All Stories from July 13, 2014 (Change date)
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Candelario's blast boosts Cougars to sweepJul 13, 2014 5:01 pm - Jeimer Candelario capped off a doubleheader sweep with a walk-off home run - his second of the game - as the Kane County Cougars beat the visiting Beloit Snappers 3-1 an...
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'I prepared myself to die.' Survivors recall Flight 232 crashJul 13, 2014 8:00 am - Business traveler Sumit Roy felt lucky to snag an early United Airlines flight back to Chicago from Denver. He settled into Seat 23J and joked with a Citibank colleague....
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Kids learn ABCs of potty training at Booty CampJul 13, 2014 6:15 am - While potty training her third child, Wendy Sweeney teamed up with a neighbor who was embarking on the same milestone with her own toddler. That unconventional play dat...
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Agastache plants star as a summer perennial borderJul 13, 2014 6:15 am - If you were to imagine an ideal perennial, would it have dense spikes of tubular flowers that bloom from June to frost and don't require deadheading? Would it perform in...
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In Silicon Valley, no unpaid internshipsJul 13, 2014 6:11 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook rolled out the red carpet for Michael Sayman when the social network hired him for a job that started last month, including flying him out to me...
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Ordinary users outnumber foreigners in NSA interceptsJul 13, 2014 6:07 am - WASHINGTON - Ordinary Internet users, American and non-American alike, far outnumber legally targeted foreigners in the communications intercepted by the National Securi...
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High-speed trading risk blamed on short-sighted regulationsJul 13, 2014 6:01 am - WASHINGTON - A technology arms race that risks destabilizing U.S. stock markets was triggered by regulations intended to promote competition among the exchanges, Wall St...
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Garden Conservancy Open Days features area gardensJul 13, 2014 6:00 am - Horticultural delights like hydrangeas simultaneously producing both pink and blue blooms, a grass labyrinth, a vine-and-rose entwined pergola garden, a bed of Italian f...
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Life after five-year 'death' a bit confusing for teenJul 13, 2014 6:00 am - People in love do goofy things. They dance and sing in videos seen by millions. They fill classrooms with balloons, pay skywriters to put messages in the clouds, they ev...
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County fairs offer old-fashioned treats, offbeat attractionsJul 13, 2014 5:45 am - It's that time of year when you can eat almost anything deep-fried on a stick, watch wacky races from pigs to professional lawn mowers and appreciate agriculture in all ...