All Stories from January 5, 2013 (Change date)
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Batavia bounces West AuroraJan 05, 2013 7:44 am - Two-hundred and 20 pounds was emblematic of the one-sided victory the Batavia wrestling team handed West Aurora. Connor McKeehan was losing for virtually the entire matc...
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Lean and lovin' it: Start the year with drug-free meatJan 05, 2013 7:00 am - Consumer demand for leaner pork (nearly as lean as chicken) may have led to drug-enhanced pork. I learned about this from a recent Consumer Reports study. The magazine, ...
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Why shifting pension costs to schools is so controversialJan 05, 2013 7:00 am - A proposal to hand the state’s future pension costs over to local school districts became such a sticking point that Gov. Pat Quinn and legislative leaders agreed to set...
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Libertyville hardware store owner says it's time to retireJan 05, 2013 7:00 am - While hard to describe, the distinct amalgamation of scents — rubber, vinyl, cleaning products, charcoal, salt — is among the unique features that define a neighborhood ...
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International CES gears up in VegasJan 05, 2013 6:54 am - Think your high-definition TV is hot stuff — as sharp as it gets? At the biggest trade show in the Americas, which kicks off next week in Las Vegas, TV makers will be do...
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Nintendo’s TVii tops button-laden remotesJan 05, 2013 6:52 am - LOS ANGELES — Nintendo’s TV-watching tool for the new Wii U game console beats my regular remote control hands down. Called TVii, the service transforms how you watch te...
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Windows 8’s mutant spawn invade laptop marketJan 05, 2013 6:21 am - Windows 8 is more than just the most radical makeover in the quarter-century history of Microsoft’s operating system. It’s also creating a new class of mutant personal c...
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Why Apple Killed the netbookJan 05, 2013 6:20 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Netbooks are dead. Good riddance! Just a few years ago, these small, underpowered, ultracheap laptops were considered the future of the computer indu...
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Disney seeks to halt bankruptcy sale of 3-D movie technologyJan 05, 2013 6:18 am - WILMINGTON, Del. — A Walt Disney Co. unit has asked a federal judge to block a bankruptcy court ruling that would allow another company to sell patents related to three-...
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6 takeaways from Google’s antitrust settlementJan 05, 2013 6:13 am - Google Inc. has settled an U.S. antitrust probe that largely leaves its search practices alone. In a major win for Google, the Federal Trade Commission unanimously concl...