All Stories from July 13, 2009 (Change date)
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ComEd doesn't really care for treesJul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - I must take exception to ComEd's Senior Vice President Calvin Butler's attempts to paint ComEd as a tree-loving entity that tries to balance the "care" of trees while pr...
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Doc: Baxter's Gammagard Alzheimer's study done in 2011Jul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - A study of Baxter International Inc.'s immune disorder drug Gammagard is slated to finish in 2011, resolving the question of whether the treatment is also an effective t...
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Sheriff seeks state police inquiry into elderly couple's arrestJul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - At the behest of McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren, Illinois State Police investigators will examine the circumstances of a 2008 incident that led to an elderly Nunda ...
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Coroner: Man who drowned in Fox Lake had blood alcohol 3X thresholdJul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Lake County Coroner Richard Keller said a McHenry man who drowned in Fox Lake Saturday night had a blood-alcohol content nearly three times the legal threshold. James M...
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Selig: MLB should keep banned players from minorsJul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig wants to keep players on drug suspensions from going to the minor leagues before they return. Manny Ramirez drew sellout cro...
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The only real surprise: Tallon's exit didn't come soonerJul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - As was the case with Denis Savard, Dale Tallon should have never had the job. And as was the case with Savard, John McDonough had only so much patience with so much inco...
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White House: Health, green jobs growing quicklyJul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Health care and environment-focused jobs will drive a jobs recovery, the White House predicted Monday even as it cautioned that the work will require bett...
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Low gas prices hurt sales of high-ethanol E85 fuelJul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Lower gasoline prices, while a boon for drivers, were a gut punch for ethanol producers and promoters of the high-ethanol blend known as E85. In Minnesota...
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Waukegan cuts funding to municipal band; concerts will continueJul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Waukegan Mayor Bob Sabonjian recently decided to cut all funding for the city's municipal band effective immediately, leaving the band's members to play the last three c...
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How did we get to a $1 trillion deficit?Jul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- In a year of eye-popping numbers, add one more: The government's annual budget deficit has topped $1 trillion. And with three months left in the budget ye...