All Stories from July 7, 2012 (Change date)
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Disappearing disk may offer clues to Earth's genesisJul 08, 2012 6:40 am - Some 460 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus, a thick disk of dust swirled around a young star named TYC 8241 2652 1, where rocky planets like our own were a...
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Iraqis face long future of fear as attacks mountJul 08, 2012 6:32 am - BAGHDAD — Whenever he leaves his home, Mohammed Jabar, a Sunni Muslim, carries his cellphone so his family can find out quickly whether he is safe if a deadly bomb attac...
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Sleepy Hollow police chief retiring after 23 yearsJul 09, 2012 4:56 pm - The longest serving police chief in the history of Sleepy Hollow is ready to give up his badge July 31. Chief James Montalbano doesn't know what the future holds for him...
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New Franz Jackson CD set in the makingJul 09, 2012 7:01 am - If Chicago had a Mount Rushmore of jazz, Franz Jackson's face wouldn't just be on the mountain. He would be the mountain itself. Jackson owned a unique claim on the Chic...
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St. Charles woman uses proton therapy to beat tumorJul 09, 2012 3:54 pm - Heaven Alcorn's father died in 2008 from stomach cancer. So when her gynecologist discovered a tumor the size of a cantaloupe in her abdomen three years later, fear wash...
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Could a radioactive bite really create a Spider-Man?Jul 09, 2012 7:00 am - “The Amazing Spider-Man,” which retells the origins of Marvel's wall-crawling superhero, hits theaters this week. In the comic, a bite from a radioactive spider gives Pe...
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Women and motorcycles: Female ridership on the riseJul 09, 2012 7:55 am - NEW YORK — Cris Baldwin was 7 when she commandeered her brother's minibike on their Wisconsin dairy farm and first felt the wind in her face. More than 250,000 miles and...
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Marriage Tune-Up Retreat to be repeated this summerJul 08, 2012 6:43 am - This retreat includes couple private-times, as well as group-presentations sharing tune-up tools for experienced marriages. There is no required group sharing. Sharing...
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10 tips for tipping overseasJul 09, 2012 7:19 am - To tip or not to tip? It's probably not the first concern on travelers' minds when they set out on an international vacation, yet it's an issue that presents itself ear...
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One L of a name: L.L. Bean's initials get scrutinyJul 09, 2012 7:57 am - FREEPORT, Maine — He's arguably Maine's best-known native son, right up there with Civil War general Joshua Chamberlain, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and horror write...