All Stories from June 17, 2009 (Change date)
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Hersey High School band heads to FranceJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - It takes about six months to plan the typical Hersey High School symphonic band concert, which lasts about 20 minutes. Next week, the band will play two, two-hour concer...
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Parents fuming over airline's kid-on-plane mix-upsJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - HOUSTON -- The parents of two young girls who were each placed on wrong flights while flying alone over the weekend are demanding that Continental Airlines make sure su...
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Men plead not guilty in Mundelein arson killingJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Three men accused of starting a fire inside a Mundelein house that killed 12-year-old Jorge Juarez pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Lake County circuit court. Manuel Flor...
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Chicago delays seeking taxes from license buyersJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - It appears Bears fans who bought permanent seat licenses for the right to buy season tickets at Soldier Field won't have to pay back taxes for now. The city of Chicago i...
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Gates: Missile defense in place for HawaiiJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The United States has positioned more missile defenses around Hawaii as a precaution against a possible North Korean launch across the Pacific, Defense Sec...
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Vikings owner: It's all up to Brett Favre nowJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- It's all up to Brett Favre now. Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf made that much clear on Wednesday night. Wilf told a group of very interested season tic...
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Woman gets 8 years in fire that killed 2 childrenJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - A Chicago woman whose four children were trapped in a fatal house fire after she allegedly left them at home alone so she could watch a pool game has been sentenced to e...
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Buyer's spokesman says Cubs deal still onJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - OMAHA, Neb. - A spokesman for Tom Ricketts, who heads his family's nearly $900 million bid to buy the Chicago Cubs from Tribune Co., says the deal is still on. Dennis Cu...
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Total jobless rolls drop sharply to nearly 6.7 milJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The total number of people on the unemployment insurance rolls dropped for the first time since early January, the government said Thursday, while new clai...
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No agreement on layoffs between union, cityJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago officials and union leaders have failed to come up with an agreement on cost-cutting concessions that could avert the layoffs of about 1,500 employees. Chicago F...