All Stories from March 19, 2012 (Change date)
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Plum Grove finishes fifth at state MATHCOUNTS meetMar 19, 2012 2:43 pm - Led by another strong performance from eighth-grader Emily Jia, Plum Grove Junior High’s MATHCOUNTS team finished its 2012 season with a fifth-place finish at the state ...
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Rolling Meadows HS color guard places at stateMar 19, 2012 2:42 pm - The Rolling Meadows High School Winter Color Guard competed at the Team Dance Illinois State Contest March 4 at the Peoria Civic Center. Rolling Meadows presented a str...
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When do all commuters get a softer seat?Mar 19, 2012 2:27 pm - Metra Electric Line riders can look forward to a comfier ride later this year when the agency rolls out 160 new Highliner cars. So what about the remaining commuters bou...
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Obama, Romney sweep health care laws under a rugMar 19, 2012 2:07 pm - WASHINGTON — Now here’s a tag team for the ages: Richard Nixon, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama. The arc of history joins all three in the cause of universal health care, a go...
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Sears CEO: $9.9 million in compensation in 2011Mar 19, 2012 2:03 pm - NEW YORK — Sears Holdings Corp. paid its chief executive $9.9 million last year, including incentives the ailing department store operator offered to lure the former tec...
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New lecturer at George Washington University has a day jobMar 19, 2012 2:00 pm - WASHINGTON — As college courses go, the name — “Reflections on the Federal Reserve and Its Place in Today's Economy” — sounds perfectly ordinary. Then there's the name o...
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Colorado wildfire nearly contained, evacuation liftedMar 19, 2012 2:00 pm - DENVER — Evacuated residents of the small Colorado town of Eckley and surrounding areas have been allowed to return home after a wildfire on the state’s northeastern pla...
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Dundee-Crown grad Verhaeghe hiking for a causeMar 19, 2012 2:00 pm - Missy Verhaeghe considers herself one of the lucky ones in the fight against cancer. Now she seeks to help others not as fortunate by pushing herself to new heights. Sa...
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Visit Lake County names winners in photo contestMar 19, 2012 2:00 pm - Visit Lake County, the area's official destination marketing organization, recently completed a photo contest on its website, VisitLakeCounty.org. Visit Lake County rece...
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How health care law affects lives of 7 AmericansMar 19, 2012 1:58 pm - A father lost his job at a medical device company that is facing a new tax. A young woman got back on her parents’ insurance and was able to get surgery for an injury th...