All Stories from June 30, 2011 (Change date)
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Scientists favor dividing Great Lakes, MississippiJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Four scientists who study the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River say there's plenty of evidence that the two aquatic systems need to be separat...
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Top Elgin headlines from 1911Jun 30, 2011 12:00 am - By Jerry Turnquist Daily Herald correspondent The “death cup” would be eliminated in Elgin, city residents were told in 1911. Teachers said a new technology — motion pic...
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Catchings leads WNBA All-Star votingJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings, a former Illinois high school star at Stevenson, leads all players after early returns of the 2011 WNBA All-Star ballo...
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Kane Co. forest preserve grows with land buyJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - Kane County Forest Preserve District officials have closed on their first land purchase since the $30 million spring referendum. The land more than doubles the existing ...
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Naperville man dies in Oswego roll overJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - A Naperville man was killed in a single-car crash at the corner of Wolf and Harvey roads near Oswego. Vincent O’Reilly, 53, of the 2000 block of Schumacher Drive in Nap...
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Rolling Meadows murder witness recalls ‘night of terror’Jun 30, 2011 12:00 am - A witness to the death of Marquis Lovings recounted what prosecutors called “a night of terror” during the third day of Patrick Taylor’s trial for the 2006 shooting. Arm...
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Greece clears final hurdle to get bailout fundsJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - ATHENS, Greece — Greece has bought itself some time to deal with its crippling debt crisis after lawmakers cleared the final hurdle for crucial bailout funds to be relea...
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Ill. group gets $1.4 million to help migrantsJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - The U.S. Department of Labor is giving an Illinois group $1.4 million to provide job training and other services to migrant farmworkers. The department said Wednesday th...
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West Chicago man charged with abusing girl, 13Jun 30, 2011 12:00 am - A West Chicago man accused of having sex with a 13-year-old girl, after more than a year of pursuing her, told police his “hormones got the best of him,” prosecutors sai...
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NATO blames al-Qaida netowrk for Kabul hotel attackJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S.-led coalition on Thursday blamed an al-Qaida affiliated network working jointly with Taliban fighters for a deadly attack on a luxury hotel...