All Stories from January 2, 2012 (Change date)
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Time for my 2012 picks to clickJan 02, 2012 11:00 pm - Let me be the first to wish you a Happy New Year. OK, maybe not the first but best wishes nevertheless. Before I give you some predictions for the high school sports sce...
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Gingrich has new aggressive stance against RomneyJan 02, 2012 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa — Newt Gingrich blamed a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses on his rivals' attack ads and seemed to conclude that turnabout is fair play as he pressed o...
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Miss. judge tosses $322M asbestos lawsuit verdictJan 02, 2012 11:00 pm - JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi judge has thrown out a $322 million lawsuit verdict that had been hailed as the largest asbestos award for a single plaintiff in U.S. hist...
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Soldier visits Des PlainesJan 02, 2012 11:00 pm - Des Plaines Mayor Martin J. Moylan and acting City Manager Jason Slowinski were visited by Private 1st Class Jacob Steffan of the 10th Mountain Division, 3 Brigade Comba...
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Veteran actor will portray Civil War general in NapervilleJan 02, 2012 11:00 pm - Despite a reputation as a bloodthirsty general, Ulysses S. Grant detested blood. Among other things, he refused to eat meat unless it was charred, veteran actor Terry Ly...
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Photos of dead aim to bring new life to Wisconsin cold casesJan 02, 2012 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — The corpses' faces are mostly bloated, their skin pale and discolored. One man's lips are stiffened into a grim frown and he stares with half-open eyes. Anot...
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Be a host family to a student from overseasJan 02, 2012 11:00 pm - Submitted by Pacific Intercultural Exchange Foreign high school students are scheduled to arrive soon for academic semester homestay programs, and the sponsoring organiz...
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Ind. House Speaker plans for labor billJan 02, 2012 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Republican House leader said Tuesday that lawmakers will almost immediately take up labor legislation that’s likely to dominate much of the stat...
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Readers write on therapy, relatives, thank-you notesJan 02, 2012 11:00 pm - While I’m away, readers give the advice. On people who see therapy as an admission of weakness: I#146;m a guy. I#146;m also someone you might have met at a Mensa ...
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Ex-teacher claims memoir led to firingJan 02, 2012 11:00 pm - A former teacher is suing the Chicago public school district, claiming administrators fired him in 2009 after a parent took issue with his memoir, titled “Gabriel’s Fire...