All Stories from June 14, 2011 (Change date)
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Siemens to invest €150 million in DenmarkJun 15, 2011 7:51 am - BERLIN — German industrial giant Siemens AG says it plans to invest more than €150 million ($217 million) over the next two years to expand its wind-power operations in...
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Mexican bank leader continues fight to head IMFJun 15, 2011 12:46 pm - MEXICO CITY — Mexico's central bank governor Agustin Carstens knows that he faces an uphill task: the votes in his bid to be the first representative from an emerging ec...
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Glen Ellyn Bookfest attracts local authors, readersJun 16, 2011 10:40 am - Never claim to have written the next Harry Potter, but make sure to relate your book to works everyone knows. Be creative and informative but not bizarre. Don't tell peo...
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Wis. Assembly begins debate of Walker's budgetJun 15, 2011 2:38 pm - MADISON, Wis. — A protester has interrupted the first Republican speech in defense of Gov. Scott Walker's two-year state budget during debate in the state Assembly. As s...
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Reality TV star Amber Portwood threatens suicideJun 15, 2011 2:10 pm - ANDERSON, Ind. — Police say a star of the MTV reality show "Teen Mom" has been hospitalized after threatening suicide in her hometown. Anderson Police Detective Mitch Ca...
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US names 14 nations with human rights lapsesJun 15, 2011 11:06 am - GENEVA — The United States has named China, Iran, Libya, North Korea and 10 other nations that it wants the U.N. to hold accountable for alleged human rights violations....
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Gates says Afghanistan is not 'war without end'Jun 15, 2011 3:24 pm - WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday bluntly rejected suggestions that Afghanistan is a "war without end," defending the U.S. military operation amid...
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US births down for 3rd year; economy may be factorJun 15, 2011 1:54 pm - ATLANTA — U.S. births apparently have declined for a third year in a row, probably because of the weak economy. Births had been on the rise for years, and the number hi...
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Judge sends Sheen's 'Men' lawsuit to arbitrationJun 15, 2011 4:12 pm - LOS ANGELES — Charlie Sheen may not get quite the audience he wanted for his $100 million lawsuit over his firing from "Two and a Half Men" — a judge on Wednesday ruled ...
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Coltrane house, Chicago hospital called endangeredJun 15, 2011 9:20 pm - WASHINGTON — Jazz musician John Coltrane's home on Long Island, N.Y., a cloverleaf-shaped Chicago hospital building and a Pillsbury plant in Minneapolis that once was th...