All Stories from July 1, 2012 (Change date)
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Scouting report: Atlanta Dream at Chicago SkyJul 01, 2012 8:00 am - Atlanta Dream (7-7) at Chicago Sky (7-5) When: 5 p.m. today Where: Allstate Arena TV: Comcast CN100 Last time: On Friday, the visiting Dream defeated the Tulsa Shock 102...
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Big U.S. cities boom as young adults shun suburbsJul 01, 2012 7:58 am - WASHINGTON — For the first time in a century, most of America’s largest cities are growing at a faster rate than their surrounding suburbs as young adults seeking a foot...
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Cook County treasurer markets easy availability of tax informationJul 01, 2012 7:55 am - Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, in an effort to highlight the amount of information she is now making available about taxes on the Internet, placed a 139-page insert...
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Transportation bill good for Chicago area, officials sayJul 01, 2012 7:55 am - The final version of the federal transportation bill that cleared Congress after a lengthy partisan soap opera is good for Illinois but may not be good enough, officials...
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Budget problems loom for paratransitJul 01, 2012 7:53 am - The rising costs of providing service to disabled riders is creating budget angst, Regional Transportation Authority leaders warned. The number of passengers using parat...
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Colleges move toward absolute bans on smokingJul 01, 2012 7:46 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio — As a political science major at Ohio State University, Ida Seitter says, she lit up many a cigarette to help her through the stress of exam season. Righ...
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Work advice: Does the friendship justify the means?Jul 01, 2012 7:44 am - Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Q: I have gotten myself into a s...
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Small business advocate finds middle groundJul 01, 2012 7:22 am - WASHINGTON — Todd McCracken has spent much of the last quarter century listening to both sides on small business issues — company owners on one side, and policy makers o...
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Midyear tax checkup makes extra sense this yearJul 01, 2012 7:15 am - Ready or not, big changes lie ahead for virtually every U.S. taxpayer next year. Tax cuts put into place under the Bush administration that slashed rates on wages, divid...
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Seeking elusive ‘alpha,’ investors scour the globeJul 01, 2012 7:15 am - NEW YORK — You can leap off a mountainside in extreme skiing, kick and claw to near death in extreme fighting and twist yourself into a pretzel in extreme yoga. Why not ...