All Stories from February 26, 2012 (Change date)
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IDOT head expects high-speed rail test by fallFeb 28, 2012 2:08 pm - A segment of the state’s Chicago to St. Louis high-speed rail line should be ready for a test run later this year, Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Ann Sc...
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Elementary students receive Great Citizen AwardFeb 28, 2012 4:29 am - Hoffman Estates Mayor William D. McLeod last week recognized 33 third grade students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School with the Great Citizen Award in honor of their...
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Baseball’s book on Cubs pitcher Chris VolstadFeb 27, 2012 3:54 pm - There’s always something intriguing about a first-round draft choice, especially if he’s a pitcher who stands 6-feet-8. Meet new Cubs pitcher Chris Volstad, who was obta...
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Close but not quite for the Dow in push for 13,000Feb 28, 2012 6:22 am - The Dow Jones industrial average narrowly missed 13,000. Again. A burst of selling at the closing bell drove the Dow lower after it hovered around the milestone for most...
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Allstate chief marketing officer resignsFeb 28, 2012 6:22 am - Allstate Chief Marketing Officer Mark LaNeve resigned Monday for personal reasons, according to the company. LaNeve’s announcement comes amid a number of personnel chang...
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Sarah Adams Elementary teacher, 43, diesFeb 28, 2012 4:18 pm - A fifth-grade teacher at Sarah Adams Elementary School in Lake Zurich has died, authorities confirmed Monday. Christine DiVincenzo, 43, of Hawthorn Woods, died Friday ev...
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Shell to close operations in Illinois, MissouriFeb 27, 2012 7:55 am - ROXANA — Shell Oil Co. plans to close its oil blending and packaging plant in Roxana, where Shell began operations in 1918. A company spokeswoman says the Wood River Ble...
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Obama welcomes TransCanada plan for new pipelineFeb 28, 2012 6:22 am - WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday welcomed a Canadian company’s plan to build an oil pipeline from Oklahoma to Texas after President Barack Obama blocked the larger...
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Kane District 21 candidates differ on Longmeadow Pkwy.Feb 28, 2012 10:14 am - Candidates in the three-way Republican primary for the Kane County Board’s 21st District don’t see eye to eye on whether the long-awaited Longmeadow Parkway is necessary...
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Indy woman finds boy, 2, in diaper on doorstepFeb 27, 2012 6:31 am - INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis woman who heard a banging on her front door found a 2-year-old boy chilled and wearing only a diaper on her doorstep. The Indianapolis Sta...
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