All Stories from April 5, 2012 (Change date)
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Wis. officials warn tornado season is hereApr 05, 2012 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — State officials are warning people tornado season has arrived. Wisconsin Emergency Management officials say people should seek shelter immediately when t...
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LaSalle auto training program creditedApr 05, 2012 7:00 am - LASALLE — The La Salle-Peru Area Career Center automotive training program already had a good reputation. But the La Salle-based program got another injection of credibi...
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Unsolicited bidder offers more for Wisconsin resort companyApr 05, 2012 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — An unsolicited bidder had offered more to buy Great Wolf Resorts. The private equity firm of KSL Capital Partners has offered $6.25 a share in cash for t...
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U.S. economy adds 120K jobs, jobless rate at 8.2 pctApr 05, 2012 7:00 am - WASHINGTON — The job market slowed in March as companies hit the brakes on hiring amid uncertainty about the economy's growth prospects. The unemployment rate dipped, bu...
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Ethanol to miss target as U.S. uses less fuelApr 05, 2012 7:00 am - Waning demand for gasoline is putting the U.S. on course to miss a target for ethanol use for the first time, signaling no let-up in the slide in prices. A 2007 U.S. law...
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Facebook judge refuses to let Ceglia see Zuckerberg's computersApr 05, 2012 7:00 am - Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg can't be questioned by Paul Ceglia in his suit claiming to own part of the social network and Ceglia can't have access to the compu...
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Ill. man gets robotic kidney surgeryApr 05, 2012 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A suburban Chicago man waited 17 years before robotic surgery allowed him to get a new kidney. Jimmie Jones was diagnosed with hypertensive kidney disease ...
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Don’t expect a warm and fuzzy Romney this fallApr 05, 2012 6:35 am - WASHINGTON — Don’t expect Mitt Romney to spend a lot of time trying to get voters to like him this fall. Instead, the likely Republican presidential nominee will probab...
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Dance career a dream come true for suburban nativeApr 05, 2012 6:00 am - YouTube Dancing with the Alvin Ailey company is something that Daley #8212; a former resident of South Elgin and Bartlett, among other places #8212; planned for at an ea...
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Chills abound in First Folio ghost taleApr 05, 2012 6:00 am - Glancing up as I left the Mayslake Peabody Estate following the opening night performance of First Folio Theatre's “The Turn of the Screw,” I noticed a figure framed in ...