 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Second-grader Kiera Williams colored all 10 rectangles on a bar graph purple to indicate she got 100 percent on a recent assessment for reading at...
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'Lincoln' movie exhibit opens in Illinois Jan. 17Dec 26, 2013 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Costumes, furniture and other props used in Steven Spielberg's 2012 film “Lincoln” are set to go on display in Springfield next month. The items will be fe...
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Losses in sports in 2013: Musial, Weaver, GriffithDec 26, 2013 5:42 am - The soundtracks could not have been more different. One was the stinging crack of the bat of yet another double in the gap and the folksy harmonica strains of some song ...