All Stories from February 26, 2012 (Change date)
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Close but not quite for the Dow in push for 13,000Feb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - The Dow Jones industrial average narrowly missed 13,000. Again. A burst of selling at the closing bell drove the Dow lower after it hovered around the milestone for most...
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Surging oil prices weighing on marketsFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - LONDON — Sky-high oil prices weighed on markets Monday as investors worried that the increases could choke off a burgeoning economic recovery, particularly in the U.S. S...
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Preschool screenings in U-46 March 3Feb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 teachers will conduct free developmental screenings at the upcoming Hablamos Español Expo, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at The Centr...
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Groups weigh in on hospital tax exemptionsFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - With a deadline looming, competing proposals are emerging for legal standards on how Illinois nonprofit hospitals could keep their property tax exemptions. Gov. Pat Quin...
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U-46 contract talks to go to mediationFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - After more than nine months of fruitless contract negotiations, Elgin Area District U-46 and the teachers union have agreed to bring in a mediator to sort out the ongoin...
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SHS debaters score well at Harvard:Feb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - The Stevenson High School debate team finished second at the 18th annual Harvard National Congress this month, school officials announced Monday. Additionally, junior Er...
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Union will push tax on Wall Street at Chicago G-8Feb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - The nation’s largest nurses union will call for a tax on Wall Street institutions at a march and rally in Chicago the day before the city hosts the G-8 and NATO summits....
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That’s one big win for Vernon HillsFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - A season of firsts continues. “Now,” said Vernon Hills center Meri Bennett-Swanson, sitting in Elgin’s lower gym with a souvenir net at her side, “Coach Blanton has to g...
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Sales contracts for U.S. homes up 2 pct. in JanuaryFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes rose in January to the highest level in nearly two years, supporting the view that the housing mar...
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N. Ind. anglers find dead alligator in logjamFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - ENGLISH LAKE, Ind. (AP) — Wildlife officials say an alligator found dead in a northern Indiana logjam may have been a pet that was released illegally. A man and his fath...