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    September 12, 2013

    Funeral planned for Conn. slave who died in 1798

    The remains of an enslaved man known as Mr. Fortune will lie in state in the Capitol rotunda in Hartford today before burial in a cemetery filled with prominent residents.

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    September 12, 2013

    Damaged iPad leaves Zimmerman probe in limbo

    Police say their investigation of thealtercation between George and Shellie Zimmerman is on hold because there is no clear evidence to charge anyone and neither side wants to press the case.

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    September 12, 2013

    Putin appeals directly to US public with stinging op-ed on Syria

    Putin warns that a unilateral U.S. military response to Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons would undermine the United Nations and violate international law.

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    September 12, 2013
    Cal Worthington

    Cal Worthington, 92, titan of car ads, sales

    He endured a boyhood of poverty before creating 'go see Cal' TV ads that won him fame and fortune.

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    September 12, 2013

    Set designer Lisanby, 89, dies

    LOS ANGELES – Emmy Award-winning production designer Charles Lisanby, known for his lavish sets during the golden age of TV variety specials, died Aug. 23 in Los Angeles. He was 89. According to his longtime agent and manager, Bob Goodman, Lisanby had recently fallen. The cause of death, according to Morgan’s Funeral Home, was sepsis. […]

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    September 12, 2013

    Split renews worries of government shutdown

    Facing a revolt by staunch tea party conservatives, House Republican leaders delay a key vote.

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    September 12, 2013
    Gainesville Florida pastor Terry Jones and Rabbi Nachum Shifren of Santa Monica, California chat with two other men during a brief recess in the 19th District Dearborn Court

    Arrest halts Fla. pastor’s vow to burn Qurans

    Controversial Pastor Terry Jones is arrested with a barbecue grill filled with kerosene-soaked Qurans.

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    September 12, 2013
    Carrie Bergonia looks over the name of her fiance during ceremonies at the 9/11 Memorial marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York

    Pain remains acute on 9/11 anniversary

    NEW YORK – Life in lower Manhattan resembled any ordinary day on Wednesday as workers rushed to their jobs in the muggy heat, but time stood still at the World Trade Center site while families wept for loved ones who perished in the terror attacks 12 years ago. For the families, the memories of that […]

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    September 12, 2013
    AN ORANG-UTANG FEEDS IN HIS NEW ENCLOSURE AT THE HAGENBECK ZOO IN HAMBURG.

    Whoops! Orangutans use social networking, too

    WASHINGTON – It’s the ape equivalent of Google Maps and Facebook. The night before a big trip, Arno the orangutan plots his journey and lets others know where he is going with a long, whooping call. What he and his orangutan buddies do in the forests of Sumatra tells scientists that advance trip planning and […]

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    September 12, 2013

    Celebrated civil rights lawyer dies

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Demetrius Newton, a civil rights attorney who represented icons like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. before becoming the first black person to serve as speaker pro tem of the Alabama House, has died. He was 85. Rep. John Rogers of Birmingham, a longtime friend of Newton, says he was notified […]

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