All Stories from July 2, 2012 (Change date)
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Retired teachers getting a bad rapJul 02, 2012 8:21 am - Your comparison of teacher’s 3 percent cost of living increases to Social Security recipients receiving little or no increase in their allowance is misguided. My husband...
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Church not meant to be authoritarianJul 02, 2012 8:21 am - I read with astonishment comments by Bob Lowth (June 9) about the Catholic Church. No disagreement that the church “is an authoritarian structure,” but Lowth takes a qua...
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Conservation renews portraits of founding fathersJul 02, 2012 8:00 am - WASHINGTON — Sixteen paintings by American artist Gilbert Stuart of some of the nation's founding fathers and other figures are showing their true colors for the first t...
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Woman with flesh-eating disease to leave hospitalJul 02, 2012 7:59 am - AUGUSTA, Ga. — A Georgia woman diagnosed with a rare, flesh-eating disease is set to leave a hospital after nearly two months. Aimee Copeland’s father said last week his...
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Severe storms hit the suburbs; thousands lose powerJul 02, 2012 7:48 am - Severe thunderstorms clobbered parts of the Chicago area Sunday afternoon, knocking over trees, damaging homes and knocking out power to more than 250,000 ComEd customer...
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62 kayakers rescued from Chicago River in stormJul 02, 2012 7:36 am - Chicago police issued citations Sunday against two kayak tour companies after dozens of people had to be rescued from the Chicago River after strong storm winds capsized...
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Bad luck for 5 teens suspected of shoplifting in ChicagoJul 02, 2012 7:25 am - Some bad luck for five teenagers who allegedly shoplifted a downtown Chicago drugstore. The five were taken into custody Sunday afternoon by police officers who just ha...
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2 dead, 1 injured in wrong-way Wisconsin crashJul 02, 2012 7:24 am - MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee County sheriff’s officials say they’re investigating a fatal four-vehicle highway crash caused by a wrong-way driver. Authorities say two people d...
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Iron overload disease a big challengeJul 02, 2012 7:24 am - NORMAL — Coady Coughlin had no energy to care. “I felt tired all the time,” the 20-year-old Normal man recalled of a good portion of his late-teen years. “I couldn’t do ...
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Chicago, meter company bicker over $14 millionJul 02, 2012 7:22 am - The bickering continues between the city of Chicago and the company running its parking meters. The Chicago Tribune reports the dispute is over out-of-service parking sp...