All Stories from February 26, 2012 (Change date)
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Recovery bypasses Silicon Valley non-tech workersFeb 27, 2012 7:50 pm - MENLO PARK, Calif. — Daniel Macias is the face of Silicon Valley seldom seen by those who don't live there. When he was 19, he wasn't starting what would become one of t...
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Elburn businesses plead to keep church parking lot openFeb 28, 2012 4:09 pm - Owners of downtown Elburn businesses begged the village board Monday to do something to keep a Main Street parking lot open to the public. For more than a decade, the Co...
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Proposed law aims at preventing violence in schoolsFeb 28, 2012 3:02 pm - Prompted by a Daily Herald investigation, suburban lawmakers have filed legislation aimed at helping schools keep incidents like the 2008 stabbing of an Elgin High Schoo...
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Duehr named Big Ten co-freshman of the weekFeb 27, 2012 10:55 pm - Former Antioch softball star Olivia Duehr of Northwestern University was named the Big Ten co-freshman of the week. Duehr, who’s playing the outfield, hit .417 with an O...
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United to fly between Chicago and Sarasota, Fla.Feb 28, 2012 6:22 am - United Airlines said Monday that it plans to begin daily non-stop flights between Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Sarasota, Fla., beginning in November. The onc...
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Gas leak partially closes Route 31 in ElginFeb 27, 2012 5:05 pm - Route 31 is closed to through traffic in Elgin between Schiller Street and Big Timber Road because of a gas leak, according to police. Lt. Glenn Theriault said a water m...
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Police: Naperville man admits 2008 hit-and-run to victim’s sisterFeb 28, 2012 4:18 pm - A 27-year-old Naperville man is being held on $1 million bail after making what police are calling one of the more unusual admissions they’ve seen to a 2008 hit-and-run ...
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Nokia pins hopes on cheaper Windows smartphoneFeb 27, 2012 7:32 am - BARCELONA, Spain — Struggling cell phone maker Nokia Corp. has unveiled two new handsets that it hopes will revive its fortunes at the start of the world’s largest mobil...
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Nissan recalling vehicles for possible gas leaksFeb 27, 2012 1:05 pm - DETROIT — Nissan says it is recalling more than 79,000 vehicles in the U.S. to fix possible gasoline leaks. The automaker is recalling certain Nissan Juke small crossove...
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Go bald, help fight cancer:Feb 27, 2012 4:56 pm - Participants from Lake and McHenry counties will take it all off for cancer research, so to speak, by having their heads shaved from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, March 25, at Fox...