All Stories from June 28, 2014 (Change date)
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Drury Lane's 'Spelling Bee' a winnerJun 30, 2014 11:22 pm - The stress-induced sweat and all-out terror at misspelling a word are palpable in the kiddie contestants of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," the two-time To...
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Barrington swimmer helps others achieve dreamsJun 30, 2014 11:49 am - Master Swimmer Don Macdonald knows in his heart that he would be gearing up to swim the English Channel if not for a cardiac arrhythmia that very nearly killed him. Lear...
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'Transformers' unearths $100M at box officeJun 30, 2014 9:39 am - LOS ANGELES - "Transformers: Age of Extinction" is ruling the box office. The fourth installment of filmmaker Michael Bay's morphing robots series earned $100 million in...
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Vernon Hills mom starts Girl Scout troop for deafJun 30, 2014 5:07 am - Lake Villa resident Kim Olsen couldn't help but smile as she looked out a window to watch her daughter participate in a Girl Scout troop flag ceremony. Olsen's 5-year-ol...
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Moderate quake felt in Arizona, New MexicoJun 29, 2014 10:14 am - SAFFORD, Ariz. - A moderate earthquake struck in Arizona near the New Mexico line that was widely felt across the region, but no injuries or damages were immediately rep...
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Despite Food Network win, food court taco stand strugglesJun 30, 2014 6:23 pm - Taco in a Bag may have had the good fortune to appear on a national reality show, but for the two men who run the West Dundee eatery, reality hit once the afterglow ...
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9 injured in New Orleans shootingJun 29, 2014 4:25 pm - NEW ORLEANS - Nine people were injured, including one critically, after a shooting on touristy Bourbon Street in New Orleans' celebrated French Quarter. One person was i...
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Police investigating deadly Cahokia shootingJun 29, 2014 12:14 pm - CAHOKIA, Illinois - Police in southern Illinois say they're investigating the shooting death of a 45-year-old Cahokia woman. Police say Cassandra Holman was found shot s...
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Man sets self on fire in apparent protest in TokyoJun 29, 2014 11:26 am - TOKYO - A man set himself on fire at Tokyo's busy Shinjuku railway station on Sunday in what appears to be a rare violent political protest. The man, who appeared in his...
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Mars 'flying saucer' splashes down after NASA testJun 29, 2014 4:38 pm - LOS ANGELES - NASA has tested new technology designed to bring spacecraft - and one day even astronauts - safely down to Mars, with the agency declaring the experiment a...
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