All Stories from July 28, 2012 (Change date)
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Colorado massacre casts ugly scar on Batman mythologyJul 28, 2012 7:09 am - LOS ANGELES — Bat-fan and comic-book historian Arlen Schumer is worried. He fears the mass shooting at a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colo., ...
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Amazon cutting good deals on sales tax with statesJul 28, 2012 6:57 am - When Texas sent Amazon.com Inc. a $269 million sales-tax bill in 2010, the world’s biggest online retailer shrugged. As lawmakers forced the issue last year, the company...
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A year later, Amy Winehouse family focuses on charityJul 28, 2012 6:18 am - NEW YORK — Singer Amy Winehouse’s father says it’s tough dealing with the loss of his daughter, but he’s happy she is having a helpful impact on the world through the fo...
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Egypt TV channel caters to fully veiled womenJul 28, 2012 6:12 am - CAIRO — The only visible female face in the Cairo-based studio of a new Islamic TV channel for women is that of a puppet. The human stars are all veiled from head to toe...
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Images: Swimwear fashion showJul 28, 2012 6:03 am - ...
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5 free things to do for Houston visitorsJul 28, 2012 6:00 am - HOUSTON — Summer is nearly year round in southeast Texas, so it should be no surprise that the free stuff to see and do in the sprawling metropolitan area of the nation'...
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Weekend picks: Dragon Boat Fest glides onto Lake ArlingtonJul 28, 2012 6:00 am - Dragon Boat Festival The GWN Dragon Boat company and the Windy City Dragons dragon boat racing team host the first Chicago International Dragon Boat Festival at Lak...
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Bike tours pedal through history of Saratoga BattlefieldJul 28, 2012 6:00 am - STILLWATER, N.Y. — Ranger Megan Stevens sets a leisurely pace as she leads about a dozen bicyclists along the paved tour road at Saratoga National Historical Park, scene...
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New fixtures make old lights obsoleteJul 28, 2012 5:05 am - Light-emitting diodes — LED lights — are taking the lighting world by storm and will soon largely replace all other forms of lighting, including incandescent, halogen an...
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Move over Prius, it’s Tesla timeJul 28, 2012 5:05 am - NEW YORK — Gliding up Manhattan’s West Side Highway in a Tesla Model S, I change lanes and see the traffic before me part as though for Moses. I stab the gas pedal — er,...