All Stories from August 5, 2012 (Change date)
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Work advice: Follow a spouse working a temporary job?Aug 05, 2012 7:21 am - Editor’s note: Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Q: Because of a g...
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Smart ways to keep the brake on health-care costsAug 05, 2012 7:15 am - The rising cost of health care in the U.S. has been slowing over the past few years, driven both by weakness in the general economy and by some changes in the way medica...
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Ancient Greeks vs. modern Olympians: Who gets gold?Aug 05, 2012 7:03 am - The Games of the XXX Olympiad are under way in London, with China and the United States taking the early lead in the medal count. Last week, Slate visualized Olympic com...
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What you can, can't carry on is a crapshootAug 05, 2012 7:00 am - Did you hear the TSA is about to relax the rules on what you can pack in your carry-on? No, you will still have to fit your 3-ounce bottles of liquid in a one-quart plas...
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Winfield cop report doesn't settle debateAug 05, 2012 7:00 am - Winfield considers future of police force
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Some suburbs boost budgets with electric aggregation feesAug 05, 2012 7:00 am - Several suburbs are skimming some electric aggregation savings to help fill holes like taxes lost after a store closes
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Beyond meat: The most real faux chicken everAug 05, 2012 7:00 am - The first time a vegetarian tastes Beyond Meat’s ersatz animal flesh, he’ll feel delighted and queasy at the same time. There’s something about the way these fake chicke...
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Why one person’s junk is another’s TV obsessionAug 05, 2012 6:53 am - Tracy Hutson wanders through a graveyard of ovens that haven’t roasted a turkey or baked a ham since decades before she was born. Picking through their discarded parts, ...
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TV’s obsession with monsters and women who love themAug 05, 2012 6:42 am - The CW, the smallest of the big five broadcast networks, is known for the strikingly good-looking people it puts on its airwaves. On Monday at the Television Critics Ass...
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Expert says tail is key to cat communicationAug 05, 2012 6:29 am - LOS ANGELES — Many cats are tail talkers. If those tails start to twitch and wag, watch out for fangs and claws, warns cat behaviorist Jackson Galaxy. If you try to pet...