All Stories from April 17, 2012 (Change date)
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ComEd outage centers a good stepApr 17, 2012 10:52 am - Weather had been the Chicago area’s friend for many weeks. But the weekend storms should serve as a warning — wind and rain can wreak havoc on the power grid as we have ...
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Former CEO to help establish dairies in third-world countriesApr 17, 2012 10:51 am - After retiring as CEO of Carpentersville-based Milk Specialties Global earlier this year, Trevor Tomkins didn’t just play golf or move to Florida. He went to Rwanda, Nic...
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Would-be bomber recounts evolution of NYC plotApr 17, 2012 10:30 am - NEW YORK — By one account, the moment of truth for three former high school classmates from Queens came as they sat in a car outside a neighborhood mosque with their mil...
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Norway killer: ‘I would have done it again’Apr 17, 2012 10:30 am - OSLO, Norway — Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik insisted Tuesday he would massacre 77 people all over again, calling his July rampage the most “spectacular” attac...
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U.S., Haiti kick off vaccination campaignsApr 17, 2012 10:30 am - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti, the United States and international partners are launching a nationwide vaccination campaign in the Caribbean country that seeks to curb o...
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Judge: Iowa hiring policies did not hurt blacksApr 17, 2012 10:30 am - DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s state government employment policies have not discriminated against black employees and job applicants, a judge ruled Tuesday in a case closely...
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GOP slates Collins to take on Noland for SenateApr 17, 2012 10:25 am - Cary Collins can officially campaign as the GOP-slated candidate for the 22nd Illinois Senate District seat. Party leadership voted Monday night to approve the former Ho...
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In Pakistan, welfare scheme shows signs of successApr 17, 2012 10:17 am - KALLAR KAHAR, Pakistan — Clutching photocopied ID cards in bony fingers, a roomful of Pakistan’s poorest women sit on gray plastic chairs and wait in silence for somethi...
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Flying highway sign kills Pennsylvania womanApr 17, 2012 10:16 am - READING, Pa. — A suburban Philadelphia woman has died after a freak highway accident involving a flying road sign. The Berks County coroner’s office says 31-year-old Emi...
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Texas drops federal funding for women’s programApr 17, 2012 10:16 am - AUSTIN, Texas — Texas officials have proposed phasing-out federal funding for the women’s health program through November after Washington said it was illegal to ban the...