All Stories from June 8, 2011 (Change date)
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CME move threat puts focus on unpopular tax hikeJun 08, 2011 11:00 pm - The suggestion by the owner of two major futures exchanges that it could relocate jobs because of Illinois' business tax casts another spotlight on the unpopular increas...
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US stocks head for first up day in over a weekJun 08, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — A little bit of good news was all it took to break a weeklong slump in the stock market. A report that U.S. exports hit a record in April sent stocks sharply ...
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Trade deficit narrows in April to $43.7 billionJun 08, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — American companies sold more computers, heavy machinery and telecommunications equipment in foreign markets in April, pushing exports to a record high. Impo...
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Fanboy goes to Hollywood in Simon Pegg's memoirJun 08, 2011 2:00 pm - LONDON — A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away — the west of England in the 1970s — there lived a boy named Simon Pegg. He loved zombies, "The Six Million Dollar Man...
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Curry's perseverance pays off at 'Today' showJun 08, 2011 11:00 am - NEW YORK — Ann Curry won't be taking over the "Where in the World Is Matt Lauer?" feature from her new "Today" show co-host, even though there were many times over the p...
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For-profit ‘charter’ schoolsJun 08, 2011 4:00 am - Former tennis star Andre Agassi deserves enormous credit for recognizing that nothing is more important than ensuring every child gets the kind of quality education that...
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First priority: How does this help people?Jun 08, 2011 4:00 am - It occurred to me while honoring our soldiers at the local Memorial Day parade, that I’ve never once heard one of them say that they fought to protect the freedoms and r...
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We can’t afford any leaders like BlagoJun 08, 2011 4:00 am - The second Blagojevich trial is thankfully less complicated than the first, and better understood. Rod Blagojevich knows that he is in serious trouble and his antics and...
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Walsh wrong on race remarkJun 08, 2011 4:00 am - It seems Rep. Joe Walsh thinks so little of the Democrats he represents that he says the only reason they voted for Barack Obama is because he’s black. Well, I have news...
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The oxymoronic presidentJun 08, 2011 4:00 am - I once worked for an editor who banned the word “oxymoron.” I don’t know why. It’s a good word, meaning a contradiction in terms. The dictionary offers some examples: “w...