All Stories from July 14, 2011 (Change date)
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NBA lays off about 114 league employeesJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — The NBA has laid off about 114 people over the last two days, planned cost-cutting moves that a league spokesman says are “not a direct result of the lockout....
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WNBA CapsulesJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Katie Douglas scored 20 points, and the Indiana Fever beat the Connecticut Sun 90-78 on Wednesday for their seventh consecutive victory. Jessica Dave...
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Help ‘Stuff the Bus’ for D300 studentsJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - Community Unit District 300 will again cram backpacks filled with school supplies into a school bus to benefit homeless students in the district. The district is holdin...
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Hotel proposed for Buffalo Grove golf courseJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - Buffalo Grove's high-end golf course, the Arboretum Club, could have a hotel in its future. The village board received a visit this week from Brian Burton, chief operati...
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Quinn to visit factories on Israel tripJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn will head to Israel next week on an education mission paid for by the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, his office said Thursday. Quinn...
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Why Netflix is raising pricesJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Why is Netflix raising its prices? In part, because the company miscalculated how many people still want to receive DVDs by mail each month, a more expensive ...
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Grayslake animal shelter carries on without powerJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - With every door and window open, big fans blowing, mild temperatures and low humidity, it was tolerable Wednesday afternoon inside the Save-A-Pet adoption center near Gr...
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Ga Tech fined $100K, ACC title game victory tossedJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - ATLANTA — The NCAA put Georgia Tech on four years of probation, fined the school $100,000 and stripped its ACC title game win from the 2009 football season on Thursday f...
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Legislators question state-run institutional housingJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - Three state representatives Wednesday night assured advocates for people with disabilities their voices will be heard if they speak in unison about the need to close mor...
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Dollar strengthens on Bernanke commentsJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — The dollar edged up against the euro late Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress a third round of bond-buying to support the econo...