All Stories from February 16, 2012 (Change date)
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Merkel optimistic Greek deal can be agreed MondayFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - BERLIN — The leaders of Germany, Italy and Greece are “optimistic” that a deal on a second massive bailout for Athens can be clinched next week, a spokesman for German C...
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Mardi Gras means fat business for Gulf CoastFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - FAIRHOPE, Ala. — Mardi Gras. It brings to mind beads, parties and fancy floats in New Orleans as people cram in all the fun they can before Lent begins. In reality, Mard...
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1 dead, 1 hurt in Calif. federal building shootingFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - LONG BEACH, Calif. — A federal immigration agent shot and seriously wounded a co-worker during a Thursday evening workplace confrontation before another agent pulled his...
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Zion-Benton stings FremdFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - The Zee-Bees of Zion-Benton are still stinging Mid-Suburban League girls basketball teams. En route to its second-place finish in the 2011 Class 4A state tourney, Zion s...
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Bartlett's Annoreno in contention for titleFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN — Bartlett wrestling coach Karl Bratland has been saying for the past three weeks that Sal Annoreno had finally come around to believing he could win a state t...
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Vernon Hills' Brazil aims to revise historyFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN — Jeremy Brazil has been replaying his 2011 state final with Ross Ferraro over and over again, basically ever since the Vernon Hills big man fell 4-3 to in the...
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Images: 50th Anniversary of Glenn Orbiting the EarthFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - ...
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There’s no excuse for spousal abuseFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - A man hits his wife. “It was the booze,” he claims. Or perhaps the pot, cocaine or crack. And the court agrees it was the drug, not the person, who was really to blame. ...
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Hornets end 'Lin-ning' streak, top Knicks 89-85Feb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — The Lin-ning streak is over. And Jeremy Lin's sloppiness was one of the problems for the Knicks. Lin committed nine turnovers, tied for the most in the NBA th...
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New York Times correspondent Shadid dies in SyriaFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who strove to capture untold stories in Middle East conflicts from Libya to Iraq...