All Stories from August 20, 2016 (Change date)
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Review: Moments of awe, hours of tedium in 'No Man's Sky'Aug 22, 2016 1:15 pm - If SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is right, our entire universe is a computer simulation. Fortunately for us, that sim is running on some high-powered gear, not to mention softwar...
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Wheeling nonprofit, community come together to bury abandoned babiesAug 21, 2016 7:45 am - Susan Walker says she'd love to see the nonprofit group she founded go out of business. The Wheeling-based Rest In His Arms was created 11 years ago to provide funerals ...
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Midwest travel: Do you have the chops to win Bruce Springsteen Singing Contest?Aug 23, 2016 6:08 am - Chicago Sing like Bruce, win a free stay The West Loop's new Hotel Chicago - Illinois Medical District is giving away free overnight stays to anyone who can prove they a...
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Lake County assessors clash over property value hikesAug 21, 2016 7:45 am - Cuba Township Assessor Rebecca Tonigan says her work to fairly set property values has been "undermined" by an appointed Lake County official. Tonigan and other township...
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Q&A: Tim Cook steps out of Steve Jobs's shadow, champions the promise of AppleAug 21, 2016 7:50 am - On a sleek white coffee table in Apple CEO Tim Cook's fourth-floor office in late July, beneath framed posters of Robert F. Kennedy, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and ...
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Author events: Meet Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at Naperville signingAug 23, 2016 11:16 am - • Local athletic coach and author Jon Cohn discusses and signs copies of his book "Stuff People Might Want to Know (From Someone Who Really Shouldn't be Writing a Book)"...
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Instagram has a secret Facebook group - just to talk to teensAug 20, 2016 7:20 am - Olivia logged on to the Facebook group, opened her video chat and waited for other people to sign on. Minutes later, pizza arrived - ordered by Instagram in California b...
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How video took over the WebAug 22, 2016 1:15 pm - SANTA MONICA, California - With the solemnity of a priest, Tastemade programming chief Oren Katzeff paces near his TV-grade studio kitchen and assesses his media giant's...
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Twitter's anti-harassment tool finally available to everyoneAug 20, 2016 7:20 am - Since March 2015, Twitter has given verified users on some devices the option of using a "quality filter" to improve the tweets they see: It's essentially an automated m...
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Why is the iPad Pro a 'computer'? Because Apple's courting the business market.Aug 20, 2016 7:20 am - Apple, it seems, would like to see more tablets in briefcases next year. A new report from MacRumors cites noted Apple analyst Ming Chi-Kuo, who says there will be three...