All Stories from August 2, 2011 (Change date)
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Unemployment rose in nearly all US citiesAug 02, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Unemployment rose in more than 90 percent of U.S. cities in June, mirroring a national slowdown in hiring. The Labor Department says the unemployment rate r...
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Ill. gov names acting aging department directorAug 02, 2011 11:00 pm - CHICAGO — The Illinois Department on Aging has a new leader. In a news release, Gov. Pat Quinn announced he has appointed Michael Gelder as the agency's acting director,...
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Comcast posts higher 2Q profitAug 02, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Comcast Corp., the country's largest cable TV company, is bucking the trend among cable companies by making more money from its TV subscribers. While others ...
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Champaign man gets 40 years in fatal shootingAug 02, 2011 11:00 pm - URBANA — A judge in east-central Illinois has handed down a 40-year sentence for a Champaign man convicted in the fatal shooting of a man gunned down while with his wife...
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Refocusing on economy, Obama sets Midwest job tourAug 02, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The bruising debt fight behind him for now, President Barack Obama is planning a Midwest bus tour later this month that will focus on jobs. The White House ...
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Grants available for field trips to Lincoln museumAug 02, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Grants to help schools with large numbers of low-income students take field trips to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum are now available. The Winnick...
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Vilsack: USDA working to ID tainted turkey sourceAug 02, 2011 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the government hopes to find the source of a salmonella outbreak linked to ground turkey "very, very" soon. Vilsack t...
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Judge tosses suit challenging FEMA flood mappingAug 02, 2011 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A federal judge has thrown out as moot a lawsuit three southwestern Illinois counties filed to block the Federal Emergency Management Agency from ...
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ESPN promises new jobs under Conn. programAug 02, 2011 11:00 pm - BRISTOL, Conn. — ESPN and Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Tuesday the construction of a digital technology building and the addition of at least 200 jobs ove...
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Judge hears arguments over Globes broadcast rightsAug 02, 2011 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Attorneys for the organizers of the Golden Globe Awards and its longtime producers sparred Tuesday over whether an 18-year-old agreement gave the company a...