All Stories from August 23, 2011 (Change date)
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Stocks jump; Dow notches best gain in 2 weeksAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Stocks posted their biggest jump in nearly two weeks on Tuesday. Investors picked up cheaply priced stocks after fears that the U.S. would slip into a recessi...
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Woman ordered to repay $12,000 to Libertyville employerAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - The former comptroller for a Libertyville business was ordered to pay more than $12,000 in restitution Tuesday after admitting she stole from the company for two years. ...
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Routes 59 and 20 construction to cause delaysAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Transportation is expected to start the next phase of the roadway construction at the intersection of Rte. 59 and Rte. 20/Lake Street on or ab...
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Glenbard D87 superintendent leaving at end of school yearAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - Glenbard High School District 87 Superintendent Michael Meissen has announced that this will be his final year as head of the state’s third-largest school district. Meis...
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Wall Street looks set for second day of gainsAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Stock futures are rising, potentially setting up another day of gains on Wall Street. Roughly one hour ahead of the opening bell, Dow Jones industrial averag...
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Number of farmers markets jumps 17 percent in 2010Aug 23, 2011 12:00 am - When New Orleans chef Haley Bitterman prepares a specialty dinner or hankers after some soft shell crabs to fry at home, she could just ask the giant purveyors who serve...
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Images: The First Family Vacations at Martha’s VineyardAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - President Obama and the First Family vacationed this week at Martha’s Vineyard. The Obamas were spotted at Farm Neck Golf Club, Correllus State Forest, Bunch of Grapes b...
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United Continental to replace pilot flight manuals with iPadsAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - PRNewswire United Continental Holdings Inc. will issue 11,000 iPads to all United and Continental pilots, which will replace their paper flight manuals. A first for majo...
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Quick thinking helps cab driver in Gurnee robberyAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - A cabdriver who was being robbed near Gurnee alerted dispatchers by keying up his radio microphone while the offender held a rusty gun to his head, Lake County Sheriff’s...
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Music and marriage, mixed in ‘They’re Playing Our Song’Aug 23, 2011 12:00 am - Fox Valley Repertory’s “They’re Playing Our Song” will open Saturday, Aug. 27, at Pheasant Run Theater in St. Charles. It’s perhaps one of the lesser-known works by pla...