All Stories from October 10, 2012 (Change date)
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Democrats on edge amid Obama debate falloutOct 10, 2012 8:55 am - WASHINGTON — It’s more than President Barack Obama’s lackluster debate performance that has some Democrats on edge a month from Election Day. Party loyalists, in Washing...
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SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at space stationOct 10, 2012 8:55 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private company successfully delivered a half-ton of supplies to the International Space Station early Wednesday, the first official shipment un...
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Sandusky headed to prison, but scandal persistsOct 10, 2012 8:55 am - BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Headed to prison for the rest of his life, Jerry Sandusky leaves behind a trail of human and legal wreckage that could take years to clear away. Victim...
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Hazardous chemcial removal complete in WisconsinOct 10, 2012 8:45 am - SLINGER, Wis. — Contractors have completed the removal of thousands of gallons of hazardous chemicals from an abandoned factory in Washington County. The emergency clea...
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Purdue plans adding 100 engineering professorsOct 10, 2012 8:44 am - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is hiring more than 100 new engineering professors as part of an effort to move the school to the top of the engineering field T...
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St. Matthew Lutheran Church presents House of MayhemOct 10, 2012 8:30 am - St. Matthew Lutheran Church’s House of Mayhem (formerly named Haunted House) was rated in the top 10 by Haunted Illinois last year and has been in the top 10 voters’ pol...
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Costco profit tops analysts’ estimates as prices drive trafficOct 10, 2012 8:10 am - Net income in the quarter ended Aug. 31 rose 27 percent to $609 million, or $1.39 a share, from $478 million, or $1.08, a year earlier, the Issaquah, Washington-based co...
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Gold holds higher value than diamondsOct 10, 2012 8:07 am - Students in Katherine Crawford’s fifth-grade class at Mundelein’s West Oak Middle School asked, “What’s worth more, diamonds or gold?” Almost since the beginning of time...
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Caribbean cruises leave wave of bitter merchantsOct 10, 2012 8:05 am - FALMOUTH, Jamaica — Tourists emerge by the hundreds from a towering, 16-deck megaship docked at the Caribbean’s newest cruise port. They squint in the glare of the Jamai...
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U.S. futures mixed as earnings season beginsOct 10, 2012 8:01 am - NEW YORK — Stock futures are mixed a day after the U.S. earnings season kicked off. Dow Jones industrial futures are down 7 points to 13,405. The broader S&P futures ar...