All Stories from October 19, 2020 (Change date)
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Taiwan, China trade accusations after staffers fight in FijiOct 19, 2020 7:00 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - China and Taiwan traded accusations Monday over a violent altercation that broke out between Chinese diplomats and Taiwan government employees at a...
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Nokia to build moon's first 4G cell network for NASA programOct 19, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Nokia says it has been tapped by NASA to build the first cellular communications network on the moon. The Finnish telecommunications equipment maker said ...
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Asian shares track Wall Street fall as virus aid hopes fadeOct 19, 2020 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Asian shares fell moderately Tuesday, tracking Wall Street's overnight decline as hopes faded Washington will come through with badly needed aid for the U.S...
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Music review: Katie Melua achieves ethereal beauty on new albumOct 19, 2020 6:00 am - Katie Melua, "Album No. 8" (BMG) Katie Melua sings as if she's sharing a secret, which is what makes her music so inviting. Born in the former Soviet republic of Ge...
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Book review: A poignant, and fab, mosaic of the BeatlesOct 19, 2020 6:00 am - "150 Glimpses of the Beatles" by Craig Brown (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) "They ARE awful. But I also think they're fabulous. Let's just go and say hello." What if y...
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Halloween may be fun for humans but not for petsOct 19, 2020 6:00 am - People may be celebrating Halloween a little differently this year with drive-through haunted attractions and trick-or-treating done COVID-19-style, but the holiday has ...
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Selecting your close-knit 'quaranteam'Oct 19, 2020 6:00 am - At this point in the novel coronavirus pandemic, Americans have largely accepted that returning to life pre-2020 is not likely to happen any time soon. But that hasn't s...
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When going out for a bike ride, don't forget your helmetOct 19, 2020 6:00 am - I humbly apologize. As a seasoned rider, I should know better. An observant bike shop owner gently chided me about my past column photo - my helmet is unsafe, riding too...
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How Metra may fill its budget hole if there's no federal rescueOct 19, 2020 5:30 am - Service cuts are an option if no federal aid emerges for Metra, Union Pacific employees verifying tickets behind plexiglass creates "a mess," but a massively complicated...
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Harper Promise free tuition program faces changes to keep it sustainableOct 19, 2020 5:30 am - With more and more students signing up for Harper College's Promise Scholarship, the program that guarantees free tuition for good grades, attendance and community servi...