All Stories from January 2, 2011 (Change date)
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Man dies in car fire after holiday partyJan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - MOUNT VERNON, Ill. — Authorities in southern Illinois say a man who opted to sleep in his car rather than drive home after attending a New Year's Eve party died when th...
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Some suspended oil drilling to resumeJan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Monday it will allow 13 companies to resume deepwater drilling without any additional environmental scrutiny, just months afte...
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House GOP sending Obama a message on health repealJan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Eager to show who's now in charge, the House's new Republican majority plans to vote to repeal President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul before...
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Former Missoula Big Sky coach dies of cancerJan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - MISSOULA, Mont. — Former Missoula Big Sky football coach Gary Ekegren has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 70. Garden City Funeral Home says Ekegren died at home Frida...
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Arlington Hts. hits businesses for liquor violationsJan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - Mayor Arlene Mulder meted out punishments to five restaurants and grocery stores Monday for serving liquor to minors who were caught in an undercover sting. All of the c...
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Safety, trade interests clash in shipping batteriesJan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — An Obama administration proposal aimed at preventing air shipments of lithium batteries from causing fires in flight is drawing fierce opposition from some...
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Concert band performs big band music Feb. 27Jan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - The Bensenville Wood Dale Concert Band, under the direction of Fred Lewis, will perform a Big Band music concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27 in the Lewis-Huffman Auditori...
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'Forbidden Planet' star Anne Francis dies at 80Jan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Actress Anne Francis, who was the love interest in the 1950s science-fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and later was a sexy private eye in "Honey West" on...
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The seismic shifts as boomers 'retire'Jan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - When I retired from my tenure as a columnist last year, my daughter relayed the news to my grandson, who promptly picked up the phone and, in his most serious 7-year-old...
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Back in action: Hahn's return crucial to Lake ParkJan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - If there were a comeback player of the year award in girls high school basketball, Alexis Hahn would be it. By a slam dunk. It was a year ago at this time that Hahn inju...