All Stories from October 12, 2008 (Change date)
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The relevant traits of the real McCainOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - We elect a president by both examining his policies and evaluating his person. We must not limit our evaluation of John McCain to the two personal characteristics of her...
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Route 31 tollway ramps open, close tonightOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - The westbound ramps on I-90 at Route 31 are scheduled to reopen overnight Monday, Oct. 13. At 8 p.m. Monday, the entrance ramp from southbound Route 31 to eastbound I-90...
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Hundreds expected for Lisle's rare late afternoon runOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - A fall palette of harvest gold, pumpkin orange and radiant scarlet comes alive in October. The season signals several mainstays on the Lisle event calendar. Individuals...
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Few responding to immigration surveyOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - The Elgin-based Association for Legal Americans was created to put pressure on elected officials to do something about illegal aliens. As we approach the Nov. 4 election...
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Waste Management pulls $6 billion Republic bidOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Waste Management Inc., the largest U.S. trash hauler, withdrew its $6.73 billion hostile offer for Republic Services Inc. because current market conditions make the acqu...
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Pediatricians double vitamin D recommendationsOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it m...
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Trustee opening a chance to diversifyOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - With Trustee Jay Schedler's recent resignation from the Mundelein Village Board, Mayor Kessler mentioned he would make an appointment to the Board with a caveat -- any n...
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Downstate worker sold scrap for office suppliesOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - ALTON -- An Alton city worker has been suspended without pay for one month after apparently scrapping tons of metal from the city's wastewater plant, then using the mone...
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Nalco lowers aluminum price to match global levelsOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - National Aluminium Co., India's biggest state-run producer, lowered prices by more than 3 percent to match a decline in international rates. Its shares fell. Nalco, as t...
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T.I.: 'I'm always the underdog'Oct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Although T.I. owns both the No. 1 album and single in the country, the platinum-selling rapper says he still feels like the underdog. "Nobody has ever given ...