All Stories from December 19, 2010 (Change date)
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Savor the early darknessDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - How the days and months seem to have melted away. Melted away from dawns to darkest evenings that arrive earlier each day. We are now approaching the “darkest evening of...
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Rolling Meadows finishes off Glenbrook SouthDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - With 1.9 seconds remaining in his game against Glenbrook South, Rolling Meadows junior Brian Nelms caught a sideline inbounds pass a foot inside the half court line, and...
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N. Korea backs away from threat to attack SouthDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea — North Korea backed off threats to retaliate against South Korea for military drills Monday and reportedly offered concessions on its nuc...
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Evacuations called as storm saturates CaliforniaDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — A storm pounding California with record rain forced authorities in the San Joaquin Valley to call Monday for the evacuation of some 2,000 residents of the...
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Study shows need for kids' doctors in rural areasDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - There are enough children's doctors in the United States, they just work in the wrong places, a new study finds. Some wealthy areas are oversaturated with pediatricians ...
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Bee finalists at middle schoolDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - Woodland Middle School's learning resource center will be the site of a local 2011 National Geographic Bee. It'll begin at 9 a.m. Jan. 6 at the Gurnee school. Officials...
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Familiar names for April ballotsDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - They won't be as high-profile as the recent gubernatorial or Senate races, but several local political battles are shaping up for the April 2011 consolidated election in...
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Gilberts voters to decide on sales tax increase to pay for roadsDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - Voters in Gilberts will decide in April whether to raise the local sales tax to help pay for road improvements. The village board voted last week to put a referendum que...
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Go sledding in Lake CountyDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - The Lake County Forest Preserve District owns sled hills at the Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda and the Old School Forest Preserve near Libertyville. The Lakewoo...
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FBI data shows violent crime continues to declineDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Reports of violent and property crimes continued to decline in the first half of 2010, according to preliminary crime report released by the FBI Monday. Th...