All Stories from August 14, 2011 (Change date)
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Wright apprentice designed Riverwoods homeAug 14, 2011 12:00 am - Nestled deep in the woods, just outside the boundaries of the Ryerson Woods Forest Preserve in North suburban Riverwoods, is a home like no other. Blending with its envi...
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Oak Forest Metra station to get $1.3 million grantAug 14, 2011 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Transportation and Metra have received a $1.3 million federal grant to modernize the Oak Forest rail station. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says the m...
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6 dead in British knife attacksAug 14, 2011 12:00 am - LONDON — A man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of stabbing six people to death, including three children, on the British island of Jersey in what was the deadliest crim...
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Happy returns in Knox’s future?Aug 14, 2011 12:00 am - As a rookie in 2009, the Bears’ Johnny Knox led the NFL with a 29.0-yard average on kickoff returns, an accomplishment that earned him a trip to the Pro Bowl. But last y...
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Updated: Indiana stage collapse imagesAug 14, 2011 12:00 am - ...
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Bachmann, Perry flocking to same event in IowaAug 14, 2011 12:00 am - AMES, Iowa — It might be a preview of the months ahead in the GOP presidential race. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who just got into the race, and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of...
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Gadhafi forces, Libyan rebels fight in ZawiyaAug 14, 2011 12:00 am - ZAWIYA, Libya — Residents say Libyan rebels and forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi are battling inside Zawiya a day after opposition fighters entered the strategic western ...
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Hotel bomb kills 12 people in PakistanAug 14, 2011 12:00 am - QUETTA, Pakistan — A bomb attached to a timer ripped through a two-story hotel in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province Sunday, reducing the building to rubble an...
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Stock fund cash levels hit record lowAug 14, 2011 12:00 am - BOSTON — Cash is comforting. That's the belief many investors embrace when the stock market starts to head south or swing wildly. But the desire of average investors to ...
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Thousands protest against Chinese chemical plantAug 14, 2011 12:00 am - BEIJING — Authorities in a northeastern Chinese port city ordered a petrochemical plant be shut down after more than 12,000 people demonstrated Sunday over pollution con...