All Stories from December 22, 2011 (Change date)
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Proviso East roars back to beat StevensonDec 23, 2011 10:36 pm - Proviso East’s girls basketball team overcame a 12-point halftime to defeat visiting Stevenson 42-32 in the Suburban Holiday Showcase in Maywood on Friday. “The first ha...
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'Tis the season to steal: Shoplifting upDec 24, 2011 5:09 am - More than spirits are being lifted this holiday season. During the four weeks leading up to Christmas, an estimated $1.8 billion in merchandise will be shoplifted this y...
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Two Illini to miss football bowl gameDec 25, 2011 5:19 pm - CHAMPAIGN — Illini senior running back Jason Ford and redshirt freshman wide receiver Jake Kumerow are academically ineligible to play in the 2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bow...
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Benedictine panel looks at leadership for women of colorDec 25, 2011 6:35 am - No one gets to the top alone, and those who get there should not be afraid to show others the way. The Women’s Institute for Global Leadership at Benedictine University...
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No surprises among congressional filersDec 24, 2011 3:41 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Candidates for Congress began to make their bids official Friday, setting the suburbs up for a handful of hotly contested races in the March primary electi...
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Orewiler named national player of the yearDec 23, 2011 4:03 pm - Wheaton College senior Jaime Orewiler has been named the 2011 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division III Women’s Soccer Player of the Year. The Wheaton...
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Wagner stuns No. 15 Pittsburgh 59-54Dec 23, 2011 11:38 pm - PITTSBURGH — When Danny Hurley took over at Wagner a year ago, he pledged to turn the woeful Seahawks around with a mixture of toughness and grit, qualities that are syn...
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Man can shorten prison term if he shows up at courtDec 24, 2011 5:29 am - If he shows up in court Feb. 14, Cesar Figueroa can save 12 years on his prison sentence. Figueroa, 46, pleaded guilty Friday to possession of more than 81 pounds of coc...
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Russia cuts rates for first time since June 2010Dec 23, 2011 6:15 am - MOSCOW — Russia has cut a key interest rate by 0.25 percent as it tries to shore up its economy from the debt crisis that’s afflicting the neighboring eurozone. The Cent...
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21 former players sue NFL over concussionsDec 23, 2011 7:40 pm - MIAMI — Nearly two dozen former NFL players are suing the league over severe and permanent brain damage they say is linked to concussions suffered on the job. The compla...