All Stories from August 30, 2011 (Change date)
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Geneva council, residents debate allowing fire pitsAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - Backyard fire pits: a pleasant diversion on a cool summer evening, or nuisance spewers of toxic, acrid-smelling chemicals and particulates? The Geneva City Council delve...
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Deal in Illinois disability lawsuit goes to judgeAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - CHICAGO — A settlement reached in a class-action lawsuit involving the rights of disabled Medicaid residents in nursing homes has been presented to a federal judge in Ch...
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Liberty use big 4th quarter to beat Sky 71-67Aug 30, 2011 12:00 am - NEWARK, N.J. — After falling behind by 14 points early in the fourth quarter, the New York Liberty made another big defensive stand down the stretch. Cappie Pondexter sc...
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Justin Bieber, his Ferrari fine after minor crashAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Justin Bieber and his Ferrari are both fine after a fender-bender in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Police Officer Gregory Baek says the 17-year-old singer was i...
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Grilled cheese with a high tech twistAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Jonathan Kaplan made it easy for consumers to shoot cheesy home movies when he founded the company behind the Flip Video camcorder. Now, he’s hoping to p...
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Another Guillen self-inflicted woundAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - One day, Ozzie Guillen is going to leave the White Sox. But as was the case last week, last month, last year and every other time this tale is regurgitated ad nauseam, i...
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S. Elgin’s Gonzalez wins Elgin titleAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - South Elgin senior Francisco Gonzalez said he did not expect to win the Elgin City Cross Country Invitational on Tuesday. In most teams’ first meet of the season, Gonza...
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Senate president meets with leaders of SearsAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Sears Holdings Corp. CEO Lou D'Ambrosio met with Illinois Senate President John Cullerton Tuesday about the company's future in its Hoffman Estates headqua...
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Kids’ activities at the folk festivalAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - Don’t even think about leaving the kids home during the Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival. In addition to being able to run around or lie down and enjoy a...
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Starbucks jumping into single-cup capsule marketAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - Starbucks Corp., the world's largest coffee-shop operator, will begin selling its namesake coffee and Tazo tea brand in Keurig single-cup packets in November. “We'll be ...