All Stories from September 4, 2011 (Change date)
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Cubs fans worry about losing — Old Style beerSep 04, 2011 12:00 am - Tim Fleming and Jennifer Miller took the plastic cups of Old Style from the Wrigley Field vendor, then tapped the beers together as if making a champagne toast. This wor...
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Perfect spiral of words from Barrington native CousinsSep 04, 2011 12:00 am - Its really too bad Kirk Cousins got away from Illinois. This year’s wunderkind of the Big 10 grew up in Barrington before moving to Michigan for high school. Now Cousins...
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College rankings draw adherents and detractorsSep 04, 2011 12:00 am - Bob Morse is a wonk, a number-cruncher who works in a messy office at a struggling publishing company in Georgetown. He’s also one of the most powerful wonks in the coun...
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Shrinking workforce may dampen expansion for decadesSep 04, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — This is not your mother's recovery. Women and baby boomers entering the American workforce after 1950 helped to supercharge expansions in 1975 and 1983 by f...
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Hanover Park murder suspect dies in hospitalSep 04, 2011 12:00 am - Jeffrey Ferrigan, named a “person of interest” in last month’s slaying of his wife in Hanover Park, died at 10 a.m. Sunday in a Joliet hospital, authorities said. The 50...
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Multigenerational homes surge in U.S.Sep 04, 2011 12:00 am - NORWALK, Calif. — When advertising executive John Gallegos wanted to promote a new package of Spanish-language channels for client Comcast, he put together a spot featur...
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Unemployed face tough competition: underemployedSep 04, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — The job market is even worse than the 9.1 percent unemployment rate suggests. America’s 14 million unemployed aren’t competing just with each other. They mu...
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Bottom line: Can Meriweather play?Sep 04, 2011 12:00 am - Bears' fans began pining for Brandon Meriweather as soon as New England released him. Apparently the Bears did, too, because they came to terms with him on a one-year co...
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Wave of deaths, arrests as ICRC visits SyriaSep 04, 2011 12:00 am - BEIRUT — Syria saw a wave of violence and arrests Sunday as the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross visited Damascus to address issues including caring ...
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Katia regains hurricane status far off in AtlanticSep 04, 2011 12:00 am - MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center says Katia has regained hurricane status in the open Atlantic. Hurricane specialist Robbie Berg said Sunday that Katia has cycled o...