All Stories from June 1, 2012 (Change date)
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GM to buy out white-collar pensionsJun 01, 2012 1:16 pm - DETROIT — General Motors is changing the way it pays monthly benefits to white-collar retirees, cutting its U.S. pension obligation by $26 billion. The company will offe...
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Suburban men charged with bilking investors of more than $500 millionJun 01, 2012 1:14 pm - The U.S. attorney’s office announced federal indictments Friday against two suburban men on charges they bilked customers of Sentinel Management Group Inc., of more than...
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Geneva schools budget talks start with busingJun 01, 2012 1:11 pm - The Geneva school district started releasing information about the upcoming 2012-13 fiscal year budget, discussing the transportation and operations and maintenance port...
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Romney plays his Trump cardJun 01, 2012 1:09 pm - Donald Trump has said he would be “open” to accepting a Cabinet post if Mitt Romney becomes president. Trump would prefer “a position where I negotiate against some of t...
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Hawks sign young defenseman from Boston UJun 01, 2012 1:02 pm - Another young hockey player — a high-scoring defenseman — has joined the Blackhawks pipeline. The Blackhawks agreed to terms Friday with 19-year-old defenseman Adam Clen...
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Naperville police probe arson outside schoolJun 01, 2012 1:02 pm - Naperville police are seeking the public’s help to identify arsonists who burned a portable toilet to the ground around 5:15 a.m. Thursday outside May Watts Elementary S...
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Guilty plea in Aurora elder abuse caseJun 01, 2012 1:00 pm - One of three Aurora siblings accused of elderly abuse and neglect of their mother, who had part of a leg amputated after she was discovered in squalor, has admitted to h...
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Comcast’s CEO calls ‘Battleship’ sales an ‘unfortunate miss’Jun 01, 2012 1:00 pm - Universal Pictures’ “Battleship” film was “an unfortunate miss” at the box office, said Brian Roberts, chief executive officer of parent Comcast Corp. “The Five-Year Eng...
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$35M Ferrari GTO becomes most expensive carJun 01, 2012 1:00 pm - A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO made for race driver Stirling Moss has become the world's most expensive car, selling in a private transaction last month for $35 million. The dis...
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What’s next for gambling expansion?Jun 01, 2012 12:59 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A massive gambling expansion plan is approved by Illinois lawmakers and sent to an uncertain fate with a noncommittal governor. It happened last year. And...