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| Verizon to scrap unlimited plans for 4G users Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:00 CDT Verizon Wireless plans to force customers to give up their unlimited data plans when they move to its high-speed wireless service.
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| Illinois third in foreclosures despite national improvement Wed, 16 May 2012 21:27:00 CDT Foreclosure starts in Illinois are on par with those in other areas, but the state's foreclosure system continues to bog down properties.
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| Healthy food not always more expensive Wed, 16 May 2012 14:54:00 CDT Grabbing a burger and a doughnut may seem cheaper than downing a daily dose of fruits and vegetables, but that may not always be true.
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| JPMorgan chief keeps job, faces probe Tue, 15 May 2012 19:54:00 CDT But Dimon now faces a Justice Department probe into how the bank lost $2 billion from risky trades. After surviving a push to oust him as chairman, Jamie Dimon now faces a Justice Department probe into how the bank lost $2 billion.
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| An onslaught of NATO-related ad promotions Tue, 15 May 2012 22:40:00 CDT Summit spurs onslaught of NATO-related ad promotions Where city fathers see a global cachet in playing host to the summit, some restaurateurs, confectioners and furniture makers are looking for the cash.
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| Foreclosed Americans find way back to homeownership Wed, 16 May 2012 14:02:03 CDT A small but growing number of Americans are making a surprisingly quick return to homeownership after defaulting on their loans.
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| Half of Americans call Facebook a fad Tue, 15 May 2012 07:34:00 CDT Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. .
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| Resume fibs will cost you later Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 CDT No matter how small or forgivable they seem, embellishments will eventually come home to roost, experts say No matter how small they seem, embellishments will eventually come home to roost, experts say
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| Twitter announces email digest feature Mon, 14 May 2012 20:19:00 CDT Twitter revealed a new email digest feature it plans to roll out to all users in the next few weeks that summarizes top stories and tweets in their networks.
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| Groupon revenue up nearly 90%, shares jump Mon, 14 May 2012 22:23:00 CDT Improvements in technology and deal variety helped give Groupon Inc. a much-needed boost after weeks of punishing stock declines.
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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.