All Stories from February 21, 2010 (Change date)
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Oil near $80 as traders eye low interest ratesFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Oil prices rose to just below $80 a barrel Monday after a three-week rally, as investors expect the U.S. central bank to keep interest rates near zero to help fuel econo...
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New study to attack childhood cancerFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - In an unprecedented effort to attack childhood cancer at its root causes, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. and Washington University School of Med...
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Fast rise in sport didn't change skater's Midwest valuesFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - In February 2006, Evan Lysacek was preparing to leave for the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. A disastrous short program would doom his medal chances, but a spectacular...
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Date set for kindergarten, new student registration in District 15Feb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Kindergarten and new student registration for students entering Community Consolidated School District 15 in the 2010-2011 school year will be held from 9:30-11 a.m., 1-...
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Rafalski scores 2; U.S. stuns Canada 5-3Feb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The Americans didn't believe in miracles. They just believed. And they pulled off the biggest Olympic hockey upset since the Miracle on Ic...
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Free clinic offered to area youth baseball, softball coachesFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Area youth baseball and softball coaches are encouraged to attend a free coaches clinic hosted by the Kane County Cougars on Saturday, Feb. 27. The instructional clinic ...
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Evan hits national stage at age 10Feb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - On April 13, 1996, then-correspondent Marge Reynolds gave many of our readers their first inkling about a 10-year-old figure skater from Naperville who already was dream...
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Handwriting Without Tears helps teachers get a grip on handwritingFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Learning to write is an essential skill for a child to learn. Teaching it in a fun and age appropriate way can be a challenge. About 30 years ago, Jan Olsen set out to c...
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Fighting swine flu fatigue with clever marketingFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Marco Torres stood on a busy road in Riverside, Calif. and waved an oversized yellow arrow with an unconventional message for a street marketing campaign: "FREE TODAY: H...
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Prominent lobbying firm drops Toyota as clientFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A prominent lobbying firm has dropped Toyota as a client after realizing that representing the besieged automaker posed a conflict with another customer, t...