All Stories from July 9, 2011 (Change date)
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U.S. women’s soccer team hoping history repeatsJul 09, 2011 12:00 am - The U.S. is the No. 1 team in the world, a two-time World Cup champion and three-time Olympic gold medalist. However, the only number that matters right now is zero. As ...
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Batavia’s Windmill Festival a home runJul 09, 2011 12:00 am - Both Chicago baseball teams have had a tough time hitting the ball out of the park this summer. But there were home runs aplenty Saturday afternoon at the Windmill City ...
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Batavia museum hosts quilt showJul 09, 2011 12:00 am - Submitted by Batavia Park District The Batavia Depot Museum will present the fifth annual Quilt and Textile Show Friday through Sunday, July 15-17, at the Eastside Commu...
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Jail time, anger management for man accused of choking wifeJul 09, 2011 12:00 am - A Crystal Lake man has admitted gagging his wife with a cloth and tightening a rope around her neck during a June 2010 altercation. Robert J. Oswald, 42, pleaded guilty ...
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CDH opening new wing with 'upscale hotel feel'Jul 09, 2011 12:00 am - Larry Bell has seen hospitals from just about every professional angle, working in finance, administration and construction. But one of the things that makes him proude...
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Overgrown lots keeping inspectors busyJul 09, 2011 12:00 am - As the seasons pass and the starkness of winter gives way to the verdancy of spring and now summer, it's not only allergy sufferers who are unhappy. On some suburban pr...
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Willcox Inn only 1 win from taking Mid-America TripleJul 09, 2011 12:00 am - Co-owner Marette Farrell says Saturday’s American Derby champion Willcox Inn is far from an adult. “He’s just a boy,” said Farrell, who picked out the 3-year-colt for th...
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Belief in civil rights makes America greatJul 09, 2011 12:00 am - Larry O’Neill mistakenly believes that “might makes right” (Fence Post, June 18). Not so in a democracy. No matter what percentage of Americans think homosexuality is “m...
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Registration open for this year’s Chase, in Des PlainesJul 09, 2011 12:00 am - Registration is in progress for The Chase, the Des Plaines Park District’s sixth annual 5K Run-Walk, to be held Saturday, July 23, beginning at Prairie Avenue and Pearso...
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South Sudan wins independence in shadow of conflict, povertyJul 09, 2011 12:00 am - The Republic of South Sudan was declared an independent nation today in the capital, Juba, as tens of thousands of people celebrated their freedom after almost 50 years ...