All Stories from August 27, 2011 (Change date)
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Chinese film industry ‘growing like a rocket ship’Aug 28, 2011 7:08 am - Bruce Willis’s mob hit-man travels to the future in next year’s movie “Looper.” Thanks to backing from Beijing’s DMG Entertainment, that future is in China. DMG funded t...
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Amazon brings new local deals site to more citiesAug 28, 2011 6:55 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its new local deals site to New York and other parts of the country, hoping discount-happy consumers will flock to its offer...
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Family learns about Fragile X SyndromeAug 28, 2011 7:08 am - PLAINVILLE, Ill. — When Jesica Huber describes the past nine years as an emotional roller coaster, she is probably erring on the side of understatement. For Jesica and ...
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China becomes biggest PC marketAug 28, 2011 6:55 am - SAN FRANCISCO — China has passed an important technological milestone: It became the world’s biggest consumer of PCs in the second quarter, according to new market resea...
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Jersey Girls who emerged after 9/11 stay activistsAug 27, 2011 6:01 am - TRENTON, N.J. — The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, turned them into widows and the four Jersey Girls, as they became known, turned themselves into activists. A dec...
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Uneven post-9/11 data-cloaking persistsAug 27, 2011 6:01 am - Take a virtual tour of New York on Google Maps, and some blurry images appear. As you zoom down in satellite view, what looks like the crisp outline of the airport termi...
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Some 9/11 charities failed miserablyAug 27, 2011 6:01 am - NEW YORK — Americans eager to give after the 9/11 terrorist attacks poured $1.5 billion into hundreds of charities established to serve the victims, their families and t...
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Review: Sifteo a fun but pricey new way to playAug 28, 2011 6:55 am - NEW YORK — I am sliding three little cubes around my desk. My goal is to help a penguin named Booker collect a bunch of eggs and avoid being eaten by a horrific creature...
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7 products Steve Jobs got wrongAug 28, 2011 6:55 am - NEW YORK — Steve Jobs pushed the envelope many times when it came to product design, and the results weren’t always pretty. Here are seven products created under his dir...
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Weekend picks: Enjoy ribs, blues at Vernon Hills festAug 28, 2011 7:08 am - Dig in! Sample a variety of barbecued ribs from five Chicago-area rib vendors at Vernon Hills' Little Bear Ribfest at Century Park, 1001 Lakeview Parkway, Vernon Hi...