All Stories from August 2, 2011 (Change date)
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Unemployment rose in nearly all US citiesAug 03, 2011 11:06 pm - WASHINGTON — Unemployment rose in more than 90 percent of U.S. cities in June, mirroring a national slowdown in hiring. The Labor Department says the unemployment rate r...
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Gates Foundation gave away $2.5B in 2010Aug 03, 2011 11:13 am - SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said in its annual report that it gave away about $2.5 billion in 2010, roughly $500 million less than it granted the year ...
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Man gets 12 years in killing outside high schoolAug 03, 2011 9:41 am - BELLEVILLE — A man who admits killing a teenager in a gang-related fight outside a basketball game at a southwestern Illinois high school in 2009 has been sentenced to 1...
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'Reading Green' to discuss 'The Dirty Life' Aug. 18Aug 03, 2011 9:28 pm - Would you give up your career as a journalist in Manhattan to start a cooperative, self-sustaining farm with the man you love? That is the story that author Kristin Kim...
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Judge hears arguments over Globes broadcast rightsAug 03, 2011 6:02 am - LOS ANGELES — Attorneys for the organizers of the Golden Globe Awards and its longtime producers sparred Tuesday over whether an 18-year-old agreement gave the company a...
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Five charged in DuPage credit card scamAug 05, 2011 1:14 am - Five California residents who used “re-encoded” credit cards to go on an electronics shopping spree in DuPage County are now facing conspiracy and identity theft charges...
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Judge tosses suit challenging FEMA flood mappingAug 03, 2011 11:28 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A federal judge has thrown out as moot a lawsuit three southwestern Illinois counties filed to block the Federal Emergency Management Agency from ...
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Chicago Crime Commission blasts gambling expansionAug 03, 2011 10:03 pm - The Chicago Crime Commission blasted legislation to massively expand gambling in Illinois. The watchdog group says Wednesday that adding five new casinos, including one ...
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Oil below $92 on concern about economy, demandAug 03, 2011 2:19 pm - Oil fell to its lowest level in five weeks on Wednesday as more signs of a slowing U.S. economy raised concerns about demand for everything from gasoline to natural gas ...
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Vilsack: USDA working to ID tainted turkey sourceAug 03, 2011 2:13 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the government hopes to find the source of a salmonella outbreak linked to ground turkey "very, very" soon. Vilsack t...