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LONDON (Reuters) - British ballet dancer David Wall, known for becoming the youngest male principal at the Royal Ballet at the age of 21, has died of cancer aged 67 at his home in London.
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LONDON (AP) -- Daniel Radcliffe has won magical reviews for his latest stage role as a disabled Irish dreamer in Martin McDonagh's "The Cripple of Inishmaan."...
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House Speaker Michael Madigan dismissed any concern that Gov. Pat Quinn may veto the concealed weapons legislation passed last month.
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No vote on latest plan to require stores not to use plasticEnvironmentalists came to City Hall on Tuesday to support a proposal to ban plastic bags at Chicago stores, a move retailers say will hurt businesses unless they charge shoppers up to 10 cents for each...(more)
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The trial of a southwest suburban man accused of killing his girlfriend and then sexually assaulting her corpse began Monday in Door County, Wis., where the alleged killing took place last summer, authorities said Tuesday.
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Any compromise reached by panel of 10 legislators would still need approval from both chambersState lawmakers return to the Capitol on Wednesday to consider fixes to Illinois' financially woeful government worker pension system, but the heaviest lifting they're likely to do is to vote to form...(more)
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Group's president counters rosy view, says looming layoffs signal bad things to comeChicago Public Schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett offered an upbeat vision of the district's future during an event Tuesday night, a dramatically different take from that given by Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis in...(more)
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For most of us, lighthouses are synonymous with trips to the shore. But for seafarers, lighthouses have represented a vital symbol of safe passage for centuries. In fact, they go back to 280 BC, when the famed Lighthouse of Alexandria was built—though lighthouses of the...(more)
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What if you could grow and sell food in the same place? That is the radical idea behind Ben Greene's The Farmery project. Can this revolutionize our current food transportation system?
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City files an antitrust lawsuit, trying to gain leverage for a settlement that would allow the team to move there from Oakland.For the city of San Jose, four years of waiting had been long enough. The city filed an antitrust lawsuit against Major League Baseball on...(more)
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TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's nuclear watchdog formally approved a set of new safety requirements for atomic power plants Wednesday, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster....
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's trade union Verdi on Wednesday said it estimated that around 3,000 jobs will be cut at Commerzbank by 2016 under a negotiated severance deal.
