All Stories from May 15, 2012 (Change date)
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Elgin woman wins award for service to people with disabilitiesMay 15, 2012 8:00 am - Lisa Schnell made the first trip of her life to Washington, D.C. last week. She saw the newly dedicated Martin Luther King Jr., National Memorial and some of the nation'...
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Former Macomb teacher pleads guilty to misconductMay 15, 2012 8:00 am - MACOMB — A former Macomb High School teacher has pleaded guilty to an official misconduct charge for having inappropriate communications with a then-17-year-old student....
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How you can remove unwanted pesticidesMay 15, 2012 8:00 am - Residents in eight northern Illinois counties may dispose of unwanted pesticides for free through the Department of Agriculture's Clean Sweep program. The agency has an...
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27 dogs taken from rural Lerna Illinois homeMay 15, 2012 8:00 am - CHARLESTON — Authorities in east-central Illinois are looking for homes for almost two dozen dogs taken from a home in rural Lerna. Juile Deters of the Coles County Anim...
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Ind. woman pleads guilty in attempted baby snatchMay 15, 2012 8:00 am - TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A western Indiana woman is pleading guilty to charges that she stabbed a couple while trying to kidnap their month-old son nearly two years ago. Thir...
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Oil hovers below $95 amid Europe worriesMay 15, 2012 7:14 am - SINGAPORE — Oil prices hovered below $95 a barrel Tuesday in Asia near a five-month low amid concern about Europe’s debt crisis. Benchmark oil for June deliver...
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How will JPMorgan’s $2B loss affect banking rules?May 15, 2012 7:12 am - WASHINGTON — The $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase has renewed calls for stricter oversight of Wall Street banks. Two years after Congress passed an overhau...
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Best Buy Chairman steps down after CEO probeMay 15, 2012 7:00 am - Best Buy's founder Richard Schulze is stepping down as chairman of the beleaguered consumer-electronics chain after the company's investigation revealed that he failed ...
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Coty says it is withdrawing offer to buy AvonMay 15, 2012 6:45 am - Associated Press NEW YORK — Coty Inc. has slammed the door on Avon. Privately held Coty said late Monday that struggling direct cosmetics seller Avon Products Inc. ...
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Warmer weather pushes Home Depot 1Q profit upMay 15, 2012 6:41 am - Associated Press ATLANTA — Home Depot says its fiscal first-quarter profit climbed 27.5 percent as warmer weather brought consumers out for spring gardening and law...