All Stories from July 11, 2012 (Change date)
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Oil rises to near $85 as US crude supplies dropJul 11, 2012 7:16 am - SINGAPORE — Oil rose to near $85 a barrel Wednesday after a report showed U.S. crude supplies fell for a second week, suggesting demand may be improving. The American P...
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Global stocks mixed, outlook for earnings dimJul 11, 2012 7:15 am - AMSTERDAM — Global stock markets struggled Wednesday, as Europe’s debt crisis rolls on and investors brace themselves for mediocre second-quarter corporate profits. In e...
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Storm caused $375,000 in damage to Dixon prisonJul 11, 2012 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Late June storms caused more than $375,000 in damage to the Dixon Correctional Center in northern Illinois. The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reports that recor...
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Weekend picks: Music abounds around ChicagoJul 11, 2012 6:00 am - Taste of Chicago Take in the sights, smells and sounds of the 32nd Annual Taste of Chicago in Grant Park, Michigan Avenue and Congress Drive, Chicago. The outdoor f...
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C&NW Heritage locomotive visits Arlington Hts.Jul 11, 2012 6:00 am - Arlington Heights got a treat over the weekend, when Union Pacific brought its Chicago & North Western Heritage locomotive into town for two days. Union Pacific is celeb...
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Cook of the Week Challenge: Do you have what it takes?Jul 11, 2012 6:00 am - Penny Kazmier always liked to cook, but never considered herself the competitive type. Then in late July of last year, something caught her eye: an ad for the Daily Hera...
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New books offer to bring the food science lab homeJul 11, 2012 6:00 am - You may not aspire to the culinary theatrics performed by the wizards of modernist cuisine — transparent ravioli? edible balloons? — but your cooking probably still coul...
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Charlie Watts talks jazz, rock and 50 years as a Rolling StoneJul 11, 2012 6:00 am - Even though he's played in the same rock 'n' roll band for nearly 50 years, Charlie Watts still prefers playing jazz. The Rolling Stones drummer learned how to play it ...
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Geneva's A Toda Madre is totally awesomeJul 11, 2012 6:00 am - Sometimes restaurants get it right. And sometimes they get it right with attitude. To hit that perfecta twice would seem almost impossible, but that's just what the owne...
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Pesto turns pizza into summery treatJul 11, 2012 6:00 am - Homemade basil pesto is the optimal summer condiment. Smear it on sandwiches, stir it in pasta or, as in today's recipe, spread it on pizza. Pesto Pizza With Heirloom To...