All Stories from January 19, 2009 (Change date)
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DuPage County briefsJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Chemical giant bankrupt: The company responsible for cleaning up thorium contamination in West Chicago and along the DuPage River has filed for bankruptcy protection. Ok...
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Obama inauguration a dream realized for many Fox Valley studentsJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - On the first day of Elgin Community College's second semester, hundreds of students clustered around the big-screen TV in the school's Jobe Lounge. Jeff Metzger, the col...
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Trevor Koehn, BloomingdaleJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Trevor Koehn, 16, isn't nervous about watching President-elect Barack Obama take the oath of office, meeting with leaders like Al Gore, Colin Powell and Archbishop Desmo...
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No waste for pioneers putting up their own foodsJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Imagine a cold snap like the one we had last week and no Jewel or 7-11 to run to for a gallon of milk or last-minute dinner. For pioneers in the 1890s, the convenience s...
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Australian Open heats upJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Andy Murray's first win at Rod Laver Arena lasted only 45 minutes. Lucky him. With the temperature touching 104 degrees in Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday, Serena Willi...
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Rescue efforts show difficulty of fixing bank woesJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - The day before President-elect Barack Obama takes office, the escalating troubles facing major banks around the world couldn't be clearer. On Monday, the Br...
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Bill Self admits exchange with top recruitJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Kansas officials are checking to see if basketball coach Bill Self's brief encounter with a top recruit might constitute an NCAA infraction. Self agree...
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Maroons can't stave off Streamwood's comebackJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Heads or tails was the name of the game as the Streamwood girls basketball team entered Elgin's Chesbrough Field House for Tuesday night's nonconference meeting. While t...
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Duncan DuClos, GurneeJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - "I was looking for a change in career back in early 2007 and the opportunity to work in what was then the (Obama) exploration committee came up," says Duncan DuClos of G...
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Mayor Leon Rockingham, North ChicagoJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Years ago, North Chicago Mayor Leon Rockingham worked on Barack Obama's senatorial campaign and later sat across the table from Obama once he became U.S. senator talking...