All Stories from March 10, 2012 (Change date)
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DuPage gearing up for electionMar 12, 2012 6:23 pm - Even though the primary is more than a week away, the DuPage County Election Commission already has invested hundreds of hours into ensuring every vote counts. Commissio...
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High school yearbook going digitalMar 11, 2012 7:18 am - URBANA — If students could sit down at a computer and pull up 90 years of history about dress codes, discipline and even school sports, they might get some interesting p...
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Technology boom spurs U.S. job revivalMar 11, 2012 7:18 am - A surge in technology-industry hiring is helping to spearhead a jobs-market revival as demand swells for computer-software applications and data. Online help-wanted adve...
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Hungarian weightlifter back from horrific injuryMar 10, 2012 5:05 pm - OROSZLANY, Hungary — Images of Janos Baranyai dislocating his elbow at the 2008 Olympics have been viewed more than 15 million times on YouTube. The Hungarian weightlif...
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Burton creates a 3-D feather fantasy for McQueenMar 12, 2012 6:31 am - PARIS — The wonderment was tangible at Sarah Burton’s accomplished and vibrantly colored ready-to-wear show this week for Alexander McQueen. Feather explosions that ball...
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Review: Prettier iPad retains familiar qualitiesMar 11, 2012 7:18 am - SAN FRANCISCO — I have grown fond of my iPad 2 during the past nine months. So, I was curious if I would like my tablet computer any less once I saw Apple’s new and impr...
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Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead, plus . . .Mar 10, 2012 6:16 am - While you’re not forgetting to set your clocks ahead Saturday night, Illinois State Fire Marshal Larry Matkaitis suggests it’s also a good time to change smoke alarm bat...
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Maple Park girl sees the Iditarod up closeMar 12, 2012 11:42 am - Take a self-proclaimed "country girl," her love of dogs and outdoor sports, and her love of Alaska, and you get Olivia Goodenough's dream vacation: riding in the legenda...
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Obama targeted-kills hit 9 terroristsMar 11, 2012 8:40 pm - On the campaign trail, Barack Obama didn't sound like the second coming of George W. Bush. But Obama the president has defied critics who claimed he would be soft on ter...
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Knife-box custom goes back centuriesMar 11, 2012 7:25 am - Q. I would like to know what this box was made to hold and how old it might be. I found it when cleaning out a storage room at work. I have never seen another box like i...