All Stories from August 23, 2013 (Change date)
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Facebook closes above $40 for 1st timeAug 23, 2013 4:55 pm - NEW YORK — Facebook’s stock closed above $40 for the first time Friday. The social network’s shares have gained 53 percent since July 24, when it reported strong growth ...
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Personal data of 4 million Advocate patients stolenAug 23, 2013 4:06 pm - Four computers containing personal data for some 4 million Advocate Medical Group patients were stolen last month from one of the company’s Park Ridge administrative off...
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More offerings at expanded Elgin dance studioAug 23, 2013 4:03 pm - Two veteran teachers of the former Gould Academy of Dance Arts in Elgin bought the business and have relaunched it under a new name and expanded mission. Kelly Hill and ...
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Fire overcomes distractions to beat Kansas CityAug 23, 2013 3:58 pm - The Chicago Fire passed its stress test Friday night at Toyota Park. Needing a victory to stay in the playoff race; playing without suspended coach Frank Klopas, assista...
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Villagers unsatisfied by life sentence in Afghanistan massacreAug 23, 2013 3:50 pm - JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — The U.S. soldier who massacred 16 Afghan civilians last year in one of the worst atrocities of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars was senten...
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Tons of fish die near Rio’s Olympic parkAug 23, 2013 3:43 pm - RIO DE JANEIRO — About 10 tons of dead fish have been discovered in a Rio de Janeiro lake that sits next to the city’s future Olympic park. Environmental officials are i...
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Couple charged after 40 pythons found in motelAug 23, 2013 3:40 pm - BRANTFORD, Ontario — A Canadian couple has been charged with animal cruelty after 40 ball python snakes and five eggs were found in a motel room. The discovery is sure t...
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Mexico police working through night at mass graveAug 23, 2013 3:34 pm - TLALMANALCO, Mexico — Investigators dug and probed at a mass grave site through the night searching for more bodies and any connection to the mysterious disappearance of...
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Grant teachers get 12 percent wage increase, 30 minutes added to school dayAug 23, 2013 3:26 pm - Grant High School teachers will receive salary increases of slightly more than 12 percent over three years under a contract approved by the school board and teachers uni...
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Rosemont businesses donate school supplies, backpacks to studentsAug 23, 2013 3:26 pm - The CEOs of eight of the largest corporations and organizations in Rosemont this week donated funds to buy school supplies, filling more than 250 backpacks for children ...