All Stories from August 23, 2011 (Change date)
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Katy Perry visits Six Flags Great AmericaAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - After Katy Perry performed Sunday night at the Allstate Arena, she decided to take Monday and let loose — at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. Perry, her dancers, crew...
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Dollar slips on weak housing dataAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - Associated Press NEW YORK — The dollar slipped Tuesday after new data in the U.S. showed sales of new homes fell in July for the third straight month. But a handful of ...
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Nalco reports on sustainability progressAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - PRNewswire Naperville-based Nalco has published its 2010 Sustainability Report, which documents actions and progress toward the company’s vision to earn customers for li...
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State leaders to host children’s health, safety fairAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - State Rep. Ed Sullivan and State Sen. Dan Duffy have announced they will co-host a Children’s Health and Safety Fair Saturday, Aug. 27. The event, which includes a “Touc...
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Libyan rebels storm Gadhafi’s compoundAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - TRIPOLI, Libya — Hundreds of Libyan rebels stormed Moammar Gadhafi’s compound Tuesday, charging wildly through the symbolic heart of the crumbling regime as they killed ...
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Kyle Busch pleads guilty in joy rideAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - STATESVILLE, N.C. — NASCAR points leader Kyle Busch lost his driver's license for 45 days on Tuesday in a case stemming from his high-speed joy ride in a luxury car. The...
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Man accused in 1957 killing formally indictedAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - Court documents show a man charged in the 1957 kidnapping and murder of a 7-year-old Sycamore girl has been formally indicted. The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle reports that...
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Batavia steamwrolls OswegoAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - Rain stopped St. Charles East, Geneva and St. Charles North from playing its home openers on Tuesday. It didn’t stop Batavia and neither could Oswego. The Bulldogs were ...
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New-home sales fell 0.7 percent in JulyAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — The number of people who bought new homes fell for the fourth straight month in July, putting sales on track to finish this year as the worst on records dat...
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Elgin man gets 20 years for 7th residential burglaryAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - An Elgin man who has been sent to prison 10 times since 1982 was sentenced to 20 more years behind bars after pleading guilty to his seventh residential burglary, accord...