All Stories from September 17, 2011 (Change date)
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Facebook to organize friends in ‘smart lists’Sep 19, 2011 9:15 am - NEW YORK — It’s a modern-day dilemma: You really want your Facebook friends to see that wild party photo of you wearing bunny ears. But you’re not so keen on explaining ...
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Google’s new airfare search section takes offSep 19, 2011 1:55 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc.’s search results for airline tickets are finally getting a lift from a key piece of technology that it bought earlier this year. The Internet...
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Beamer essay right to touch on PCSep 17, 2011 6:01 am - Beamer essay right to touch on PC In the Sept. 11 Daily Herald, an essay by David L. Beamer, father of Todd Beamer appeared in reflection of this past decade since ...
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Guide dogs have more distractions these daysSep 19, 2011 1:55 pm - LOS ANGELES — Guide dogs and their handlers have always undergone intense training on dealing with distractions from squirrels to skateboarders. But today’s guide dogs h...
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Filmmaker Nadine Labaki is new face of LebanonSep 19, 2011 1:55 pm - PARIS — Lebanon may be known more for its civil strife than its fledgling movie industry, but Nadine Labakih hopes to change all that. The director-actress is out to tra...
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Apple cuts French App Store’s ‘Jew Or Not Jew’ appSep 19, 2011 9:15 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. has removed a mobile app, called “Jew or Not Jew?”, from its online App Store in France. The app let users consult a database of celebrities a...
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This is my town; I deserve a hospitalSep 17, 2011 6:01 am - When the state review board said “no” to Centegra Health System’s application for a Huntley hospital, I took it personally. After all, I live in Huntley. I need this hos...
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Column’s focus should be lawmakersSep 17, 2011 6:01 am - One wonders if the purpose of Jake Griffin’s Tax Watchdog column was to “stir the pot” — so that the private sector readers will be against the pensions and benefits leg...
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A fast facelift for a boring bi-levelSep 19, 2011 1:53 pm - WASHINGTON — The morning Lauren Liess moved into her suburban home here, she took a sledgehammer to the drop ceiling in the basement. Later that day, she and husband Dav...
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Gulf Coast's oily mess now just a memorySep 19, 2011 1:55 pm - PENSACOLA, Fla. — Last summer John Ehrenreich wondered whether his Pensacola Beach go-cart track and parasailing business would make it through the BP Deepwater Horizon ...