All Stories from August 4, 2012 (Change date)
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Review: NBC offers plenty of live Olympics onlineAug 04, 2012 7:32 am - NEW YORK — Soccer and balance beam gymnastics on the desktop. Swimming and badminton on the laptop. Boxing on the iPhone. Gymnasts’ floor exercises on the iPad. Vault ro...
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A new outlook on email and reason to ditch GmailAug 04, 2012 7:26 am - Two years ago, Microsoft attempted to transform Hotmail, its ancient Web mail service, into a program fit for modern times. The company put a great deal of thought into ...
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Tech startups woo big banks in New YorkAug 04, 2012 7:22 am - NEW YORK — In Washington, it took three years for entrepreneur Tim Estes to convince the government to take his digital data-mining program seriously. In New York City’s...
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Fashion takes cue from food trucksAug 04, 2012 7:22 am - WASHINGTON — The first time the brakes went out in her trailer/store, Joey Wolffer ran a stoplight and worried what would happen to her high-end accessories inside. Two ...
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Immigrants prove big business for prison companiesAug 04, 2012 7:19 am - MIAMI — Locking up illegal immigrants has grown profoundly lucrative for the private prisons industry, a reliable pot of revenue that helped keep some of the biggest com...
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Emmy nominees for costume design celebrateAug 04, 2012 7:18 am - LOS ANGELES — Even vintage-inspired costume designers need a thoroughly modern muse. For longtime film and television costume designer Ruth Myers, nominated this year f...
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‘Face the Nation’ to remain hour-long showAug 04, 2012 7:18 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — “Face the Nation” is remaining an hour long. CBS News says the Sunday interview program will stick with its hour length beyond its provisional ex...
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MSL, EDL, huh? Guide to NASA's Mars mission lingoAug 04, 2012 7:00 am - PASADENA, Calif. — Fascinated by NASA's latest Mars mission and planning to tune in? Well, good luck understanding the space agency's everyday lingo, which resembles a s...
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Weekend picks: Cantigny's going to the dogs SaturdayAug 04, 2012 6:00 am - Dog Days at Cantigny Dogs and their human pals can spend quality time together at the annual Dog Days at Cantigny event at Cantigny Park and First Division Museum, ...
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Condo associations occassionally must deal with hoardersAug 04, 2012 5:35 am - Q. A unit owner in our association has become a hoarder. Personal property and garbage is piled to the ceiling of the unit, and there are narrow passages throughout the ...