All Stories from June 4, 2012 (Change date)
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Chicago Public Schools, service workers reach dealJun 04, 2012 7:57 am - Chicago Public Schools has reached a tentative contract agreement with its second-largest union. The school system announced early Monday that it’s negotiated a three-ye...
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Teen restores tractors to help hospitalJun 04, 2012 7:53 am - CHENOA— It’s hard for 14-year-old Austin Rhoda to imagine a life not on the farm. “Austin just seems to love everything about farming,” his mother, Janni Rhoda, said. “W...
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Teen, 16, fatally shot in dispute over bikeJun 04, 2012 7:48 am - Chicago authorities say a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed after an argument over a bicycle. The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified him as Jamal Locket...
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Ind. marinas see signs of improving economyJun 04, 2012 7:47 am - Associated Press PORTAGE, Ind. — Indiana marinas along Lake Michigan are seeing some improvements in occupancy rates as summer approaches but say cost-conscious boaters ...
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Fears of on-ground deaths from Nigeria plane crashJun 04, 2012 7:42 am - LAGOS, Nigeria — Emergency workers in Nigeria used cadaver dogs and cranes to search for corpses Monday at the site where an American-built airliner plunged to earth, ki...
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Suicide car bomb kills 23 in central BaghdadJun 04, 2012 7:34 am - BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-rigged car outside Iraq’s main religious affairs office for Shiite Muslims on Monday, shearing off the facade of the th...
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Quake shakes buildings in Indonesia’s capitalJun 04, 2012 7:31 am - JAKARTA, Indonesia — A strong earthquake off Indonesia’s coast caused tall buildings to sway in the capital Monday afternoon, but officials said there was no threat of a...
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Navy marks Battle of Midway’s 70th anniversaryJun 04, 2012 7:22 am - PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Six months after the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan sent four aircraft carriers to the tiny Pacific atoll of Midway to draw out and des...
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GOP plays offense in medical device tax fightJun 04, 2012 6:34 am - WASHINGTON — For Republicans, it’s an irresistible trifecta: A bill that gives them an election-season chance to say they’re fighting to protect jobs and cut taxes, even...
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Rogue French trader appeals fraud convictionJun 04, 2012 6:32 am - Associated Press PARIS — The appeal of former trader Jerome Kerviel, sentenced in 2010 for losing (euro) 4.9 billion for his employer Societe Generale, has opened in Par...