All Stories from June 9, 2012 (Change date)
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Disabled adults enjoy farm fun with help of Sugar Grove teenJun 11, 2012 3:05 pm - A Sugar Grove teen, inspired by her brother and a love of farming, is making sure developmentally disabled and autistic adults to have some fun on a farm this spring and...
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Large wildfire in N. Colorado prompts evacuationsJun 10, 2012 6:19 am - FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Crews on Saturday battled a fast-moving wildfire in northern Colorado that has scorched about 8,000 acres and prompted several dozen evacuation ord...
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Schaumburg restarts push for developing convention center areaJun 11, 2012 3:05 pm - Schaumburg trustees, eager to promote redevelopment of the area around the convention center, are expected to hire a consultant Tuesday to help create a new tax incremen...
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Elgin police program keeps kids busy over summerJun 12, 2012 2:56 pm - An Elgin Police Department youth summer program is getting an extra jolt of leadership skill-building this year. Kids United started out as an open-gym-style service to...
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Summer travel: 5 new cars for family road tripsJun 12, 2012 10:20 am - DETROIT — It's an American rite of passage: The family road trip. While everyone loves the destination — whether it be the Grand Canyon or the beach a few hours from ho...
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Work Advice: With 'friends' like these . . .Jun 10, 2012 6:13 pm - Editor's note: Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Furtive Facebooke...
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Billy Graham takes his crusades, conversions onlineJun 12, 2012 10:20 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The remarkable success of evangelist Billy Graham's Crusades for Christ did not come from his preaching alone, but also from the immense amount of pre...
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Baby boomers celebrate landmark birthdays in styleJun 11, 2012 1:48 pm - NEW YORK — It started with an email to a couple of friends: “Do you want to meet in Manhattan for our 50th birthdays?” Before she knew it, Amy Delman and more than a doz...
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Life time of treasure hunting may soon pay off for Peoria manJun 10, 2012 6:54 am - PEORIA — Scott Heimdal of Peoria has spent decades searching for sunken treasure. He was on the hunt 22 years ago when a militant gang kidnapped him in the jungles of Ec...
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Warren-Newport library board trustee at odds with colleaguesJun 11, 2012 3:05 pm - A Warren-Newport Public Library District trustee, who considers himself an activist and frequently questions another local government agency, is being publicly scrutiniz...