All Stories from June 26, 2011 (Change date)
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Can't ban violent video sales to kids, court saysJun 26, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — States cannot ban the sale or rental of ultraviolent video games to children, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting such limits as a violation of young ...
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GSV Capital invests $6.6 million in FacebookJun 26, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Investment fund GSV Capital Corp. said Monday that it has invested $6.6 million to buy 225,000 shares in Facebook. The fund company's shares climbed more than...
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Court rules for foreign firms in accident casesJun 26, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ruled that a New Jersey man who lost four fingers in a workplace accident on a metal-cutting machine cannot sue the British maker of t...
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Postal Service resumes accepting mail for CanadaJun 26, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service is again accepting mail for Canada, starting Tuesday. The post office stopped accepting most mail bound for Canada on June 18 becaus...
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Lombard Village Hall closed July 4Jun 26, 2011 11:00 pm - LOMBARD, Illinois— The Lombard Village Hall will be closed on July 4 in observance of the Independence Day holiday. Village Hall will reopen on Tuesday, July 5, with nor...
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Freeport mayor announces run for CongressJun 26, 2011 11:00 pm - FREEPORT — Freeport Mayor George Gaulrapp is running for Congress. The Journal-Standard reports that Gaulrapp announced his candidacy during the annual Ag Breakfast at t...
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Consumer spending unchanged; gas prices a factorJun 26, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — For the first time in a year, Americans have stopped spending more. Consumer spending failed to budge from April to May, evidence that high gas prices and u...
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US expands human trafficking blacklistJun 26, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is expanding the number of countries that may face U.S. sanctions for not doing enough to combat human trafficking. In its annual T...
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High court to rule on TV indecency, GPS trackingJun 26, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has added a couple of high-profile constitutional challenges to its lineup of cases for next term: One looking at governmental regulation ...
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Fireworks safety tips from police departmentJun 26, 2011 11:00 pm - West Chicago June 27, 2011 - With the Independence Day holiday quickly approaching, the West Chicago Police Department would like to remind everyone of the state and loc...