All Stories from October 5, 2011 (Change date)
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IBM finances revamp of Chicago tech high schools IBM finances revamp of Chicago tech high schoolsOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - IBM has awarded the Chicago Public Schools a $400,000 “challenge grant” to reshape the curriculum of five high schools and retrain their teachers to focus on math, scien...
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Illinois murder convict accused in 5 Calif deathsOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - SANTA ANA, Calif. — A former U.S. Marine who was convicted of three murders in Illinois will return to California this week to be tried in five additional murder cases f...
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Budzban: A simple prayer may help at difficult timesOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - “One of you in trouble? He should pray.” #8212; James 5:13 (NIV) Years ago, I was going through a very difficult time. It felt like my whole world was crash...
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Crews search southern Ind. forest for missing manOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - LEAVENWORTH, Ind. — Emergency workers and volunteers resumed their search Wednesday of a southern Indiana forest for signs of an avid spelunker who went missing last wee...
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Report shows service firms cut workers last monthOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — Service companies cut workers last month for the first time in 13 months, according to a private survey. The decline is a pessimistic sign two days before t...
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Wheeling High School, fire department clash over homecoming decorationsOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - A spat between the Wheeling High School student council and the Wheeling Fire Department over potentially unsafe homecoming decorations came before the Wheeling village ...
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Prospect choral concert on Oct. 25Oct 05, 2011 12:00 am - Prospect High School will present its Fall Choral Concert on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the school’s Fieldhouse. Featured ensembles include the Honors Choir, Vars...
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An autumn for close-to-home observationOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - Yes, I am a broken record, at least in the sense that I can't wait for the fall season to write about the unique attributes delivered to my front door by Mother Nature e...
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Dad’s engagement so soon after wife’s death is troublingOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - Q. My mom passed away suddenly in November. My parents had been married for 40 years. My dad started dating two months after her passing and just got engaged. I ha...
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Frazier, McNabb lean on each other in tough timesOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — They are tied together, Leslie Frazier and Donovan McNabb, by a 13-year relationship that helped bring the veteran quarterback to Minnesota back in...