All Stories from January 7, 2012 (Change date)
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How ‘bout donating to bottom 50 percent?Jan 07, 2012 5:04 am - I recently paged through the editorials to read how one gentleman made Speaker John Boehner the bad guy in this whole payroll tax holiday debacle. Well, he left out a fe...
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Why do you need to talk so much?Jan 07, 2012 5:04 am - Have you ever wondered who they are talking to when you see: drivers talking on cellphones as they drive, women pushing full grocery carts down the aisle with cellphones...
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Can Bears come in to the 21st Century?Jan 07, 2012 5:04 am - While it’s true the Mugs Halas moved the Bears in the right direction by hiring Jim Finks, Mugs died suddenly, which allowed George Halas to resume control of the Bears....
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Recalling ‘temporary’ toll increaseJan 07, 2012 5:04 am - The ending of World War II had ushered in an era of ambitious interstate highway building in the Chicago area. Old Chicago neighborhoods were razed and replaced with wid...
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Weekend picks: Dinos come to life in RosemontJan 07, 2012 5:00 am - Discover the Dinos Get up close and personal with more than 60 mechanized and museum-quality extinct beasts at the Discover the Dinosaurs event with interactive dis...
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Guatemalan town becomes folk-art havenJan 07, 2012 5:00 am - Last spring, I gave a college lecture on my 30-year passion for folk-art collecting. Afterward, a student approached me with a question: Would I ever quit? It seemed lik...
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Coal country sees tourism potential in W.Va.Jan 07, 2012 5:00 am - MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Some of the bloodiest and most important moments in the American labor movement happened in the coalfields of southern West Virginia. But most who li...
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Texas Gulf Coast welcomes retirees with open armsJan 07, 2012 5:00 am - ROCKPORT, Texas — Linda Vander Woude spent one winter in Florida — and then headed West. The price of staying in Florida's popular Fort Myers area when her husband's jo...
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Experts lowers 2012 tech spending growth forecastJan 07, 2012 4:03 am - NEW YORK) — Research firm Gartner Inc. has lowered its global technology spending growth forecast because of the sluggish economy and the euro crisis. Gartner said this ...
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MetroPCS to sell phones with TV tunersJan 07, 2012 4:03 am - NEW YORK — TV stations have been locked out of the screens we carry with us every day — those of cellphones. This week, they gained a foothold in the wireless world, tho...