All Stories from June 9, 2012 (Change date)
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Raider nation: Glenbard South win 3A softball titleJun 09, 2012 6:00 pm - EAST PEORIA — Danielle Chitkowski picked up the first-place trophy, walked over to her Glenbard South teammates and proudly yelled “Look what I have!” The ultimate, elus...
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Gas escapes from old Libertyville refrigeratorJun 09, 2012 5:46 pm - A homeowner chipping ice from a 1940s refrigerator accidentally caused a leak Friday afternoon that led firefighters to evacuate a few houses in Libertyville and close a...
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Food giveaway fills a need with the hungryJun 09, 2012 5:44 pm - The cars were lined up well before 10:30 a.m. Saturday in a parking lot across from West Chicago Community High School. People without vehicles stood in line. Meanwhile,...
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Rebels battle Assad forces in DamascusJun 09, 2012 5:22 pm - BEIRUT — Bullets and shrapnel shells smashed into homes in the Syrian capital of Damascus overnight as troops battled rebels in the streets, a show of boldness for rebel...
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Union Rags nips Paynter in Belmont Stakes tight finishJun 09, 2012 5:00 pm - NEW YORK — Union Rags picked up where I'll Have Another left off — coming from behind to catch a Bob Baffert-trained horse at the finish in a Triple Crown race. In Satur...
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Pride of the Fox RiverFest celebrates 30th in styleJun 09, 2012 4:45 pm - Coming to the annual Pride of the Fox RiverFest has become a family tradition for Billie Schultz and her two young boys, who on Saturday kicked off their day of fun with...
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Paralyzed vets gather for trapshoot competitionJun 09, 2012 4:42 pm - Almost two decades after Joe Fox returned home from the Vietnam War, he was still shellshocked. He didn’t want to hear or see a gun. And there he sat in his Murrieta, Ca...
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Samardzija roughed up in 11-3 loss to TwinsJun 09, 2012 4:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — Losing has been a part of the Cubs culture for the majority of its 136 years of existence. Manager Dale Sveum is getting his first taste of it, and he does...
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Artists community grows in Mark Twain’s hometownJun 09, 2012 3:57 pm - HANNIBAL, Mo. — Nancy Lee Kaufman was prominent in the arts scene in chic Santa Fe, N.M., and later made her woven art along the ocean near San Diego. So how did she end...
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Elburn woodworker creates custom furnitureJun 09, 2012 3:53 pm - Jim Campana paid attention when his father was making a living as a toolmaker in Mount Prospect for 55 years. “I grew up in a tool shop,” Campana said. He applied that e...