All Stories from August 6, 2011 (Change date)
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Verizon Wireless to install AmEx app on phonesAug 06, 2011 6:08 am - NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless, the country’s largest cellphone company, will install apps for credit card issuer American Express Co.’s new online payment service, Serve, ...
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Review: Acer media-center PC has built-in touchpadAug 06, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Flat-panel TVs and PCs go great together — the PC gets a giant screen, and the TV gets access to tons of online video. But getting the two together in an eleg...
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What will come in handy in the dorm roomAug 06, 2011 6:00 am - Every store comes up with cool dorm finds this time of year. But if you're going to be a freshman and it's your first time living away from home — and maybe your first t...
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‘Mad Men,’ Banana Republic polish office clothesAug 06, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — “Mad Men” has gone beyond a fashion fad. The AMC show about a 1960s ad agency — in which style is as important as the characters and plot — continues to influ...
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Monmouth's quarterback may be superhumanAug 06, 2011 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Central Illinois knows Alex Tanney as the former Lexington High School star quarterback who has rewritten the Monmouth College record book. The rest ...
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Republican leaders’ actions should make us proudAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - Despite biased negative media depictions to the contrary, I am proud of many of our elected officials in Washington such as Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., Congressm...
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Harry Potter will always be part of usAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - Harry Potter is over. Never again can we look forward to a night of dressing up as Harry, Ron, Hermione or, in my case, a Death Eater, excitedly awaiting outside a books...
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The SoapboxAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - Joe Walsh's concern for his kids: In Wauconda Thursday, Rep. Joe Walsh of McHenry sidestepped charges he owes $117,000 in child support by saying, #8220;There's n...
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Some space advice from the Russians?Aug 06, 2011 3:00 am - Thank God that that useless space shuttle program is over. NASA said the shuttle would lead us to a manned landing on Mars by the 1990s — we aren’t even close. Now NAS...
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Lake fair a forum for special interestsAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - The Lake County Fair stooped to a new low on Saturday evening during the rodeo event. A fair already riddled with vendors who entice children into their booth for a litt...