All Stories from March 1, 2012 (Change date)
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U of I leads project to produce oils from cropsMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — First scientists turned corn into ethanol. Now they think sugarcane and sorghum might be a future source of diesel and jet fuel. Researchers at the Uni...
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Praying for home rule? Invocation can mean many thingsMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - “Prosophobia” was the theme when Third Ward Alderman Scott Williamson started his invocation at this week’s Prospect Heights City Council meeting. He was not talking a h...
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Ex-ND professor asks judge to dismiss chargesMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A former University of Notre Dame professor is asking a federal judge to dismiss a seven-count indictment against him. U.S. District Judge Jon DeGuili...
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Neuqua can’t drop Plainfield EastMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - With time running out on the Neuqua Valley boys basketball team Friday night, Jabari Sandifer shook his defender and attacked the rim, releasing a shot just over the out...
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Benedictine breaks ground on $2.5 million welcome centerMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - The past and present are about to merge at Lisle’s Benedictine University as officials prepare to turn one of DuPage County’s oldest stone structures into one of the new...
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The year I became a ‘minority’Mar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - Is the sky falling for minority students because the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case seeking an end to using race as a preferential college admissions factor? N...
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BYOB requires liquor license in LombardMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - Lombard restaurants that don't serve alcohol but want to allow customers to bring their own liquor will have to apply for a license under a village code update approved ...
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Horse adds light relief to UK phone hacking sagaMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - LONDON — It was a gift horse to British cartoonists. News that the Metropolitan Police had loaned a retired horse named Raisa to former News International chief Rebekah ...
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Annual pet spending passes $50 billion markMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Americans spent $50.96 billion on their pets in 2011. That’s an all-time high and the first time in history more than $50 billion has gone to the dogs, ca...
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Knar (38 points) paces Mundelein winMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - As time was winding down at the end of the third quarter of the Class 4A Zion-Benton regional final between No. 3 seed Mundelein and No. 11 seed Lake Zurich, Mundelein j...