All Stories from August 16, 2013 (Change date)
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U.S. homebuilder confidence nears 8-year highAug 16, 2013 6:36 am - Confidence among U.S. homebuilders is at its highest level in nearly eight years, fueled by optimism that demand for new homes will drive sales growth into next year. T...
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Tepid U.S. retail sales raising doubts about economyAug 16, 2013 6:33 am - Bleaker outlooks at retailers like Wal-Mart and Macy’s are raising doubts that consumers will spend enough in coming months to lift the still-subpar U.S. economy. Though...
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Fed: Midwest farmland value keeps risingAug 16, 2013 6:28 am - The value of Midwestern farmland continues to soar. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis says in a report issued Thursday that a five-year trend of increasing farmland ...
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Chicago officials expand Greencorps job-trainingAug 16, 2013 6:26 am - Transportation officials are expanding the Greencorps Chicago job-training program this summer to the city’s southeast side. The Chicago Department of Transportation an...
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Chicago welcomes 4 new food trucks to its streetsAug 16, 2013 6:25 am - Four new food trucks are hitting the streets of Chicago, and one of them is equipped with an onboard barbecue smoker. Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office announced the newly lic...
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Chicago to audit department after ex-head indictedAug 16, 2013 6:23 am - Chicago’s mayor will review the last two years of activity in the Finance Department after the city’s ex-comptroller was indicted in Ohio on charges of money laundering,...
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Drink events: Specials at Fresco 21Aug 16, 2013 6:17 am - New specials Fresco 21’s drink specials are extra fresh with $5 martini Mondays made with specialty UV vodka martinis; wine down Tuesdays with half off select bottles of...
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There is an art to vacuumingAug 16, 2013 6:00 am - Housekeeping, drudgery? Not to us members of the unofficial “clean club.” You know if you belong: You enthusiastically discuss your favorite cleaning tools, staying loya...
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Cable after-shows keeping the conversation goingAug 16, 2013 6:00 am - The closing credits of a Discovery Channel Shark Week special barely ended before “Shark After Dark Live” filled the screen. Host Josh Wolf sat in the fish tank-themed s...
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Naperville musicians at 'leading edge' of carillon worldAug 16, 2013 6:00 am - For 13 years, Naperville has been home to a musical instrument found in only 650 places in the world — the carillon. A map showing where the bell-tower instruments are ...