All Stories from September 19, 2012 (Change date)
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Encouraging report about home sales lifts stocksSep 19, 2012 11:31 am - A pair of encouraging reports about the housing market gave U.S. stocks a little boost Wednesday. Home sales jumped to the highest level in more than two years in August...
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Tot tablets, retro brands are Toys R Us ‘hot toys’Sep 19, 2012 11:31 am - NEW YORK — It’s still technically summer, but for some it’s not too soon to think about what the kiddies will want for the holidays. Toys R Us has come out with its annu...
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Premiums inching higher for popular Medicare plansSep 19, 2012 11:31 am - WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials say they have some good election-year news for seniors. Monthly premiums for popular Medicare Advantage insurance plans are r...
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Japanese company agrees to enter guilty pleaSep 19, 2012 11:31 am - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department says a Japanese company is the latest to agree to plead guilty in a probe of price-fixing in the freight forwarding industry. Yamato ...
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Gates, Buffett again top Forbes’ billionaires listSep 19, 2012 11:31 am - NEW YORK — Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates remains the nation’s richest man by far, as the tech and philanthropy giant took the top spot on the Forbes 400 list for...
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U.S. housing starts rose 2.3 percent in AugustSep 19, 2012 11:31 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. builders started work on more homes in August, driven by the fastest pace of single-family home construction in more than two years. The increase point...
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US housing recovery gains momentum in AugustSep 19, 2012 11:31 am - WASHINGTON — A jump in sales of previously occupied homes and further gains in home construction suggest the U.S. housing recovery is gaining momentum. The pair of repor...
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Cooper sisters enjoy reunion at LewisSep 19, 2012 11:06 am - Once they graduated from Batavia High School, and got out of each other’s hair, sisters Libby and Hillary Cooper headed to different Division I colleges to play soccer. ...
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Fish with feelings? It’s an emotional issueSep 19, 2012 11:04 am - Aside from being accepted in to the National Freshwater Fishing of Fame, I am also honored to become a full-fledged member of the Know-It-All Society. That award (withou...
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Glenbard West's Cipriano stronger than she thoughtSep 19, 2012 11:00 am - It is not wrong for a man to cry when on the other end of the phone a 17-year-old girl pours out her soul in comments so poignant, so tragic but uplifting, they grip you...