All Stories from August 7, 2011 (Change date)
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Obama: US to 'press on' despite deadly shoot downAug 07, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the United States will press ahead and succeed in Afghanistan despite this past weekend's deadly shoot down of a helicopter carr...
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Bill Clinton, Stiller to co-chair Haiti benefitAug 07, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Former President Bill Clinton will be co-hosting a New York City gala to benefit The Stiller Foundation that's building schools in Haiti. The foundation says ...
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S&P downgrades Fannie and Freddie, U.S.-backed debtAug 07, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Monday downgraded the credit ratings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and other agencies linked to long-term U.S. debt. T...
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Hearing set on reporters' notes in Ill. killingAug 07, 2011 11:00 pm - SYCAMORE — A man charged in the 1957 kidnapping and killing of a 7-year-old Illinois girl made a brief court appearance Monday as a legal battle over reporters' notes of...
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Chicago students gear up to head back to schoolAug 07, 2011 11:00 pm - CHICAGO — Many students in the nation's third-largest school district are heading back to school. Classes start Monday at Chicago Public Schools for so-called E-Track st...
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Village Voices welcomes new singersAug 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Village Voices, a community chorus based in Downers Grove, will begin its 2011-2012 season with rehearsals at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 5211 Carpenter St. in Downers Gr...
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Sentencing delayed for reputed Chicago mobsterAug 07, 2011 11:00 pm - There's a delay in the sentencing of an 87-year-old reputed mobster convicted in the bombing of a Chicago-area video poker company. Sam Volpendesto's attorneys want more...
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Family, friends remember fallen fighters as heroesAug 07, 2011 11:00 pm - One relied on his deep faith. Another was planning a marriage proposal. And yet another would shoot baskets with his mom when they had something serious to discuss. But ...
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Questions and answers about the market's turmoilAug 07, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Global stock markets tumbled Monday on the first trading day since Standard & Poor's downgraded long-term U.S. debt. The plunge came as investors grew anxious...
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Chicago-area woman deported to Poland to returnAug 07, 2011 11:00 pm - CHICAGO — A woman who was deported from the United States to Poland four years ago is returning thanks to help from members of Congress and others who took up her cause....