All Stories from September 25, 2011 (Change date)
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Killing spree cases may not slow after first verdictSep 25, 2011 12:00 am - CHAMPAIGN — It took more than three years for Nicholas Sheley to go to trial in the first of eight slayings authorities allege he committed during a two-state crime spre...
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Ex-judge angered by burglaries at family farmSep 25, 2011 12:00 am - COLLINSVILLE — A former Illinois appellate judge is complaining that police aren't doing enough to protect his family farm from burglars he says have "raped" the proper...
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No free lunch: Kane County judge seeks more money to feed jurorsSep 25, 2011 12:00 am - Kane County Chief Judge F. Keith Brown recently proved there really is no such thing as a free lunch in his request for $192,000 of extra money to avoid a budget shortfa...
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Deutsche Bank ceo says euro-fund ‘crucially important’Sep 25, 2011 12:00 am - Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer Josef Ackermann said it was “crucially important” for euro-area governments to implement a July 21 agreement to beef up the resc...
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Gas stations cheating state out of tax money?Sep 25, 2011 12:00 am - More than one-fourth of Illinois gas station operators have pocketed millions of dollars in sales taxes owed to the cash-strapped state by underreporting the amount of f...
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Carney says some europe banks may need capital in coming weeksSep 25, 2011 12:00 am - European banks need to move quickly to shore up their capital, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said. “Their banking system, it’s undercapitalized,” Carney said in a ...
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Nyad fails again in distance swimSep 25, 2011 12:00 am - MIAMI — Endurance athlete Diana Nyad ended her swimming ultramarathon from Cuba to Florida on Sunday after medics warned another painful sting from a Portuguese Man o’ W...
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Chicago Fire score 3 goals in first 30 minutesSep 25, 2011 12:00 am - Good teams take advantage of bad teams. On Sunday at Toyota Park, the Chicago Fire was very good — at least for 89 minutes. The Fire scored 3 goals in the game’s opening...
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Oil pipeline opponents pin hopes on NebraskaSep 25, 2011 12:00 am - LINCOLN, Neb. — Environmentalists hoping to block a proposed underground oil pipeline that would snake 1,700 miles from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico have pinned their ho...
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Bears’ D sent PackingSep 25, 2011 12:00 am - The Bears and Green Bay met Sunday for the fourth time in 364 days. So, yes, you might say these rivals have more than a rudimentary understanding of each other’s scheme...