All Stories from June 21, 2012 (Change date)
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Lombard denies hotel bond funding requestJun 21, 2012 10:00 am - In a move the village of Lombard expects every six months, the agency that owns the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center asked the village for money to help it make a bond pay...
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Mount Prospect, fire district leaders spar over latest annexationJun 21, 2012 10:00 am - Mount Prospect officials verbally sparred this week with Elk Grove Township Fire Department Chief Michael Nelson over the village’s latest annexation, which he fears cou...
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Federal Signal sells technology unit to 3M for $110 millionJun 21, 2012 9:50 am - Oak Brook-based Federal Signal Corp. said it is selling its Federal Signal Technologies usiness to 3M Co. for $110 million in cash, subject to post-closing adjustments. ...
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Crews seek upper hand on raging Colorado wildfiresJun 21, 2012 9:41 am - BELLVUE, Colo. — Colorado firefighters are ramping up their attack on a lightning-sparked blaze that has spread across more than 100 square miles of tinder-dry terrain a...
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Oracle CEO Ellison to buy, invest in Hawaii’s LanaiJun 21, 2012 9:41 am - HONOLULU — Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison is closing in on a purchase even lottery winners can only dream about — 98 percent of Hawaii’s pineapple island, Lanai. Ellison...
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Syrian fighter pilot defects to Jordan with planeJun 21, 2012 9:41 am - AMMAN, Jordan — A Syrian fighter pilot on a training mission flew his MiG-21 warplane to Jordan on Thursday and asked for political asylum, the first defection of an air...
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Camping World set to mark 100th store openingJun 21, 2012 9:24 am - Lincolnshire-based Camping World, the nation’s largest RV and outdoor retailer, said it’s set to reach a new milestone with the opening of its 100th RV superstore in the...
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Wellness Center USA Inc. to acquire Psoria-Shield Inc.Jun 21, 2012 9:22 am - PRNewswire Schaumburg-based health care and nutraceutical company Wellness Center USA Inc. said it signed a share exchange agreement to acquire Psoria-Shield Inc., a Tam...
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Rights group blasts Egypt military over power grabJun 21, 2012 9:10 am - CAIRO — Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that recent moves by Egypt’s ruling generals suggested that there would not be a “meaningful” handover of power to civilian r...
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Irreplaceable items feared lost in northeast Minnesota floodJun 21, 2012 9:10 am - DULUTH, Minn. — Exhausted and depressed, Michelle Henry sat in a Red Cross shelter, filling out paperwork and worried about what she’ll find when she is able to return t...