All Stories from August 29, 2020 (Change date)
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Indiana city to erect statue to honor Sojourner Truth speechAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - ANGOLA, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana city plans to erect a statue of women's rights pioneer Sojourner Truth to commemorate a speech she delivered in the community in 1861. The...
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Amazon's creepy new health wearable analyzes your voice and bodyAug 29, 2020 6:25 am - I couldn't pick just one crazy thing to say about the Halo, Amazon's new wearable health gadget. So here are three: 1. Mirror, mirror on the wall, Amazon thinks you're f...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook is fulfilling another Steve Jobs visionAug 29, 2020 6:24 am - BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died in 2011, was a tough act to follow. But Tim Cook seems to be doing so well at it that his eventual successo...
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Burnout, splinter factions, deleted posts: Online moderators struggle to manage divided communitiesAug 29, 2020 6:23 am - For four to six hours a day every day, Caitlin Welch busies herself as a volunteer moderator for a number of Facebook groups while her baby sleeps. Much of that time is ...
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Sometime soon, your car will park itself in urban garagesAug 29, 2020 6:22 am - DETROIT (AP) - So after the coronavirus threat has passed, you head downtown for a baseball game. You get to the parking garage, and using an app on your phone, you link...
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Restoring a century-old stair rail that has been broken for yearsAug 29, 2020 6:00 am - Q: One section of the stair railing in my 1903 condominium has been broken and poorly repaired for many years. Some wood is missing, and there is filler of some sort and...
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Apple plans augmented reality content to boost TV+ video serviceAug 29, 2020 6:00 am - Apple is planning to add augmented reality content to its Apple TV+ streaming video service, seeking new ways to attract and retain subscribers and drive interest in AR ...
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Prairie Lakes Aquatic Center now open in Des PlainesAug 29, 2020 1:00 am - The Des Plaines Park District Saturday unveiled the Prairie Lakes Aquatic Center, a 27,000-square-foot building connected to the existing Prairie Lakes Community Center ...
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Axe throwing hits the mark during grandparents day at Batavia HolmstadAug 29, 2020 1:00 am - Former arm wrestling champion and Covenant Living at the Holmstad resident Barb Campbell did her best to hit the wooden target with her ax throws Saturday during grandpa...
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Kyle Rittenhouse, charged with killing 2 in Kenosha, was fixated on supporting policeAug 29, 2020 1:00 am - Before he took his rifle to confront the unrest Tuesday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and was charged in a fatal shooting at the protests, Kyle Rittenhouse seemingly idolized o...