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World Cup preview: Host Brazil ready to finally get tournament underwayJun 11, 2014 3:00 pm - SAO PAULO — It's almost time. The day Brazilians have been anxiously waiting for is finally arriving. Brazil plays Croatia on Thursday to get the home World Cup und...
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Prediction: What will happen at the World Cup?Jun 11, 2014 3:00 pm - Maracana is filled to bursting for the World Cup final between Brazil and Argentina. If ever there's home advantage, this is it. The date? July 13, 2014, and Brazil does...
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A kick to the wallet: World Cup tourists, get ready for price shockJun 11, 2014 3:00 pm - RIO DE JANEIRO — World Cup visitors, welcome to Brazil, land of soccer, sun and sky-high prices. Unlike nearby Latin American nations where a tourist's U.S. dollar ...
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Syrian woman survives 700 days of blockadeJun 11, 2014 2:00 pm - HOMS, Syria — Over the course of the 700-day blockade, her world shrunk to her living room and her kitchen. She survived by eating plants and reading books. She ref...
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Number of stay-at-home fathers is growing, but remains relatively smallJun 11, 2014 1:59 pm - The number of dads who stay at home with their children rather than go to work has nearly doubled since 1989, according to new statistics from Pew Research Center. Altho...
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Father knows best: Notable personalities on what they learned from their dadsJun 11, 2014 1:59 pm - My dad, Frank Collins, was a blind piano tuner who had a photographic memory before glaucoma stole his sight when he was 13. When doctors told him he would go blind, he ...
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Iraqi officials say militants seize city of TikritJun 11, 2014 1:00 pm - BAGHDAD — Al-Qaida-inspired militants seized effective control Wednesday of Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, expanding their offensive closer to the Iraqi capit...
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Tommie Gene PurdyJun 11, 2014 9:00 am - Tommie Gene Purdy, 84, of Decatur, passed away at 4:25 p.m. Monday June 9, 2014 in Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur. A service to celebrate Tommie's life will be hel...
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Iris A. MorganJun 11, 2014 9:00 am - Iris A. Morgan, 92, of Du Quoin, passed away at 4:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at the Fair Acres Rehab and Care Center in Du Quoin. Iris had been a CNA at Fair Acres N...
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42 musical performers, beer tent lineup, Safari & Musical Mutts only the beginningJun 11, 2014 9:00 am - What may be the most well-thought-out Du Quoin State Fair in memory is coming together quickly. The fair trams are back. More than a dozen family refreshment stations wi...