All Stories from February 21, 2010 (Change date)
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Fox Valley briefsFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Tax return help United Way of Elgin's Income Impact Council is offering free income tax preparation to families who made $50,000 or less in 2009 or individuals wh...
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Damon, Tigers finalize $8 mil, 1-year dealFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - LAKELAND, Fla. -- Outfielder Johnny Damon and the Detroit Tigers have finalized an $8 million, one-year contract. The 36-year-old Damon brings another left-handed bat to...
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Poll: Economists see 'healthy' expansion under wayFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Economists expect the recovery to remain "firmly on track" over the next two years though job growth is likely to remain slow, according to a new survey. The latest outl...
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U. of I. drawing down reserves to pay billsFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - URBANA -- The University of Illinois is spending a pool of easily accessible cash to pay its overdue bills while it waits for the state to come through with $475 million...
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Striking Lufthansa pilots to suspend their walkoutFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - FRANKFURT -- Lufthansa and its pilots are set to return to the cockpit after the German airline and a key union agreed to halt a four-day strike that disrupted traveler...
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Workers seek payment from shuttered DuracoFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Several workers protested Monday at the shuttered Duraco Products in Streamwood, saying they still haven't been paid thousands of dollars for their work and insisting th...
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Pierzynski takes ribbing for failed recruiting pitchFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - GLENDALE, Ariz. - The blame game on this one was easy. A week ago, A.J. Pierzynski played golf with Johnny Damon and tried to lure the free-agent outfielder to the White...
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Oilfield services company buys rival in $11 billion dealFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Schlumberger Ltd., the world's biggest oilfield services company, has agreed to purchase fellow industry player Smith International Inc. for about $11 billion in stock i...
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Civic Federation backs income-tax hikeFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - A nonpartisan, but pro-business government watchdog agency with a 116-year history Monday backed Gov. Quinn's call for an increase in the state income tax as a way to ad...
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Million meal event rewarding experienceFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Rick McNary started his Kansas-based international care organization named Numana eight years ago after meeting a 5-year-old Nicaraguan girl who was starving to death. S...