All Stories from February 22, 2012 (Change date)
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Durbin announces East St. Louis anti-crime grantFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS — A top federal lawmaker who’s a native of East St. Louis says the southwestern Illinois city will get $400,000 in federal money in hopes of reducing crim...
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Scouting state swimming / Northwest and Fox ValleyFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - Scouting state swimming / Northwest and Fox Valley Where: Evanston Township High School When: Diving prelims 9 a.m. today; swimming prelims 3:30 p.m. today. Swimming and...
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Trustees should accept low bidsFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - I’m not sure what the four village trustees were thinking Tuesday night when they voted against a low bid for the police maintenance contract. As a Round Lake resident, ...
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A small step in right direction on budget crisisFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - Let’s acknowledge from the start that no one can envy the position in which Gov. Pat Quinn finds himself. It is much easier to be a great leader, a great governor, when ...
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On abortion, what are we thinking?Feb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - Progressive historians, only too willing to point out cracks in the armor of the American experiment, frequently remind us that many of the same Founders who crafted the...
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Sears to close six stores in Illinois, more elsewhereFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings posted a fourth-quarter loss of $2.4 billion on Thursday, then said it will close 15 additional Sears and Kmart stores and nine Grea...
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Mich. dad who let 9-year-old drive gets probationFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - DETROIT — A Detroit-area man who allowed his 9-year-old daughter to drive him around because he had been drinking was sentenced to two years of probation Thursday. Shawn...
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Danica Patrick OK after wreck in Daytona qualifierFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Danica Patrick walked away OK after taking a hard hit to the wall in her qualifying race at Daytona International Speedway on Thursday. Her race ca...
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Nurture innovation to fix economyFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - I am regularly dismayed that so many of the letters in the Herald vilify successful leaders and achievers in our nation. I refer to those who are the businessmen and wom...
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Coal India may have to revive importsFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - Coal India Ltd., the world’s biggest producer of the commodity, may revive plans to import the fuel to comply with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s order to increase supp...