All Stories from August 30, 2011 (Change date)
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Bluesman David 'Honey Boy' Edwards dead at 96Aug 30, 2011 12:00 am - Grammy-winning Blues musician David “Honey Boy” Edwards, believed to be the oldest surviving Delta bluesman and whose roots stretched back to blues legend Robert Johnson...
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Irish coach Kelly ready for 2nd season to startAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Brian Kelly's play-calling from the sidelines could be expanded this season, starting with Notre Dame's season-opener against South Florida on Saturda...
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Russian firm teams up with ExxonMobilAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - MOSCOW — Russia’s state-owned Rosneft teamed up with U.S. company ExxonMobil on Tuesday in a multibillion deal to develop offshore oil fields in the Russian Arctic — one...
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Color spectrum makes sky look green before tornadoAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - You wanted to know “Why does the sky turn green before or during a tornado?” asked Katherine Crawford’s fifth-graders at West Oak Middle School in Mundelein. “Red sky at...
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Boys soccer/Fox Valley roundupAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - Tony Benitez made 10 saves in goal Tuesday as the Elgin boys soccer team stunned St. Charles North 3-0 in an Upstate Eight River game. Sammy Escobar, Josue Chavez and Jo...
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Hersey thinks quick, tops FremdAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - Abby Fesl was on her game when her Hersey girls volleyball team opened its 2011 home schedule on Tuesday night. The 5-foot-10 all-area setter delivered some perfect quic...
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Obama: 7 proposed regulations would exceed $1 billionAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says his administration is considering seven new government regulations that would cost the economy more than $1 billion a year, a ta...
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UOP breaks ground on Hawaii biofuel systemAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - UOP LLC, a Des Plaines-based Honeywell company, has begun construction in Hawaii of a biofuels demonstration unit that will convert forest residuals, algae and other cel...
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De Aza drives in 4 as Sox top Twins 8-6Aug 30, 2011 12:00 am - Alejandro De Aza helped the Chicago White Sox survive a stormy few innings. The bullpen took care of the rest. De Aza drove in a career-high four runs to lead the White ...
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CPS chief again pushes longer school dayAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - Chicago Public Schools chief Jean-Claude Brizard continues to push for a longer school day as he talks about ways to reform the district. Brizard took his push to a civi...