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                 |                                                                               |   09/19/2012  |          |                 |              |                     |                 |                                    |                                   |     |         |    |            | CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago students return to school on Wednesday   after a teachers' strike ended, thrilling parents who had to   stay home from work to care for their kids, pay for alternative   childcare or leave them with friends and relatives for more   than a week. |              |     |                                |     |         |    |            | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Lindsay Lohan was arrested on Wednesday   for leaving the scene of an accident after she struck a pedestrian   on her way into a hotel in lower Manhattan, police said. |              |     |                  |                            |     |         |    |            | CHICAGO (Reuters) - There is room to debate who won the battle   between Chicago and its striking teachers union but there is   little disagreement the strike and the deal approved by union   members on Tuesday mark a personal loss for Mayor Rahm Emanuel. |              |     |                  |                             |    |            | PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona police can begin enforcing a controversial   "show-your-papers" provision of a state law aimed at cracking   down on illegal immigration that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme   Court, after a federal judge lifted an injunction against the   law on Tuesday. |              |     |                  |                             |    |            | NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Former Tennessee walking horse   hall of fame trainer Jackie McConnell was fined $75,000 and   sentenced to three years probation in federal court on Tuesday   for using a banned and abusive practice on show horses that   was caught on video. |              |     |                  |                          |     |         |    |            | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google, Amazon.com, eBay, Facebook and   other Internet companies have formed a lobbying group called   The Internet Association to tackle regulatory and political   issues in Washington, D.C., and it is due to kick off on Wednesday. |              |     |                  |                          |     |         |    |            | SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A warming trend has contributed to   a sharp rise in the number and size of wildfires on forest lands   in the U.S. West, where big burns are likely to become the norm,   according to a report released on Tuesday by a climate research   group. |              |     |                  |                    |     |         |    |            | (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp's online banking site suffered   intermittent problems on Tuesday amid threats on the Internet   that a group was planning to launch cyber attacks on the bank   and other U.S. targets to protest a film that has stirred unrest   in the Middle East. |              |     |                                                    |     |         |    |            | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mexican tomato growers are urging the   U.S. Commerce Department to renegotiate a 16-year-old tomato   trade agreement with the United States, rather than give into   election-year pressure from Florida producers and lawmakers   to tear up the pact. |              |     |                  |                                                                          |     |         |    |            | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Gov. Jerry Brown signed   a bill on Tuesday that will increase disability benefits for   workers injured on the job while reining in the rising cost   of their workers' compensation insurance premiums. |              |     |                  |                      |                          |                            |                        |                                            | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today |         |                  |                  |              |                          |                  |                                            | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today |         |                  |                  |          |              | » MORE NEWSLETTERS |            |                  |     |              |               |         
          
          
 
 
 
          
      
 
 
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