All Stories from August 15, 2015 (Change date)
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Grammar Moses: Is 'couple' a collective noun? DependsAug 15, 2015 8:15 am - Hello! For the first 27 or so years of my journalism career, I subscribed to the notion that a "couple" - as in a married couple - is a collective noun that should take ...
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Meet the suburban girlsAug 15, 2015 7:35 am - Katherine Bassett, 17, Glen Ellyn: Enjoys working with cement, paint and glass. Hobbies include gardening and quilting and recently helped expand Glen Ellyn Library's Bu...
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Democrats think they've figured out how to turn the Uber wars to their advantageAug 16, 2015 7:45 am - WASHINGTON - At a time when fast-growing companies like Uber are giving struggling American workers a fresh source of income - but not necessarily steady or reliable emp...
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ComEd Icebox Derby lets science- and math-savvy girls explore STEMAug 18, 2015 12:01 am - Something magical is happening in an unremarkable red brick garage in Chicago. Young girls are becoming leaders, showing maturity well beyond their ages. Dreams of beco...
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Why you shouldn't use your fingerprints as passwordsAug 16, 2015 7:24 am - Ever since Apple introduced TouchID for iPhones, more and more smartphones feature fingerprint scanners. And that has some security researchers worried. "If you leak a p...
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7 quick facts about Sundar Pichai, Google's new CEOAug 16, 2015 7:24 am - Google is waking up to a new chief executive serving within a new corporate structure, one that makes the search engine business a subsidiary of a holding company called...
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Why self-service kiosks won't take over checkoutAug 16, 2015 7:24 am - To see why robots aren't going to wipe out everyone's job anytime soon, look no further than the annoyed and bewildered customers confronting store self-checkout units s...
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A simple guide to buying cellphone service in 2015Aug 18, 2015 6:06 am - When I say "AT&T" and "Verizon," what comes to mind? Most of us might say a cellphone company. But the truth is, companies like T-Mobile and Sprint are really in busi...
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COD's Waterleaf staff averages $2,600 severanceAug 18, 2015 12:01 am - Nineteen employees of the College of DuPage's Waterleaf restaurant will get severances averaging nearly $2,600 when the eatery is closed at the end of the month. The col...
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Starting a wellness business: Owner discusses challenges and rewardsAug 16, 2015 7:34 am - Marcos Lushpynskyj, owner of MLHFitness & Wellness, based in Wheeling, talks about the challenges and rewards of running his business. Q: Describe your business. What do...