All Stories from December 13, 2011 (Change date)
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Democrats drop tax on millionairesDec 13, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Democrats backed away from their demand for higher taxes on millionaires as part of legislation to extend Social Security tax cuts for most Americans on Wed...
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Milwaukee museum to show Arnold Newman photosDec 13, 2011 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — The Jewish Museum Milwaukee plans to open a photography exhibit of Jewish public figures taken by photographer Arnold Newman. Newman was known for his “envir...
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Chilean doctors separate conjoined twinsDec 13, 2011 11:00 pm - SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean doctors successfully separated conjoined twin girls early Wednesday after a marathon 18-hour surgery widely followed in the South American coun...
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Survey: 1 in 4 US women victims of severe violenceDec 13, 2011 11:00 pm - ATLANTA — It’s a startling number: 1 in 4 women surveyed by the government say they were violently attacked by their husbands or boyfriends. Experts in domestic violence...
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Dist. 220 catches another non-resident studentDec 13, 2011 11:00 pm - Barrington Unit District 220 officials have again been forced to take the rare action of disenrolling an out-of-district student whose residency information had been fal...
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Holder vows to enforce civil rights protectionsDec 13, 2011 11:00 pm - AUSTIN, Texas — Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Tuesday to fully enforce civil rights protections in next year’s elections amid a flurry of activity by states to redr...
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Two years probation in Woodstock ‘Angel of Death’ caseDec 13, 2011 11:00 pm - Saying he had “serious doubts” about the case against her, a McHenry County judge sentenced Marty Himebaugh, dubbed the “Angel of Death” after she was charged with overm...
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AAA predicts more traveling for the holidays this yearDec 13, 2011 11:00 pm - Could the Grinch effect of the recession be finally easing on holiday travelers? AAA thinks so and predicts an upswing in people hitting the roads between Dec. 23 and Ja...
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AAA: Holiday travel to reach five-year highDec 13, 2011 11:00 pm - U.S. travel during the Christmas and New Year’s holiday weekends will increase 1.4 percent from 2010 to the highest level in five years, AAA said today. About 91.9 milli...
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Report: Half of schools fail federal standardsDec 13, 2011 11:00 pm - ATLANTA — Nearly half of America’s public schools didn’t meet federal achievement standards this year, marking the largest failure rate since the much-criticized No Chil...