All Stories from February 1, 2013 (Change date)
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Kraft suing Cracker Barrel restaurants over nameFeb 01, 2013 10:00 am - Northfield-based Kraft Foods is suing Cracker Barrel Old Country Store over the restaurant chain's plans to use the "Cracker Barrel" name on packaged ham, bacon and othe...
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Cardinal who handled church sex scandal stripped of dutiesFeb 01, 2013 9:57 am - LOS ANGELES — Cardinal Roger Mahony, who retired with a tainted career after dodging criminal charges over how he handled pedophile priests, was stripped of his archdioc...
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Energy Secretary Chu to step downFeb 01, 2013 9:53 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who won a Nobel Prize in physics but came under questioning for his handling of a solar energy loan, is stepping down. Ch...
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Hagel emerges with solid Dem support for PentagonFeb 01, 2013 9:47 am - WASHINGTON — Bruised and battered, Chuck Hagel emerged from his grueling confirmation hearing with solid Democratic support for his nomination to be President Barack Oba...
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Rules would make school snacks healthierFeb 01, 2013 9:16 am - WASHINGTON — The government for the first time is proposing broad new standards to make school snacks healthier, a move that would ban the sale of almost all candy, high...
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Clydesdale star of Super Bowl ad is newborn foalFeb 01, 2013 9:15 am - BOONVILLE, Mo. — For decades, Anheuser-Busch has used its famous Clydesdales in Super Bowl ads for Budweiser. The latest star is barely two weeks old. A foal born Jan. 1...
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Enter Dist. 214 community writing, art contestFeb 01, 2013 9:04 am - Calling all writers, poets and artists. Officials with Northwest Suburban High School District 214 and the Daily Herald are looking for submissions for their annual Com...
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A grim outlook for sitcoms post-’30 Rock’Feb 01, 2013 9:01 am - NEW YORK — The void you’re looking at on your DVR is the sitcom landscape post-”30 Rock.” When Tina Fey’s bright, bouncy, irreverent showbiz sendup aired its last episo...
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Manufacturing in U.S. expanded more than forecast in JanuaryFeb 01, 2013 9:00 am - Manufacturing in the U.S. expanded more than forecast in January, reaching a nine-month high and showing the industry is starting to improve. The Institute for Supply Ma...
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Milan court convicts 3 Americans in CIA kidnappingFeb 01, 2013 8:58 am - MILAN — A Milan appeals court on Friday vacated acquittals for a former CIA station chief and two other Americans, and instead convicted them in the 2003 abduction of an...