All Stories from June 2, 2011 (Change date)
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Few jobs added in May; unemployment up to 9.1%Jun 02, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Employers in May added the fewest jobs in eight months, and the unemployment rate inched up to 9.1 percent. The weakening job market raised concerns about a...
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Orexigen puts obesity drug development on holdJun 02, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. said Friday that U.S. regulators are making "unprecedented" demands about safety trials for its obesity drug candidate Contrave, an...
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Quinn signs Democrats' legislative mapJun 02, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn Friday signed legislation that redivides the suburbs into new districts for the Illinois General Assembly, giving the region more say in Spr...
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High fashion or bait? Fly ties now hair extensionsJun 02, 2011 11:00 pm - BOISE, Idaho — Fly shop manager Jim Bernstein was warned that hair stylists would come banging on his door, but he didn't listen. Sure enough, less than 24 hours later, ...
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Libertyville D70 Team Places 22nd in Worldwide CompetitionJun 02, 2011 11:00 pm - A team of Libertyville Elementary District 70 elementary students involved in an international Destination Imagination program placed 22nd in a worldwide compet...
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Rihanna says video gives victims a voiceJun 02, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Rihanna is defending her latest music video, which opens with a man being shot in the head. "Man Down," which premiered Tuesday on BET, is a song about a girl...
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Wheaton nonprofit agency receives grantJun 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Family Shelter Service, located in Wheaton, is among 30 law-related nonprofit organizations statewide that received grants from the Illinois Bar Foundation, the charitab...
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At French, Federer ends Djokovic's unbeaten runJun 02, 2011 11:00 pm - PARIS — Dusk was descending, wind was swirling and full-throated chants of "Ro-ger! Ro-ger!" from 15,000 or so fans finally were hushing as Roger Federer stepped to the...
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Links & Tees begins summer hoursJun 02, 2011 11:00 pm - With the arrival of summer weather last week, Links and Tees Golf Facility has announced new hours for summer. The golf course and outdoor driving range open every day a...
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Report: Mazda to stop making cars in U.S.Jun 02, 2011 11:00 pm - TOKYO — Mazda Motor Corp. plans to leave its joint venture with Ford Motor Co. and stop building cars in the U.S., the Nikkei financial daily reported Friday. Mazda and ...