All Stories from February 23, 2016 (Change date)
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Chicago demolishing 3 buildings in high-crime areaFeb 23, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago officials say they're expediting the demolition of three vacant buildings located in an area riddled with crime. The Chicago Police Department and...
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AP Source: Heat lose Udrih for remainder of seasonFeb 23, 2016 6:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - A person with knowledge of the situation says Miami Heat backup point guard Beno Udrih will have season-ending surgery on his right foot this week. Udrih ha...
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US bank earnings jump 11.9 percent in 4Q; loan losses upFeb 23, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The impact of plummeting oil prices has shown up in the financial picture of U.S. banks, whose losses from loans increased for the first time in five a...
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Phoenix police face bullets from shooter who killed familyFeb 23, 2016 6:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Phoenix police and firefighters braved bullets and flames as they responded to a shooting and house fire that left five family members dead Tuesday, inclu...
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Swedish court gives doctor 10 years for abducting womanFeb 23, 2016 6:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - A Swedish doctor, who abducted a woman and kept her locked up in a bunker for almost a week was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in prison but was acquit...
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Iraqi Kurdish troops rescue Swedish teen from Islamic StateFeb 23, 2016 6:00 am - IRBIL, Iraq (AP) - The Iraqi Kurdish government says its troops have rescued a Swedish teenager from the Islamic State group near the city of Mosul, which is controlled ...
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Study finds anti-AIDS vaginal ring partially protects womenFeb 23, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - In a new approach to HIV prevention, women modestly reduced their risk of infection by inserting a vaginal ring coated with an anti-AIDS drug once a mo...
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NIU pays $1M over 5 years on firms to find job candidatesFeb 23, 2016 6:00 am - DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Records show Northern Illinois University spent almost $1 million over the last five years on search firms to help fill executive-level positions. Th...
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Prince Ali seeks postponement of FIFA presidential electionFeb 23, 2016 6:00 am - ZURICH (AP) - FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali is asking for Friday's election to be suspended after his request for the use of transparent voting booths was rejec...
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Amid coal market struggles, less fuel worth mining in USFeb 23, 2016 6:00 am - BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Vast coal seams dozens of feet thick that lie beneath the rolling hills of the Northern Plains once appeared almost limitless, fueling boasts that...