All Stories from August 19, 2017 (Change date)
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Apple's new iPhone gives suppliers long-awaited paydayAug 19, 2017 7:15 am - It was the late 1990s, and entrepreneurs Steven Abramson and Sidney Rosenblatt were pitching an electronics giant on their new flat-screen technology. It didn't go well....
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Some Apple employees may quit over new 'open' office floor planAug 19, 2017 7:15 am - Construction at Apple Park, the tech giant's new "spaceship" headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., is projected to be completed by the end of this year. The $5 billion camp...
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Report: Facebook shut down anonymous employee group after Trump electionAug 19, 2017 7:13 am - Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg shut down an anonymous employee group following the election of Donald Trump, after it devolved into a forum for divisive politi...
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Lebanon starts offensive to clear border of IS militantsAug 19, 2017 7:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's U.S.-backed army on Saturday launched its biggest military operation yet against Islamic State militants who in 2014 gained a foothold along the ...
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Russian officials say 7 wounded in Siberia stabbing attackAug 19, 2017 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - A knife-wielding man went on a stabbing rampage in a Siberian city on Saturday, wounding seven people before police shot and killed him. A statement from R...
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MGM to match employee donations to civil rights groupsAug 19, 2017 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - One of the largest employers in Nevada is launching a donation match program benefiting civil rights organizations in light of the deadly Charlottesvill...
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WIU students, faculty research ways to combat Asian carpAug 19, 2017 7:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - Biology students and faculty at Western Illinois University are conducting research to help combat the invasion of Asian carp. The university says th...
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The Latest: Nigeria's president returns after 3 months awayAug 19, 2017 7:00 am - ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - The Latest on Nigeria president's return after three months of medical treatment in London (all times local): 4:55 p.m. Nigeria's President Muhamma...
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Prize-winning Polish-US playwright Janusz Glowacki diesAug 19, 2017 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Renowned Polish-U.S. playwright and screenwriter Janusz Glowacki, who won top prizes for his bitter, ironic analysis of the difficult lives of immi...
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Nigeria's ailing president returns after 3 months awayAug 19, 2017 7:00 am - ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returned to the country Saturday after more than three months in London for medical treatment but the governmen...