All Stories from September 3, 2012 (Change date)
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Convention eve: Obama consoles storm victimsSep 04, 2012 9:11 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Barack Obama consoled victims of Hurricane Isaac along the Gulf Coast on Monday and stoked the enthusiasm of union voters in the industrial h...
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Is Bettman ruling or ruining the NHL?Sep 04, 2012 4:40 pm - In less than two weeks, Gary Bettman will again lock out the NHL’s stars if a new CBA is not in place, only seven years after the same commissioner wiped out an entire s...
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McIlroy roars, then wobbles, before holding onSep 04, 2012 10:13 pm - NORTON, Mass. — In a Labor Day finish filled with some of golf’s biggest names, Rory McIlroy sent his stock soaring in the Deutsche Bank Championship. McIlroy overcame a...
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Loss ends Cougars’ seasonSep 03, 2012 9:40 pm - Needing a win and some help to advance to the postseason, the Kane County Cougars were eliminated by the Peoria Chiefs after a 6-2 defeat on Monday afternoon at Fifth Th...
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Continued health of White Sox pitchers a concernSep 03, 2012 11:28 pm - Q. What’s your concern level with the White Sox heading down the stretch? A. It’s decent. I think that any time your team is part of a tight pennant race entering the fi...
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Wheeling man crashes motorcycle, stalls Route 53 trafficSep 04, 2012 12:59 pm - Traffic on southbound Route 53 south of Lake-Cook Road was shut down for about half an hour Monday afternoon after a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in Palatine, authori...
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Study questions how much better organic food isSep 03, 2012 4:49 pm - WASHINGTON — Patient after patient asked: Is eating organic food, which costs more, really better for me? Unsure, Stanford University doctors dug through reams of resear...
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Gallup polls show no sign of GOP bounce after conventionSep 04, 2012 9:11 am - A series of Gallup polls finds no sign yet that the Republican National Convention provided a bounce in support for presidential nominee Mitt Romney. The contest between...
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Chicago-born 'Green Mile' actor dead at 54Sep 05, 2012 7:47 am - LOS ANGELES — Michael Clarke Duncan was one big, irresistible jumble of contradictions. His presence was formidable, even intimidating: The former bodyguard had a muscul...
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New attendance push prized by students, educatorsSep 03, 2012 4:42 pm - BERKELEY, Calif. — School day wake-up calls recorded by celebrities. Weekend makeup classes. Contests with laptop computers, private concerts and cars as prizes. Educat...