All Stories from February 14, 2009 (Change date)
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Does Pat Quinn still like peanut butter?Feb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - A lot of bad things are going on with peanut butter these days, but talk about this staple in the American diet raised a memory about our new governor that I want to sha...
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D211 expands summer program to sophomoresFeb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 will expand a freshman summer program to include incoming sophomores in hopes of turning more good students into great ones....
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Feds mount evidence in salmonella outbreak probeFeb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- First, federal investigators said Stewart Parnell knowingly shipped salmonella-tainted foods even after internal tests showed they were contaminated. Then the...
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No injuries when van strikes columns outside Round Lake shopping centerFeb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - A motorist lost control of his vehicle Saturday and struck several support columns at a Round Lake shopping center, authorities said. No one was hurt in the accident, wh...
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One year later, NIU remembers with a 'renewed sense of unity and purpose'Feb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - In DeKalb Saturday, five white crosses formed a neat row near the spot where five white crosses had stood a year earlier, each a reminder of a life that was cut short in...
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Can't Dodge this economic bulletFeb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Trust me with your money, Chrysler President Jim Press asked a tough crowd of Economic Club of Chicago members Thursday. But it's not clear if the audience was buying hi...
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Geithner should resign, tooFeb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Now that Barack Obama has admitted that he "screwed up" with regard to his Tom Daschle nomination, he needs to complete the picture by getting Timothy Geithner to resign...
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Murder trial in Italy: US student had a scratchFeb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - PERUGIA, Italy -- An American student accused in the stabbing death of her British roommate had a scratch on her neck hours after the killing, a witness testified Saturd...
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An option to buy can help couple secure retirement homeFeb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Q. We are planning on retiring in three to five years to a waterfront location. Elderly friends who are sisters offered to sell us their house and they will be our tenan...
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No one injured in Fox Lake mobile home fireFeb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Authorities are investigating what caused a mobile home to incinerate Saturday morning in Fox Lake. No one was home when the fire broke out in the 200 block of Main Stre...