All Stories from April 16, 2013 (Change date)
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Factory production in U.S. unexpectedly decreased in MarchApr 16, 2013 9:26 am - Factory production in the U.S. unexpectedly dropped in March, adding to recent signs that manufacturing is cooling. Output at factories fell 0.1 percent, figures from th...
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Advocate named among nation’s top health systemsApr 16, 2013 9:26 am - Marketwired For a 5th time, Oak Brook-based Advocate Health Care is being recognized as one of the nation’s premier health systems by Truven Health Analytics. Advocate i...
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Stock market rebounds from worst day of the yearApr 16, 2013 9:26 am - NEW YORK — Strong housing and earnings reports helped stocks rebound from their worst day of the year. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 157.58 points, or 1.1 percen...
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Hospira names operations executiveApr 16, 2013 9:25 am - PRNewswire Lake Forest-based Hospira Inc. has named Matthew R. (Matt) Stober senior vice president, Operations. In addition to expanding his current U.S. responsibilitie...
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UOP technology to be used on liquid natural gas projectApr 16, 2013 9:24 am - Des Plaines-baed UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, has been selected by Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Berhad to provide technology for acid gas removal on the world’s first ...
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Phone ban takes effect at main Chicago courthouseApr 16, 2013 9:20 am - A cell phone ban is taking full effect at one of the Chicago area’s busiest criminal courthouses. Starting Monday, those attending hearings at the courthouse at 26th St...
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Bipartisan bill would remake immigration systemApr 16, 2013 9:07 am - WASHINGTON — The U.S. immigration system would undergo dramatic changes under a bipartisan Senate bill that puts a new focus on prospective immigrants’ merit and employm...
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Both sides hunt support in background check fightApr 16, 2013 9:07 am - WASHINGTON — Republican opposition is growing to a bipartisan Senate plan for expanding background checks for firearms buyers, enough to put the proposal’s fate in jeopa...
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Area students named ‘Ozzie’s Scholars’Apr 16, 2013 9:07 am - Submitted by Kane County Cougars The Kane County Cougars have designated a total of 10 Chicago area youth as “Ozzie’s Scholars.” The Cougars’ inaugural reading scholars...
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N. Korea lashes out anew over protest in SeoulApr 16, 2013 9:07 am - PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea lashed out anew Tuesday at South Korea over a small public protest in Seoul in which demonstrators burned effigies of the North’s le...