All Stories from February 9, 2014 (Change date)
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Battle of generations in women’s Olympic curlingFeb 09, 2014 6:42 am - SOCHI, Russia — The women’s Olympic curling tournament is shaping up as more than just a fight for gold. It’s also a battle of the generations. In one corner is the mode...
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SOCHI SCENE: Music to her earsFeb 09, 2014 6:42 am - SOCHI, Russia — As Jamie Anderson was hopping around elated at the base of the women’s slopestyle course, having just completed Team USA’s double gold in slopestyle, you...
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Wust gives Dutch another speedskating goldFeb 09, 2014 6:42 am - SOCHI, Russia — Ireen Wust gave the Netherlands its second straight gold medal at the Olympic speedskating oval by winning the women’s 3,000 meters Sunday. Skating in th...
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Mount Prospect man loves valentines of oldFeb 09, 2014 6:30 am - Launching his entrepreneurial career decades ago with ahead-of-his-time advocating for “alternative lifestyles,” dreams of a Disneyesque development future for the subur...
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Wolves rally to sink Admirals in shootoutFeb 09, 2014 5:49 am - MILWAUKEE — The Chicago Wolves faced a 2-goal deficit twice, but rallied in the third period to force extra time and went on to edge the Milwaukee Admirals 4-3 in a shoo...
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A new way to invest in a 401(k): ETFsFeb 09, 2014 5:36 am - NEW YORK — Be the market. Minimize costs. It sounds like a Zen saying, but it’s also an investing strategy that more of us are adopting. Every month, billions of dollar...
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Giving daily-deal sites a second chanceFeb 09, 2014 5:35 am - NEW YORK — I gave up on daily-deal sites about a year ago. The last straw was a $45 pizza-making class I bought, but didn’t show up for. Before that, there was a long li...
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Small businesses use offbeat ways to sell productsFeb 09, 2014 5:31 am - NEW YORK — In the battle to win shoppers’ dollars, small companies are finding creative ways to be where the sales are. GSC Products sells nasal spray in a hardware sto...
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Career Coach: How to keep women working for your companyFeb 09, 2014 5:30 am - In President Barack Obama's recent State of the Union address, he emphasized that “women make up about half our workforce,” but still face pay and pregnancy discriminati...
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Work Advice: Is he shy, or is he staring?Feb 09, 2014 5:29 am - Q: On Day 1 at my new job, a finicky co-worker complained to my supervisor that I was chomping my gum and talking too loudly in my cubicle. I am reasonable; if she had t...