All Stories from July 29, 2012 (Change date)
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New Illinois laws aim to protect elderlyJul 29, 2012 8:00 am - New laws signed by Gov. Pat Quinn this weekend are aimed at protecting the elderly in Illinois by increasing oversight of caregivers and making it easier for authorities...
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In Obama era, have race relations improved?Jul 29, 2012 8:00 am - PHILADELPHIA — Ask Americans how race relations have changed under their first black president and they are ready with answers. Ashley Ray, a white woman, hears more peo...
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Banking behemoth makes radical proposal: Split them upJul 29, 2012 7:46 am - NEW YORK — Sandy Weill is having a change of heart. Weill, the aggressive dealmaker who built Citigroup on the idea that in banking, bigger is better, said he believes b...
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Tammy Zywicki: 20-year hunt for a killerJul 29, 2012 7:45 am - Two decades since her daughter was stabbed to death along an Illinois highway while headed back to college, JoAnn Zywicki has weathered the onslaught of birthdays, holid...
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Work advice: Curbing the curmudgeonly co-workerJul 29, 2012 7:24 am - Q: I work in a university environment and share the reception area with a woman who constantly complains, loudly, behind the walls of her cubicle about every issue under...
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Overlooking disability insurance can be costlyJul 29, 2012 7:17 am - Long-term disability insurance is the forgotten insurance. The importance of auto, health, homeowners and life insurance is well known. But disability coverage, which re...
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American yogurt tastes getting could be more culturedJul 29, 2012 7:17 am - NEW YORK — Yogurt companies are looking to cultivate Americans’ taste for dairy. The country’s top Greek yogurt maker, Chobani, is opening up its first “yogurt bar” in N...
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Ginnie Mae funds: 5 things investors need to knowJul 29, 2012 7:13 am - BOSTON — Investors continue to place an unusually high premium on safety. How else to explain the record low yields they’re willing to accept for lending to Uncle Sam? T...
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‘Oy tink:’ Primer on British English for AmericansJul 29, 2012 7:13 am - Associated Press LONDON — Americans arriving for the London Olympics will find that the chasm between British and American English can seem as large as the ocean that se...
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Soda taste test: How the new diets stack upJul 29, 2012 7:12 am - NEW YORK — Ask five strangers to taste five new diet sodas and you might get one opinion: Try again. As soda consumption has declined over the past several years amid wo...