All Stories from October 5, 2011 (Change date)
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Mundelein Missiles set record for longest game playedOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - Competing in the Continental Amateur Baseball Association World Series at the end of July, the Mundelein Missiles set a new World Series record for the longest 11U game ...
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Deadline extended for black firefighter applicantsOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - A judge has extended a key deadline for black firefighter applicants who recently won a discrimination lawsuit against the city of Chicago. Under a court order entered i...
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Russia Sold $8 Billion, Most Since Ruble’s 2009 DevaluationOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - Russia’s central bank sold about $8 billion to shore up the domestic currency last month, the most since it arrested the ruble’s devaluation in January 2009, Chairman Se...
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Wisconsin balsam fir selected as White House Christmas treeOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - NESHKORO, Wis. #8212; White House groundskeepers have settled on a Christmas tree. It will come from a farm in Marquette County. White House staff visited Sch...
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Quinn touts $78M plan to finance small businessesOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn says a new state initiative will help small businesses get the financing they need to start up or expand. Quinn on Wednesday said the state will leverage ...
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A mom's point of view: Visit to rural Mexicon home spurs life lesson for suburban familyOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - My husband, Bernie, and I hadn't seen Tim and Roberta for 14 years. As we drove along the dusty, narrow roads looking for their driveway, the rain picked up, turning the...
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Freese, Cardinals force Game 5, beat Phillies 5-3Oct 05, 2011 12:00 am - ST. LOUIS — David Freese homered, doubled and drove in four runs as the St. Louis Cardinals tagged playoff nemesis Roy Oswalt and beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 Wedn...
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Quinn: Illinois should be electric vehicle capital of U.S.Oct 05, 2011 12:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn says he wants to make Illinois the electric vehicle capital of the United States. Quinn appeared publicly Wednesday for the first time since he returned f...
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Ex-Glenbard West football player on stand says girl consentedOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - A former Glenbard West High School football player charged with raping a Rolling Meadows teen last year testified Wednesday that the girl consented to sex and that polic...
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Libertyville teen pleads not guilty to drug chargesOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - A Libertyville teen pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he had marijuana and unauthorized prescription medicine in his car. Patrick Gaines, 18, faces up to five year...