All Stories from September 15, 2011 (Change date)
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Toys R Us expands exclusive toy offeringsSep 15, 2011 12:00 am - Toys R Us won’t open as many holiday pop-up stores this year as last, betting that offering more exclusive toys — like Air Swimmers Extreme, a helium-filled, radio-contr...
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Palestinians to seek full UN membershipSep 15, 2011 12:00 am - RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinians will ask the Security Council next week to accept them as a full member of the United Nations, the top Palestinian diplomat said T...
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DuPage GOP lawmakers decide where they’ll run for re-electionSep 15, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The state’s biggest GOP logjam created by the new drawn-by-Democrats political map appears to have broken up, as three DuPage County lawmakers who all live...
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Libya to pump 700,000 barrels oil a day by Dec., official saysSep 15, 2011 12:00 am - Libya’s oil output will reach about 700,000 barrels a day by the end of this year, said Abdulla Saudi, the nation’s representative to a meeting of Arab central bank gove...
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Pedestrian struck by train near Naperville stationSep 15, 2011 12:00 am - A pedestrian was struck by a Metra train near the Naperville station during the evening commute today, according to Metra officials. Metra train No. 1277, which departed...
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Former southwestern Illinois smelter being razedSep 15, 2011 12:00 am - HARTFORD — The long-awaited demolition of a former copper smelter that's been a southwestern Illinois eyesore is under way, though the state's environmental agency says ...
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Four Northwest Cook County schools honoredSep 15, 2011 12:00 am - Four schools in the Northwest suburbs are among 19 in Illinois that won Blue Ribbon awards, the U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday. The schools are Greenbri...
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Mexican diplomat coming to West Chicago festivalSep 15, 2011 12:00 am - Chicago’s Consul General of Mexico, Eduardo Arnal, will be a guest of honor at West Chicago’s Mexican Independence Day Parade and Celebration. The Mexico City-born dipl...
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Teen stabs 37 classmates with needleSep 15, 2011 12:00 am - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A 14-year-old girl went on a playground rampage with a hypodermic needle, stabbing 37 classmates, Puerto Rican officials said Thursday. “She woul...
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Palatine residents upset church razing trees, destroying viewsSep 15, 2011 12:00 am - Some Palatine residents returned home from work Wednesday to find their forestlike views had given way to the garbage bins and service garages lining the back of a strip...