All Stories from June 21, 2012 (Change date)
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Romney tries to soften image among Hispanic votersJun 21, 2012 8:35 pm - ORLANDO, Fla. — Mitt Romney, who courted conservative Republican primary voters with hard-line opposition to illegal immigration, took a first step Thursday toward tryin...
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Sugar Grove disabled vet surprised with mortgage-free homeJun 21, 2012 8:00 pm - After his Humvee went over a bomb in Afghanistan in 2004, Army Spc. Nick Mapson's doctors didn't think he would survive. They saw the third-degree burns on his face, arm...
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Court throws out FCC fines for cursing, nudityJun 21, 2012 7:37 pm - WASHINGTON — Broadcasters anticipating a major constitutional ruling on the government’s authority to regulate what can be shown and said on the airwaves instead won onl...
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Video shows Zimmerman’s account of fatal fightJun 21, 2012 7:35 pm - ORLANDO, Fla. — Detectives who questioned George Zimmerman in the days after he fatally shot Trayvon Martin grilled him on his story and said some of his statements were...
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Cops: Elgin man facing metal theft charges stole more metalJun 21, 2012 7:00 pm - An Elgin man is accused of stealing more than 3,000 pounds of steel poles from a business less than two weeks after he was released on an earlier metal theft charge. Pol...
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Bipartisan effort leads to Senate OK of farm billJun 21, 2012 6:58 pm - WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday completed a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill that cuts farm subsidies and land conservation spending by about $2 billion a y...
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Mathis' ace launches him to lead at TravelersJun 21, 2012 6:45 pm - CROMWELL, Conn. — David Mathis hoped to start strong at the Travelers Championship after missing the cut last week in the U.S. Open. The 38-year-old Mathis birdied his f...
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Boomers nearly no-hitJun 21, 2012 6:03 pm - Joliet starting pitcher Steven Maxwell flirted with a no-hitter as the host Slammers bested the Schaumburg Boomers 2-1 in the middle game of a road series Thursday night...
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Elgin man eluded police in state park after chase, authorities sayJun 21, 2012 6:00 pm - An Elgin man was able to elude police during a chase from a St. Charles business late Thursday afternoon and remain undetected after ditching his vehicle and fleeing int...
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Mark Smith named girls basketball coach at Burlington CentralJun 21, 2012 5:59 pm - Burlington Central High School announced Thursday that Mark Smith is the new varsity girls basketball coach. Smith brings 29 years of basketball coaching experience on t...