All Stories from March 15, 2014 (Change date)
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Downstate student lives with tissue disorderMar 15, 2014 8:50 am - CHAMPAIGN - In Kat Williams' ideal world, she'd be able to do more things teens her age do, like playing sports. And she'd stop herself from growing any taller. "I will ...
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Samsung introduces free streaming radio serviceMar 15, 2014 5:04 pm - NEW YORK - Samsung unveiled a new free music service for its phones that it touts as a significant improvement from the apps already on the market. The South Korean gadg...
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Assange talks NSA, hints at more leaksMar 16, 2014 6:24 am - AUSTIN, Texas - Speaking over Skype from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said his living situation is a bit like prison - wit...
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Google to release tools for making apps for wearable computersMar 15, 2014 5:04 pm - Google Inc. is releasing tools for software developers to make applications for wearable-computing devices, trying to repeat the success it's had with the Android mobile...
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U.S. network to scan workers with secret clearancesMar 16, 2014 7:25 am - WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials are planning a sweeping system of electronic monitoring that would tap into government, financial and other databases to scan th...
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Google reaps tax breaks in $1.4 billion clean energy betMar 16, 2014 6:24 am - On a Northern California farm where silage for animal feed once grew, Google Inc. is generating power from more than 100,000 solar panels to heat nearby homes - - and do...
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Black Twitter growing into online forceMar 16, 2014 6:24 am - WASHINGTON — The hashtag gave it away. When a Florida jury convicted Michael Dunn of attempted murder, but not actual murder, in the shooting death of black teenager Jor...
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38-year veteran takes helm of S. Elgin fire districtMar 16, 2014 4:43 pm - William B. Sohn has served as fire chief for the South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District for just two weeks, but he knows the job well, having spent 38 years ...
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Unfinished Lake Zurich townhouse project draws interestMar 16, 2014 4:43 pm - Developer interest is being shown in downtown Lake Zurich's long-unfinished Somerset townhouse subdivision. Village board members, at a meeting Monday night, are to cond...
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Study: St. Charles must accommodate future growth with multifamily housingMar 17, 2014 5:34 am - A new regional study shows St. Charles will grow 27 percent by the year 2040, fueling a need for expanded housing options. While residents surveyed in the study agree mu...