All Stories from August 13, 2017 (Change date)
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Factories in search of reliable workers turn to robotsAug 13, 2017 7:22 am - DRESSER, Wis. - The workers of the first shift had just finished their morning cigarettes and settled into place when one last car pulled into the factory parking lot, d...
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Why millennials are more likely to have a prenup than their parentsAug 13, 2017 7:21 am - Amanda Farris works in accounting and likes to "play things safe" when it comes to her savings and investments. Her boyfriend, Andy Salmons, owns a coffee shop and is a ...
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Who gets hit hardest by bank overdraft fees?Aug 13, 2017 7:20 am - Perhaps the most despised bank fee among consumers is the overdraft fee, an ugly $30 (or so) insult to your wallet. Many consumers have been hit with it at one time or a...
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America's other coal job, ignored by politicians, is dying fastAug 13, 2017 7:20 am - A couple months ago, Donald Trump was cheering a new coal mine in Pennsylvania that will put 70 people to work - good news for a president whose pledge to revive the ind...
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Insufficient sleep may add more than an inch to your waist, study suggestsAug 13, 2017 7:20 am - By now, the connection between sleep and weight gain has been well established. Numerous studies have provided evidence that sleeping too little - less than five hours ...
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Why credit card rewards are getting harder to earnAug 13, 2017 7:18 am - Citigroup just unveiled an updated version of its premium credit card, the Citi Prestige. The new card is made of metal-like its direct competitors, Chase Sapphire Reser...
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Can marijuana rescue coal country?Aug 13, 2017 7:18 am - Johnsie Gooslin spent Jan. 16, 2015, tending his babies - that's what he called his marijuana plants. More than 70 of them were growing in a hydroponic system of his own...
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Yiddish film 'Menashe' offers poignant portrait of familyAug 13, 2017 7:15 am - Walking around Borough Park must feel, to some, like time travel. Residents of the southwest Brooklyn neighborhood are predominantly Orthodox Jews, whose 18th-century tr...
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Road construction could snarl move-in for Purdue studentsAug 13, 2017 7:00 am - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Purdue University officials expect road construction will prove an extra challenge for about 6,500 students who are arriving to move into cam...
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Svitolina beats Wozniacki 6-4, 6-0 for Rogers titleAug 13, 2017 7:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - Sleep-deprived and physically drained, Elina Svitolina could have been excused for a flat performance Sunday. Instead she fought through the fatigue and t...