All Stories from May 31, 2011 (Change date)
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Loehfelm's thrilling 'Devil She Knows' another winnerMay 31, 2011 11:00 pm - Maureen Coughlin, a 29-year-old cocktail waitress at a seedy Staten Island bar, has dropped out of college and is lying to her mother about it. She tells herself she's s...
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Lincoln loan note on display at museumMay 31, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A piece of Abraham Lincoln's early financial struggles will be on display through June at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfie...
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Nerves fray as Blago addresses 'golden' quoteMay 31, 2011 11:00 pm - Calling it "that phrase heard around the world," former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich attempted Wednesday to address the most infamous of his comments on FBI wiretap rec...
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White House promotes auto bailouts, cites paybacksMay 31, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Taxpayers will lose about $14 billion in the government's $80 billion bailout of Chrysler and GM, the White House said Wednesday, portraying the outcome as ...
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Hanover Park gets $100,000 RTA grantMay 31, 2011 11:00 pm - Hanover Park's vision to develop a Village Center around its Metra station just got a $100,000 boost. The Regional Transit Authority awarded the six-figure grant to help...
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Portugal's wines worth knowingMay 31, 2011 11:00 pm - When my esteemed editor forwarded information, (courtesy of the U.S. Commerce Department) that Portugal is now our country's ninth top importer of wine, I was confused. ...
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Foreclosure prevention workshop set for Elgin on June 2, Schaumburg on June 4May 31, 2011 11:00 pm - The foreclosure epidemic in the United States is showing no sign of slowing down, especially since millions of Americans are underwater on their mortgage, owing more tha...
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Doctor recalls kids from bin Laden homeMay 31, 2011 11:00 pm - ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan — For pediatrician Mehar Dil Wazir, they were a normal bunch of kids, like the dozens of others he treats daily for tummy upsets, coughs and colds. ...
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Fears of economic slowdown hammers stocksMay 31, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Fears that the economy is stalling sent the Dow Jones industrial average down 280 points, erasing more than a quarter of the stock market's gains for the year...
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St. Alphonsus student wins state awardMay 31, 2011 11:00 pm - St. Alphonsus fifth-grader Ashley Elenz won a state sponsored contest for designing a rain barrel that will be painted and donated to the school's Garden of Eatin and us...