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John Goeken dies at 80; founder of MCI
John "Jack" Goeken, a prolific entrepreneur who founded telecommunications giant MCI and pioneered in-flight telephone service, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 80.
Goeken died Thursday at a hospital in his hometown of Joliet, Ill.,...Tags: Chicago, Joliet, Companies and Corporations, Colleges and Universities
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Chicago's population drops 200,000
Tribune reportersChicago lost a hefty 200,000 residents in the last decade, most of them African-Americans, while suburban counties grew dramatically in numbers and diversity, according to 2010 census data released Tuesday. People continued to spread out far from the...Tags: Human Interest, Employment Opportunities, Chicago, University of Chicago, DuPage County
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Gulf oil spill: Undersea oil 'clouds' confirmed in spill zone [Updated]
GreenspaceScientists on a federal research vessel said Tuesday morning that they have confirmed a sub-sea concentration of hydrocarbons near the Deepwater Horizon leak site. The preliminary findings suggest that the undersea oil appears and disappears in a series... -
Monster Mash: J.D. Salinger letters to go on display; Leonardo the action hero; the U.S.-Cuba connection
Culture Monster--Pen pals: Ten letters and a postcard written by J.D. Salinger to his friend, painter and illustrator Michael Mitchell, will go on exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York, offering a rare glimpse into the private life...... -
Death in a seaside paradise
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThey are sons of La Jolla, five friends who came of age on the edge of the Pacific. They all played on La Jolla High School's football team. One was the defensive player of the year. Another was a star quarterback mentored by former pro standout Doug...Tags: Radio Industry, Christianity, Trials, Mormonism, Court Preliminary
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Holding New Hampshire's primary in place
Times Staff WriterConcord, N.H. — BILL Gardner was at it again, mucking up Democrats' timetable for picking their presidential nominee by insisting on the date he wanted for New Hampshire's vote. So one day, frustrated party leaders sent an emissary to the state...Tags: Arts and Culture, Pacific Ocean, Politics, Democratic National Conventions, Justice System
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Clintons fight for primary rebound
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersWith their presidential hopes and political legacy on the line, Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband battled across New Hampshire on Sunday, fighting to become the comeback couple of the 2008 race. Change was the word on their lips as they campaigned...Tags: Plymouth, International Military Interventions, Politics, Colleges and Universities, Political Campaigns
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Falling polls lead Giuliani to retool his campaign plans
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOver the summer and fall, former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani was riding high. Following a strategy that downplayed the early-voting states, his battle plan was to focus on Florida -- that virtual suburb of New York. Winning the Sunshine State on...Tags: Parties and Movements, Regional Authority, Politics, Mike Huckabee, Political Campaigns
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Underdog Edwards says he won't give up the fight for the White House
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersJohn Edwards launched a new television spot and a final, marathon bus tour through this state Sunday, acknowledging he was the underdog but insisting he would not give up a Democratic presidential contest that increasingly centered on Barack Obama and...Tags: Family, Hospitals and Clinics, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Companies and Corporations
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Primary colors
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Amoskeag Strummers had their banjos in hand, the Shriners were standing by their little red cars and the parade was about to begin. Then, across the lawn and into this classic New England small-town scene strode a tall, slim, implausibly handsome...Tags: Montana, San Diego (San Diego, California), Norman Rockwell, Fingers, Connecticut
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Catching up with the candidates in New Hampshire
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWATCH BILL GARDNER CAREFULLY He's the New Hampshire secretary of state ( www.sos.nh.gov), the man sworn to preserve the New Hampshire first-in-nation primary tradition (state law requires that it fall before any other state primary). In the scramble of...Tags: Concord (Merrimack, New Hampshire), Politics, John Kerry, Government, Massachusetts
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Two Little Creek-based Navy SEALs killed in Iraq
Two 29-year-old Hampton Roads-based Navy SEALs - Chief Petty Officers Nathan H. Hardy and Michael E. Koch - were killed by small arms fire in Iraq Monday while conducting combat operations, the Defense Department confirmed Tuesday. "There are only...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Family, Armed Forces, Iraq, Public Relations
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