All Stories from May 29, 2013 (Change date)
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DEA disagrees with firm’s meth-resistant claimsMay 29, 2013 7:20 am - ST. LOUIS — The Drug Enforcement Administration says a suburban St. Louis pharmaceutical company is wrong for marketing its pseudoephedrine product to imply methamphetam...
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Poland’s Boeing 787s to resume flights on SaturdayMay 29, 2013 7:15 am - WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s LOT airline said Wednesday its grounded Boeing 787 planes will resume flying on Saturday, four days earlier than planned. LOT is the third airl...
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Sprint says panel clears proposed sale to SoftbankMay 29, 2013 7:14 am - OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Sprint and Japan’s Softbank say regulators haven’t found any unresolved national security issues related to Softbank’s proposed acquisition of Spri...
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Mothers now top earners in 4 in 10 U.S. householdsMay 29, 2013 7:13 am - WASHINGTON — America’s working mothers are now the primary breadwinners in a record 40 percent of households with children — a milestone in the changing face of modern f...
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Sallie Mae plans to split into 2, names new CEOMay 29, 2013 7:12 am - NEWARK, Del. — Sallie Mae plans to split into two separate, publicly traded companies. The student loan giant also named John Remondi as its CEO. Sallie Mae, formally na...
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Chinas’s Shuanghui in $4.7B deal for SmithfieldMay 29, 2013 7:12 am - NEW YORK — Chinese meat processor Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. has agreed to buy Smithfield Foods for approximately $4.72 billion. Shareholders of Smithfield, t...
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Illinois hospital license fee may get new vote in HouseMay 29, 2013 7:09 am - SPRINGFIELD -- A bill to collect a new licensing fee from Illinois hospitals to improve patient safety may be on its way back to the House floor. Illinois Department of ...
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House begins work on budget that avoids steep cutsMay 29, 2013 7:08 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Democrat-controlled Legislature began piecing together a new state budget Tuesday that avoids the steep cuts of recent years and also gave final approv...
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Knee replacements help postal carrierMay 29, 2013 7:02 am - QUINCY — Nadine O’Brien’s dream job cost her two knees and three years of pain. Arthritis set in after 30 years of walking mail routes on uneven sidewalks and porch stai...
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Officials say Chicago suburb near bankruptcyMay 29, 2013 7:02 am - Officials of the Chicago suburb of Dolton say the village is teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. During an emergency meeting Tuesday, the village’s Board of Board of t...