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Nebraska project finds key minerals, but can it mine them?
Dec 22, 2021 6:00 am - ELK CREEK, Neb. (AP) - Far beneath the rolling cropland of southeast Nebraska sits a deposit of elements that can be used to make steel and aluminum stronger. Extracting...
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Grains, Livestock higher
Dec 22, 2021 6:00 am - Wheat for Mar. advanced 15 cents at $8.14 a bushel; Mar. corn rose 4.25 cents at $6.0250 a bushel, Mar. oats was up 26.75 cents at $6.9350 a bushel; while Jan. soybeans ...
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US economy grew at 2.3% rate in Q3, up from earlier estimate
Dec 22, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. economy grew at a 2.3% rate in the third quarter, slightly better than previously thought, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. But prospec...
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Supporters rally for trucker sentenced to 110 years in crash
Dec 22, 2021 6:00 am - DENVER (AP) - Relatives, lawmakers and other supporters of a trucker sentenced to 110 years in prison after an explosive brake-failure crash that left four people dead r...
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Paychex, Tesla rise; CalAmp, Allakos fall
Dec 22, 2021 6:00 am - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Allakos Inc., down $75.84 to $8.55. Investors were disappointed with the biotechnology company's l...
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Spain's huge Christmas lottery offers distraction from virus
Dec 22, 2021 6:00 am - MADRID (AP) - Spaniards looking for a respite from the pandemic's gloom and doom turned their attention Wednesday to a rite that for more than two centuries has marked t...
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Seven-story apartment complex proposed on site of Rolling Meadows HolidomeDec 22, 2021 4:30 am - A developer is shelving plans to convert a former Holiday Inn "Holidome" in Rolling Meadows into an assisted living/memory care facility, proposing instead to demolish t...
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Pause on student loan payments is extended through May 1
Dec 22, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Biden administration on Wednesday extended a student loan moratorium that has allowed tens of millions of Americans to put off debt payments during the ...
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The 2021 Influential Women in Business award winnersDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - The 2021 Daily Herald Business Ledger Influential Women in Business honorees are: • Kerry Aiyash, owner and CEO at Kerwell Premium CBD House; • Jennifer Ashley, partner,...
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Chicago-area Amazon workers stage brief walkouts
Dec 22, 2021 12:00 am - A few dozen Amazon workers briefly walked off their jobs at two Chicago-area locations Wednesday in what organizers billed as the first multisite job action affecting th...