All Stories from August 1, 2011 (Change date)
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Oil falls to near $94 as US economy weakensAug 01, 2011 11:00 pm - Oil settled below $94 per barrel Tuesday as investors continued to worry about weak consumer spending and sluggish economic growth. Benchmark West Texas Intermediate cru...
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Boy's memory lives on through soccer safety measuresAug 01, 2011 11:00 pm - The memory of a 6-year-old Vernon Hills boy who died in 2003 after a soccer goal post fell on him will live on in a new law aimed at preventing other children and their ...
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SEC says pharma execs lied about goat's blood drugAug 01, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are charging four pharmaceutical executives with misleading investors with claims that a drug derived from goat's blood might be approved...
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Amazon starts AmazonLocal online deals siteAug 01, 2011 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Online retailer Amazon.com is trying to become a bigger player in the mushrooming market for online deals. It has launched a website that offers large di...
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'Bachelorette' picks her guy, gets engagedAug 01, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — "Bachelorette" Ashley Hebert has picked her match made in network TV heaven. The last man standing on the ABC dating reality show "The Bachelorette" is J.P. R...
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Moscow ballet dancer teaching in GalesburgAug 01, 2011 11:00 pm - GALESBURG — A dancer with the Moscow Ballet is teaching a week-long intensive summer dance program in Galesburg. The Register-Mail reports that Nataliya Miroshnyk will t...
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Elburn girl earns Girl Scouts top awardAug 01, 2011 11:00 pm - Elburn resident Nikki Smith was among 27 Girl Scouts in northern Illinois who earned the Girl Scout Gold Award in 2011. The Gold Award is the highest award a Girl Scout ...
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Walldogs returning to DanvilleAug 01, 2011 11:00 pm - DANVILLE — It's been a year since a group of mural artists made their way to Danville and painted the town with a series of murals. But the Walldogs are about to return....
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CDC: 1 death, 76 illnesses linked to ground turkeyAug 01, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Federal officials say one person has died from salmonella poisoning that appears to be linked to eating ground turkey, but the government is still investiga...
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Soriano hits two of Cubs' six homersAug 01, 2011 11:00 pm - PITTSBURGH — Alfonso Soriano hit two of the Cubs' season-high six home runs and the Cubs had 21 hits in an 11-6 victory over the fading Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday nig...