All Stories from December 11, 2009 (Change date)
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Music video game developer slashes 39 jobsDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - BOSTON -- A Massachusetts software company that created "The Beatles: Rock Band" video game has eliminated 39 jobs in an effort to trim operating costs. Harmonix Music ...
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Kreutz, Packers rookie matchup could be a talkerDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Packers first-round draft pick B.J. Raji doesn't believe Bears center Olin Kreutz matches up with him strength-wise. "It's nothing physical, it's all technical," Raji to...
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Young Dundee-Crown can't match Prairie RidgeDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - In a blink of an eye, Prairie Ridge's 2-point lead expanded to a 15-point advantage. Actually, it was a 3 minute and 43 second span in the third quarter, in which PR out...
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Police: Geneseo hostage situation ends peacefullyDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - GENESEO -- A hostage situation in the northwestern Illinois community of Geneseo has ended peacefully. Police say no one was injured in the nine-hour standoff, and a sus...
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Pay czar grants waivers after government lobbyingDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department has told four bailed-out companies that they can't pay some top earners more than $500,000 cash per year. But it's told the offici...
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Etchingham keys St. Viator winDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Every successful basketball team needs to have a player that plays with intensity. Meet St. Viator's Jack Etchingham. The 6-foot-3 swingman led the Lions with 16 points...
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Sentencing delayed in terror-funding caseDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - PHOENIX -- Sentencing of a man who admitted lying to FBI agents in a terrorism-funding investigation has been delayed by a federal judge who ran out time after hearing ...
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Bipartisan health reform bill not in the cardsDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Two letters from Right Wing World appeared in the Nov. 21 Fence Post, one by Gail Rose and the other by Susan McMullen. In both was the usual whining about the increased...
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State poised to crack down on distracted driversDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois has a message for distracted drivers: Pay attention. New laws cracking down on distracted drivers go into effect Jan. 1 and state officials want to make sure mo...
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Saturday Soapbox: A popular O'hare bypass? Has the sky fallen?Dec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - After years of arguments and millions spent on litigation, the Illinois Department of Transportation has proposed a western bypass road around O'Hare International Airpo...