All Stories from May 3, 2012 (Change date)
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Illinois Senate votes to end legislative scholarshipsMay 03, 2012 11:00 am - The Illinois Senate has agreed to end the practice of letting lawmakers hand out free college educations to their constituents. For years, the Senate had been the last r...
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Easter Seals' Run for the Kids steps off Saturday in Villa ParkMay 03, 2012 11:00 am - Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region's ninth annual 5K run/2-mile walk, Run for the Kids, begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 5, starting and finishing at the Ea...
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US: Blind activist wants to leave ChinaMay 03, 2012 10:35 am - BEIJING — The Obama administration’s diplomatic predicament deepened Thursday when a blind Chinese legal activist who took refuge in the American Embassy told ...
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College student left in cell 4 days just tried to surviveMay 03, 2012 10:35 am - SAN DIEGO — After two days of being handcuffed in a tiny holding cell and desperate for food and water, Daniel Chong said he realized he had to stop wondering when ...
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Tossing out health care law could cause Medicare disruptionsMay 03, 2012 10:35 am - WASHINGTON — Tossing out President Barack Obama’s health care law would have major unintended consequences for Medicare’s payment systems, unseen but vita...
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Afghanistan security deal Obama signed has holesMay 03, 2012 10:34 am - WASHINGTON — The 10-year security compact that President Barack Obama signed with Afghan President Hamid Karzai contains promises the United States and Afghanistan canno...
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EBay says fines may be cut after appeal on sales of Vuitton fakesMay 03, 2012 10:29 am - EBay Inc. said it may win a reduction in fines after France’s high appeals court overturned part of a 2010 decision holding it responsible for sales of counterfeit LVMH ...
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Viacom 2Q earnings up 56 percentMay 03, 2012 10:29 am - NEW YORK — Viacom Inc., the owner of Paramount Pictures, MTV and Nickelodeon, on Thursday said its net income rose 56 percent in the latest quarter, even though a slate ...
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Gm first-quarter profit falls 61% as losses in Europe increaseMay 03, 2012 10:29 am - General Motors Co., the world’s largest automaker, said first-quarter profit slid 61 percent on widening losses in Europe. Net income declined to $1.32 billion from $3.3...
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Key revenue figure drops 6.4 pct for WalgreenMay 03, 2012 10:11 am - Deerfield-based Walgreen Co. said Thursday monthly revenue from stores open at least a year slipped again in April largely due to its split with pharmacy benefits manage...