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Germany to present Lugar with highest honor
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Sen. Richard Lugar is collecting another honor. The Lugar Center, his Washington-based nonprofit, says German President Joachim Gauck has decided to bestow on Lugar the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit. The presentation...
Tags: Richard Lugar
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Speedometer top speed often exceeds reality
DETROIT (AP) — The speedometer on the Toyota Yaris says the tiny car can go 140 miles per hour. In reality, the bulbous subcompact's 106-horsepower engine and automatic transmission can't push it any faster than 109. So why do the Yaris —...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, NASCAR, Politics, Vehicles, Automotive Equipment
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Fire at German workshop for disabled kills 14
BERLIN (AP) — 14 people were killed and 8 injured Monday when a fire broke out at a workshop for disabled people in Germany's Black Forest region, authorities said. Scores had to be rescued from the building as it quickly filled with smoke. More...
Tags: Fires, Physical Disabilities, Angela Merkel, Injuries and Wounds
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Stocks fall on Wall Street as Spanish bank teeters
NEW YORK (AP) — Another flare-up in Europe's debt crisis has knocked U.S. markets lower. Stock indexes waffled between small gains and losses until news broke in the afternoon that Bankia, a hobbled Spanish bank, asked that country's government for...Tags: NYSE Euronext, Inc., Memorial Day, NASDAQ, Stock Market
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D-Day survivor recalls Omaha Beach 68 years later
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterIt was 20 minutes before 6 a.m. — H-hour — on D-Day, when Allied forces crossing the English Channel were poised to participate in the largest military landing in history, and Joe Amorelli was nervous. Strike that. He was “scared...Tags: Shootings, Cancer, World War II (1939-1945)
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BMW recalls 1.3 million cars worldwide
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — BMW AG is recalling 1.3 million 5- and 6-series cars from the 2003 to 2010 model years. The company says that in rare cases a battery cable covering in the trunk was incorrectly installed. The defect could prevent the car...Tags: Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, BMW, BMW AG, Product Recalls
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After seven decades, Pearl Harbor fresh in vets' minds
The crude oil was already 30 inches deep on Battleship Row by the time 18-year-old Harold Helser arrived on the shore, looking for a way to help. Overhead, Japanese planes continued to drop bombs and strafe with their machine guns, as the Dec. 7, 1941,...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Weaponry, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Japan, Documentary (genre)
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Dowagiac airman home for the holidays
While many of those troops are headed home from Iraq, a reminder there are men and women serving our country around the world that spend the holidays overseas every year. That's why this Christmas will be a special one for a local airman and his family....Tags: Holidays
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Farewell to cop's best friend
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterOne of Beni's first collars hits Neil Hoover's memory right off the bat. The St. Joseph County police corporal chuckles over the 2003 recollection when he and his K-9 partner were called to track down a drunken driver who had wrecked his car then run... -
Landmark gay history bill goes to California governor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Tuesday sent the governor a bill that would make the state the first requiring public schools to include the contributions of gays and lesbians in social studies curriculum. The bill, passed on a...Tags: Politics, Mark Leno, George Washington, National or Ethnic Minorities, Hispanic and Latino Americans
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Woman says rescue dog sniffed out her cancer
PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) — Lisa Hulber gazes affectionately at her dog, Effie.
She's always had a bond with the mixed breed, but the two have grown even closer this past year.
Effie, or Effie Mae as Lisa and her husband, Scott, sometimes call her,...Tags: Lymphatic System, Science and Technology, Medical Research, Chemotherapy, Mammogram
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The Big Charade
With the debt ceiling and budget talks in Washington taking center stage you would think mature adults in positions of power would do the right things. Oh, wait a minute. Doing the right thing really isn’t a priority in Washington anymore. It is all...Tags: Politics, Food and Drug Administration, Iraq, Business Enterprises, Barack Obama
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