All Stories from June 16, 2012 (Change date)
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Prairie State Festival quite a day at ArlingtonJun 16, 2012 9:25 pm - A half-hour rain delay to start the day, heavy favorites rolling, heavy favorites fizzling. Longshots, front-runners, stone-cold closers, you name it, and Saturday’s Pra...
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Saltalamacchia leads Red Sox past Cubs, 4-3Jun 16, 2012 9:00 pm - Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered to back a strong start by Jon Lester, and the struggling Boston Red Sox beat the Cubs 4-3 on Saturday. Saltalamacchia, Scott Podsednik and ...
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Train hits man in AuroraJun 16, 2012 7:59 pm - A pedestrian was hit by an inbound Metra train Saturday afternoon in Aurora, a Metra spokeswoman said. The man was hit about 4:25 p.m. near 233 N. Broadway, shortly afte...
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U.N. suspends observer mission in SyriaJun 16, 2012 7:39 pm - BEIRUT — The United Nations suspended its monitoring mission in Syria on Saturday because of the rapidly escalating violence there, leaving a U.N. peace plan for the cou...
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Crespo calls immigration group’s protest against him ‘almost personal’Jun 16, 2012 7:32 pm - A Hoffman Estates Democrat is the first of a series of state representatives to be targeted by an Illinois immigration group unhappy with their policy positions. Fred Cr...
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Stage collapses before Radiohead concert; 1 deadJun 16, 2012 7:26 pm - TORONTO — A massive stage collapse hours before a Radiohead concert was to begin Saturday left one person dead and three others injured, officials said. Emergency Medica...
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Ambrose takes Sprint Cup pole at over 203 mphJun 16, 2012 7:00 pm - BROOKLYN, Mich. — The last time anyone was this fast in qualifying in NASCAR's top series, Richard Petty was still driving. He's an owner now, but when Marcos Ambrose w...
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Ex-operator of Naperville day care sentenced in prostitution caseJun 16, 2012 7:00 pm - The former operator of a Naperville day care found guilty of prostitution was sentenced Friday. Amy Thoren of Naperville was placed on a year of conditional discharge Fr...
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Big night for Rush on and off the fieldJun 16, 2012 7:00 pm - A win over the Georgia Force wasn't the only good news for the Chicago Rush on Saturday night. During the second half, the AFL players union confirmed that a deal was re...
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Singing and swinging the blues in AuroraJun 16, 2012 6:51 pm - Eric Vonderlack’s toes were tapping Saturday afternoon as he listened to the music at the Blues on the Fox festival in downtown Aurora. So what is it about the blues tha...