All Stories from August 22, 2011 (Change date)
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Burlington C. falls in openerAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - Burlington Central’s girls volleyball team played tough in Game 2 but dropped straight sets to Marian Central Monday night, falling in the season opener 15-25, 26-24. Sy...
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Obama says 'rule is over' for GadhafiAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Monday that Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi's “rule is over” although elements of his regime continue to resist rebels who hav...
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Shell: 6 oil spills ‘sabotage’ in Nigeria deltaAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - LAGOS, Nigeria — Royal Dutch Shell PLC says six recent oil spills in Nigeria’s southern delta were a result of “sabotage” on one of their pipelines, and that a seventh s...
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Emanuel ramps up pressure on Quinn for casinoAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - Mayor Rahm Emanuel increased the pressure on Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday to sign legislation that would expand gambling in Illinois — including a Chicago casino — even thou...
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Jacobs opens season with shutout winAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - Four different players found the back of the net Monday as the Jacobs boys soccer team opened the season with a 4-0 Fox Valley Conference crossover win over Crystal Lake...
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Fall from ladder kills Addison womanAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - An Addison woman fell from a ladder and died early Sunday morning while trying to access the roof of a Chicago building, authorities said. Patrycja Wiszkowska, 22, was a...
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Lake Zurich ‘Black’ team wins lacrosse titleAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - Submitted by Mike Spears The Lake Zurich Lacrosse Club’s 2011 sixth- and seventh-grade “Black” team captured the Northwest Chicago Youth Lacrosse Federation Junior “A” D...
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'Help' sweeps into first place at box officeAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES — “The Help” continues to clean up at the box office, taking over the No. 1 spot with $20.5 million in its second weekend. The DreamWorks Pictures film starr...
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Syrians say Assad rule will crumble like Gadhafi’sAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - BEIRUT — Thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets across Syria Monday after a televised appearance by President Bashar Assad, shouting for him to step...
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Glen Ellyn church group treks to MontanaAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - For the 16th straight year, five adults and nine youths from First Presbyterian Church of Glen Ellyn made the 1,140-mile trip this summer to the Fort Peck Reservation in...