All Stories from August 23, 2016 (Change date)
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Lincoln Library expands poets collection with Masters papersAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has expanded its collection on Illinois poets with a trove of documents, manuscripts and pho...
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States file another lawsuit over Obama transgender rulesAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas and four other Republican-led states filed another lawsuit Tuesday seeking to roll back the Obama administration's efforts to strengthen trans...
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Eastern Illinois botanist gets a plant to call his ownAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) - A longtime botanist at Eastern Illinois University now shares his name with a new plant species found in India. The university on Monday said tha...
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9-man Roma misses out on Champions League after Porto lossAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - MILAN (AP) - Roma failed to reach the Champions League group stage after having two men sent off in a 3-0 defeat at home to Porto in the second leg of their playoff on T...
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AP NewsBreak: Federal regulators to propose widespread ban on swimming with Hawaii's spinner dolphinsAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - HONOLULU (AP) - AP NewsBreak: Federal regulators to propose widespread ban on swimming with Hawaii's spinner dolphins. ...
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Burkinis on beaches stoke France's long debate on secularismAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Burkinis vs. bikinis. Beneath the clash over how to dress, or undress, on the beaches of France simmers an issue that for decades has divided the nation, an...
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The Latest: Armed homeowner shot by police expected to liveAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Latest on an Indianapolis police officer mistaken shooting an armed homeowner trying to protect his wife (all times local): 4:15 p.m. Indianapoli...
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Golf GlanceAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - PGA TOUR THE BARCLAYS Site: Farmingdale, N.Y. Course: Bethpage State Park (Black Course). Yardage: 7,468. Par: 71. Purse: $8.5 million (First prize: $1.53 million). Tele...
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Counterfeit pain pills likely came to Prince illegallyAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The disclosure that some pills found at Prince's Paisley Park home and studio were counterfeit and contained the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl st...
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Small plane makes emergency landing on Massachusetts sandbarAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - NEW SALEM, Mass. (AP) - A small plane has made an emergency landing on a sandbar in Massachusetts. The pilot told state police that he was forced to land his plane on a ...