All Stories from May 23, 2013 (Change date)
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Stocks edge lower as investors reassess Fed fearsMay 23, 2013 4:35 pm - NEW YORK — Investors recovered their poise after a shaky start to trading on Wall Street that sent stocks sharply lower. U.S. markets plummeted immediately after the ope...
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Why worry? Less aid by Fed would point to recoveryMay 23, 2013 4:30 pm - WASHINGTON — Investors have grown nervous that the Federal Reserve will scale back its efforts to boost the U.S. economy sooner than many expected. Yet almost lost in th...
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4-year sentence in 42-pound Aurora pot bustMay 23, 2013 4:25 pm - A 34-year-old man was sentenced to four years in prison after Aurora police found 42 pounds of pot in his car last August. Miguel R. Lopez-Ochoa, of the 4800 block of He...
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Novoselsky ready for action, as designatedMay 23, 2013 4:23 pm - When Zach Novoselsky showed up for his first football practice as a freshman at Stevenson, he drew some looks, eyebrows raised. Sure, he was 6-foot-1 and as solidly buil...
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District 203 teachers getting pay bumpMay 23, 2013 4:23 pm - Teachers in Naperville Unit District 203 will receive average raises totaling 10.2 percent over the next three years, although the cost to taxpayers to fund those increa...
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Sears reports bigger-than-expected lossMay 23, 2013 4:17 pm - NEW YORK — Sears Holdings Corp. reported a steeper-than-expected loss for its first quarter with the beleaguered retailer blaming a cooler spring for falling sales. The ...
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NIU giving honorary degree to ThompsonMay 23, 2013 4:09 pm - Former Gov. James R. Thompson is being given an honorary law degree by Northern Illinois University. Thompson was a Republican governor from 1977 to 1991. He will be pre...
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Smooth confirmation hearing for PritzkerMay 23, 2013 4:09 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s nominee for commerce secretary was questioned briefly about her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001 and her role...
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87-year-old investor loses lawsuit against TrumpMay 23, 2013 4:08 pm - An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday, she lost. Jurors sided with the real estate mogul-turned-TV showman in a weeklong civil tri...
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U of I committee says Chief Illiniwek’s time has passedMay 23, 2013 4:08 pm - URBANA, Ill. — The University of Illinois’ Senate Executive Committee has approved a resolution supporting the end of use of Chief Illiniwek. The News-Gazette reports th...