All Stories from January 31, 2012 (Change date)
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Mistrial in 2002 Johnsburg murder, retrial vowedJan 31, 2012 11:00 pm - After more than nine years and two trials, no one has been held responsible for the death of 17-year-old Brian Carrick of Johnsburg. Despite 12 hours of deliberation ove...
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Art of Dog fundraiser benefits rescuesJan 31, 2012 11:00 pm - The Art of the Dog fundraiser will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at the new Shear Paradise Pet Salon and the Howley Street Boutique, 400 N. Seymour Ave., ...
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Parry to referee Super BowlJan 31, 2012 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — John Parry is back at the Super Bowl, this time as the referee. A 12-year veteran official in his fifth season as a referee, Parry worked the 2007 champio...
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Evanston to hold Twitter town hall meetingJan 31, 2012 11:00 pm - Evanston is planning its first town hall meeting on Twitter. The virtual meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Feb. 15. Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl will talk about economic deve...
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Ex-Westmont fire chief says he wasn't drunkJan 31, 2012 11:00 pm - Westmont's former fire chief testified Wednesday that he had been drinking, but was not drunk when he drove into a parked car in December. Frank Trout, 67, is facing a ...
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Aurora's Friendly Center Club director keeps seniors active, happyJan 31, 2012 11:00 pm - On a day in January when temperatures barely reached double digits, the cold didn't stop more than 150 seniors from turning out for the Friendly Center Club meeting at P...
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Quit carping and go for some big lake carpJan 31, 2012 11:00 pm - If nothing else happens in my lifetime, I can honestly say that I cannot please every single reader here or every listener to my radio show. And I've never claimed to be...
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’Mona Lisa’ copy done hand in hand with da VinciJan 31, 2012 11:00 pm - MADRID — A “Mona Lisa” copy owned by Spain’s Prado Museum was almost certainly painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci’s apprentices alongside the master himself as he did t...
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Wis. teen gets probation in baby-abandonment caseJan 31, 2012 11:00 pm - APPLETON, Wis. — An Appleton teen who abandoned her newborn daughter last year was sentenced to three years of probation, even as the judge encouraged the high school ho...
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Three Jacobs football players make college choicesJan 31, 2012 11:00 pm - Three members of Jacobs’ 7-3 football team made their college commitments official Wednesday. Running back Caz Zyks (5-foot-10, 185 pounds), offensive lineman Maciej Koz...