All Stories from December 22, 2009 (Change date)
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Swedish Christmas straw goat burns againDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - STOCKHOLM -- A giant straw goat was burned down yet again early Wednesday in a Swedish city where torching it has become a Christmas tradition, to the dismay of local le...
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NW suburban public serviceDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Events where participation would benefit the public, such as volunteer events, social service clubs, call for donations to military, blood drives, bone marrow drives...
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Caterpillar unveils new electric tractorDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - PEORIA -- Caterpillar Inc. has unveiled the first-of-its-kind electric drive track-type tractor. Locally, Caterpillar has operations in Montgomery. At a ceremony Tuesday...
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Read the constitution and get back to basicsDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Wake up America. This great country was founded on a document created by leaders who had escaped from a tyrannical government and came to a new land to give all men free...
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Blue Jays get pitcher Morrow for LeagueDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Citing the need for more experience in their bullpen, the Seattle Mariners finalized their trade of former No. 1 draft choice Brandon Morrow to the Toronto Bl...
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The blotterDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Buffalo Grove • Burglars smashed the driver's-side window to a vehicle overnight Dec. 17 in the 0-100 block of Villa Verde Drive and removed the navigation system and a ...
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United, Continental, ANA seek antitrust immunityDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- United Airlines, Continental, and All Nippon Airways applied for antitrust approval on Wednesday so they can work together more closely on flights across ...
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Homeless get extra help for the holidays in NW suburbsDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - With the weakened economy strained by increased unemployment and mounting foreclosures, officials at Journeys from PADS to Hope in Palatine are seeing more demand than e...
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Feds mull regulating drugs in waterDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Federal regulators under President Barack Obama have sharply shifted course on long-standing policy toward pharmaceutical residues in the nation's drinking water, taking...
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Man arrested in Elgin for spending fake moneyDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Elgin police have charged a man with passing counterfeit money to buy a meal and then pay a cabdriver. Eric Estrada, 22, of Chimalhuacan, Mexico, has been accused of pay...