All Stories from December 19, 2011 (Change date)
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Nike profit up 3 percent in quarterDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. — Nike Inc.’s second-quarter profit rose 3 percent as strong demand and higher prices for its shoes, clothes and gear offset increased costs. Nike and ot...
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Bowl ban, more penalities for BuckeyesDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State players broke the rules and got to play in the Sugar Bowl anyway. Jim Tressel knew about infractions and let it all happen. Now the Buckeyes ...
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Two Lake candidates survive petition challengesDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - A Republican candidate for Lake County coroner can stay on the March 2012 primary ballot despite irregularities that prompted the elimination of 35 pages of petition sig...
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Streamwood health worker charged with abusing disabled boyDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - An employee at a Streamwood mental health center was charged with criminal sexual abuse after police said he was caught on camera inappropriately touching a mentally dis...
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Teen hit while walking to school bus in western IndianaDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - CARBON, Ind. — Police say a driver disregarded a school bus’ stop sign and struck a 15-year-old boy who was crossing a western Indiana highway to board the bus. State po...
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World stocks rise as trading volume dwindlesDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - PARIS — European markets advanced amid thin holiday season trading volumes on Tuesday, as encouraging signs from Europe’s largest economy gave some relief from overhangi...
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Anti-smoking group wants comprehensive banDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — The American Cancer Society is lobbying Indiana lawmakers to seek a comprehensive ban on smoking rather than a politically expedient one. The group prais...
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German businesses, consumers upbeat despite crisisDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - BERLIN — German business and consumer confidence ended 2011 on a high note despite ongoing fears about the European economy, two closely watched surveys showed Tuesday. ...
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Philly sportswriter accused of abuse decades agoDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA — A veteran sportswriter and columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News was accused in a newspaper report Tuesday of molesting three girls and a boy in the 1...
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Beaten Chicago priest says he’s feeling better Priest who was beaten says he’s feeling betterDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - An 80-year-old Chicago priest says he’s feeling better after he was attacked earlier this month during a break-in at his South Side church. Earlier this month, the Rev....