All Stories from July 28, 2012 (Change date)
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Drought helping with Des Plaines River cleanupJul 28, 2012 8:00 am - Drought has caused many problems, but it’s provided a rare opportunity for volunteers working to clear debris from the Des Plaines and other rivers. Low flows have made ...
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What’s Higgs boson? We, Fermilab try to explainJul 28, 2012 8:00 am - I grew up in the 1970s, which should explain a lot about my education. If I recall correctly, only one year of science was required of high schoolers. Being the nerdy ch...
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Latest swimwear fashion takes nod from the pastJul 28, 2012 7:59 am - MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The latest swimwear takes a nod from the past, from high waist briefs and the pinup girl look of the 1950s to the Studio 54 and Dolce Vita eras of th...
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Mac’s Mountain Lion well worth $20 upgradeJul 28, 2012 7:54 am - NEW YORK — I didn’t need to spend a lot of time with the new Mac operating system to see that phones and tablet computers have won out over personal computers at Apple. ...
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Yahoo CEO Mayer’s pay package worth more than $59MJul 28, 2012 7:52 am - NEW YORK — Yahoo is giving its new chief executive Marissa Mayer a compensation package worth more than $59 million over the next several years. Yahoo Inc. said in a reg...
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New York Times scraps newspaper app for BlackBerry phonesJul 28, 2012 7:39 am - The New York Times dropped its downloadable application for BlackBerry users, dealing a setback to Research In Motion Ltd. as it races to introduce a new version of the ...
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Cell companies get millions for giving cops dataJul 28, 2012 7:26 am - The nation’s wireless carriers spend a surprising amount of time and energy sharing their customers’ private data with police and the FBI. Those companies fielded upwar...
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So sorry: Kristen Stewart just the latest big apologyJul 28, 2012 7:12 am - Kristen Stewart issued a dramatic public apology for being unfaithful to her boyfriend, “Twilight” co-star Robert Pattinson, by having a fling — “this momentary indiscre...
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YouTube wants commenters to use real namesJul 28, 2012 7:11 am - In an attempt to clean up its notorious comments section, YouTube is encouraging users to give up the tool that most enables online abuse — their anonymity. Commenting o...
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Skype quiet on whether if can eavesdrop on your conversationsJul 28, 2012 7:10 am - New surveillance laws being proposed in countries from the United States to Australia would force makers of online chat software to build in backdoors for wiretapping. F...