All Stories from April 6, 2014 (Change date)
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Costs of climate change steep but tough to tallyApr 06, 2014 6:00 am - YOKOHAMA, Japan — The economic and financial impact of global warming is complex and not well understood. In some scenarios there would be economic benefits for countrie...
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When it comes to trial, clothes make the defendantApr 06, 2014 6:00 am - While preparing clients for trial, one of the issues facing DuPage County Public Defender Jeff York is often his client's wardrobe. “I usually will ask my client, 'If yo...
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Christian Life editor, philanthropist dies at 92Apr 06, 2014 6:00 am - Family and friends are not only mourning the loss of Janice Gosnell Franzen, the longtime editor of Wheaton-based Christian Life Publications, but they are heartbroken t...
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Former JPMorgan and UBS bankers plan to start London hedge fundApr 06, 2014 6:00 am - JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s former global head of equity finance and three other bankers have started a London hedge-fund firm, as they try to profit from Europe's economic r...
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Schlafly beer trademark flap headed to trialApr 06, 2014 5:58 am - ST. LOUIS - A family dispute between a prominent conservative activist in St. Louis and her beer-making nephew is headed to federal trademark court. Phyllis Schlafly opp...
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Bayeux boasts D-Day history, ancient tapestryApr 06, 2014 5:01 am - BAYEUX, France - There's a digital clock on display outside the visitors center in the charming Normandy town of Bayeux - but it doesn't tell the time. It's counting dow...
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5 things to know about heroin use, getting helpApr 06, 2014 5:01 am - The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman underscored a troubling development: Heroin, long a scourge of the back alleys of American life, has spread across the coun...
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'Un-American' Kochs undeserving as targetsApr 06, 2014 5:01 am - Rush Limbaugh can relax. The popular "demon of the right" has been replaced at least through the midterms by the Koch brothers, Charles and David. Who? Exactly. Though c...
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'Too much traffic' at gun ranges a lame excuseApr 06, 2014 5:01 am - So Illinois has finally caught up with the rest of the country and legalized concealed carry. For gun owners to comply with the law, they must pass written courses and s...
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In-flight entertainment rises to a whole new levelApr 06, 2014 5:01 am - If you were lucky enough to be on a certain Virgin-Australia flight from Brisbane to Sydney recently, you would have boarded to the chorus from the musical, "The Lion Ki...