All Stories from April 30, 2012 (Change date)
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Chicago billionaires back candidates to the tune of $2.1 millionApr 30, 2012 5:30 am - Eleven of the Chicago area's billionaires are showing major muscle in the 2012 election — with a collective $2.1 million in campaign donations in the past six months alo...
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Dispute over Gurnee memorial to fallen soldiers headed to trial this summerApr 30, 2012 5:30 am - Gurnee Trustee Kirk Morris' long-running lawsuit against the village is expected to go to trial this summer, but its focus has changed. No longer will it center on the c...
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Small business tax wrap-up brings good, bad newsApr 30, 2012 5:30 am - There’s good news and bad for small businesses about the just completed tax season. First the good: Ÿ We made more money. “We saw the best (client) earnings since 2008,”...
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Cameras blanket Naperville for a dayApr 30, 2012 5:30 am - To even the most intense observer of Naperville, Wednesday might appear no different from any other day. But it's likely to be the most documented day in the city's hist...
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Won’t someone promise gas price relief?Apr 30, 2012 5:30 am - Experts: It’s likely, but it’s anyone’s guess
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College students hit with higher interest rates of govt. loansApr 30, 2012 5:30 am - By the time Rebecca and Jason Snider pay off Jason's graduate school loans, they will be 65 years old. The Sugar Grove couple accepts full responsibility for the $207,0...
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Weekend in Review: Local man caught in hate crime; D-Rose injuryApr 30, 2012 5:30 am - Marengo horse owners have shot at winning Kentucky Derby Chuck Sandford bought a horse because his wife Maribeth told him he needed a hobby. That was June 2009. Not...
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Cigarette tax would reduce sufferingApr 30, 2012 5:00 am - On April 19, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has announced a series of initiatives to address the state’s fiscal and public health concerns. Included in his proposal is a plan t...
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Slow jamming the presidencyApr 30, 2012 5:00 am - It was fun. It was odd. It was just a little bit ... unseemly. Doubtless you’ve heard plenty by now of President Obama’s slow jam, which, for all you drips out there, r...
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Road crews should give drivers a breakApr 30, 2012 5:00 am - I can appreciate the fact that IDOT does most of its repairs during the night, so as not to disrupt traffic. However, the workers seem to forget that there are people wh...