All Stories from March 16, 2009 (Change date)
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Brinegar, Nixon transportation secretary, diesMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Claude Brinegar, who as U.S. transportation secretary led an overhaul of the railroad industry and pushed for energy conservation in response to th...
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Oil climbs with more traders seeing bottomMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Oil prices moved higher Tuesday to levels some traders interpreted as a sign that energy demand may have finally bottomed out. Benchmark crude for Apri...
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Holiday Inn to open in Lake ZurichMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - LAKE ZURICH - Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 197 S. Rand Road in Lake Zurich, is set to open March 26. Barrington-based MPH Hotels, the hotel's management company and own...
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Eight arrested in underage drinking stingMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Lake in the Hills police on March 13 cited eight individuals for serving alcohol to minors, officials announced Monday. The citations were the result of an undercover c...
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Divers learn more about 1909 crib fireMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - It was an unusually warm January day when workers at Mount Greenwood Cemetery lowered dozens of caskets into a mass grave as deep and wide as a basement. More than 50 me...
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Beard contest raises money for cancer researchMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - It all started as a way to add some fun to the dreary days of February. Ryan Bazon, a math teacher at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, appropriated an idea he disc...
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Why are government pensions sacred?Mar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Raising taxes and cutting spending, programs or even people to close budget gaps ... are common and logical if regrettable responses to public sector budget shortfalls, ...
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Four receive IHSA academic honorsMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - It is more than just academic for Jennifer Schnack and Justin Yu of Barrington, Henry Wood of Stevenson and Heather Olson of Warren. The standout athletes were among 26 ...
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Getting the lowdown on Dundee-CrownMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Daily Herald sports writer Jerry Fitzpatrick has covered Dundee-Crown's boys basketball team all season. Fellow sports writer Dave Oberhelman has done likewise with Neuq...
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China labor activist free after 7 years in jailMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- A labor leader who led some of the largest protests in communist Chinese history and was released from jail this week after serving a seven-year sentence sai...