All Stories from September 24, 2011 (Change date)
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McHenry County College goes tobacco-free Oct. 1Sep 24, 2011 12:00 am - You could say that McHenry County College is blazing a trail among suburban community colleges without benefit of lighting a match. Smoking cigarettes or using any tobac...
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Oceans swallowing island nationsSep 24, 2011 12:00 am - UNITED NATIONS — The Palestinians want the United Nations to recognize a state. And the island nation of Tuvalu wants the United Nations to act — now — to keep their sta...
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U.S. paid $600 million in benefits to dead peopleSep 24, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — The federal government has doled out more than $600 million in benefit payments to dead people over the past five years, a watchdog report says. Such paymen...
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French ambassador attacked in SyriaSep 24, 2011 12:00 am - PARIS — An official says a group of Syrians has thrown eggs and stones at France’s ambassador to Syria as he left a meeting in Damascus with a Greek Orthodox patriarch. ...
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Carnival, pony rides and more in HuntleySep 24, 2011 12:00 am - Between the do-it-yourself-scarecrows, a petting zoo and pony rides, Nicole Jones knew her 5-year-old daughter Alessia was in for a fun Saturday at the Huntley Fall Fest...
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Prospect’s LaTulip to walk on at IllinoisSep 24, 2011 12:00 am - Prospect senior Mike LaTulip wants to take his best shot at playing college basketball in one of the nation’s best conferences. On Saturday, one of the state’s premier l...
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Hunka burnin’ love for Zippin PippinSep 24, 2011 12:00 am - GREEN BAY, Wis. — A replica of Elvis Presley’s favorite roller coaster in Green Bay has been twice as successful as city officials expected. The Zippin Pippin has genera...
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Folk art show in St. Charles smaller, well-attendedSep 24, 2011 12:00 am - Rose Sutherland said she rarely misses the chance to check out folk art, traditional American crafts and reproductions of antiques at the annual Country Folk Art Festiva...
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Rough start ends in Glenbard West’s blowout winSep 24, 2011 12:00 am - Glenbard West’s most important opponent may have been its own expectations. To their standards, the Hilltoppers didn’t come out with their typical sharpness in Saturday ...
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Dysfunctional Congress back to partisan bickeringSep 24, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — The unexpected flare-up of partisan rancor over a minor line-item in the federal budget this week left lawmakers feeling increasingly gloomy about their abi...