All Stories from August 8, 2011 (Change date)
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Cook County officials unveil budget websiteAug 09, 2011 8:14 am - Think you can balance the $3.1 billion budget of one of the nation's biggest counties? Here's your chance. Cook County officials have launched a new interactive budget w...
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'The Art of Marc Chagall' Aug. 28 at Arlington libraryAug 10, 2011 7:17 pm - Join art historian and professor Dr. Michelle Paluch-Mishur for a presentation on "The Art of Marc Chagall: Paintings, Mosaics and Stained Glass." The free program is ...
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Quinn says legislative scholarships should endAug 09, 2011 4:14 pm - CHICAGO — Gov. Pat Quinn says a legislative scholarship program that's had "a cloud of scandal around it for decades" should be abolished. Quinn was asked by reporters T...
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Illinois' last manned rail tower torn downAug 09, 2011 8:47 am - SPRINGFIELD — The last manned railroad control tower in Illinois and one of the last in the country has been torn down. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register (http://...
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Tyson 3Q profits drop 21 percentAug 09, 2011 10:38 pm - SPRINGDALE, Ark. -- Tyson Foods Inc. said Monday that its profit fell 21 percent for its third fiscal quarter as higher grain costs offset rising sales. Expensive grain ...
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Nielsen buys Marketing AnalyticsAug 10, 2011 2:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG — Nielsen Holdings N.V. said Tuesday it acquired Marketing Analytics Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Evanston, Ill.-based Marketing Analytics helps other compani...
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Ill. can seize abandoned paychecks after 1 yearAug 09, 2011 12:23 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Forgotten money could be put to work for taxpayers much more quickly under a new Illinois law. The measure says the state can take control of abandoned pay...
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Study to examine if Vitamin D can aid asthma careAug 09, 2011 8:16 am - Researchers in Chicago want asthma patients for a study on whether vitamin D pills can make inhaled steroids work better. The research may help answer why inhaled steroi...
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Apple passes Exxon as most valuable US companyAug 10, 2011 2:00 pm - NEW YORK — Apple briefly surpassed Exxon Mobil as the most valuable company in the U.S. Tuesday afternoon before settling back slightly lower. But the two are now so clo...
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Treasury rates sink after Fed statementAug 09, 2011 3:44 pm - Long-term interest rates sank near record lows Tuesday after the Federal Reserve said economic growth is "considerably slower." The Fed also pledged to keep a lid on sho...