All Stories from July 12, 2012 (Change date)
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Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Fox River GroveJul 12, 2012 10:15 am - McHenry County Department of Health are reporting that mosquitoes from a mosquito trap in Fox River Grove have tested positive for West Nile virus. According to a news r...
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Where they play, rich conservatives like zoningJul 12, 2012 10:10 am - Last weekend’s memorable photo is of Mitt Romney driving his massive powerboat past a privately built castle, not unlike his own, on New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee. ...
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In ‘rough draft,’ we err on the side of inclusionJul 12, 2012 10:10 am - The newspaper is sometimes called a rough draft of history. In that sense, the Letters to the Editor column, or Fence Post in the Daily Herald, can be very much like a r...
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Obama, Romney campaigns accuse each other of liesJul 12, 2012 10:09 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney’s campaigns traded accusations of lying Thursday, ratcheting up an already heated race for the White...
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W.Va. sheriff says woman tortured; husband chargedJul 12, 2012 10:08 am - LEROY, W.Va. — A West Virginia man is accused of keeping his wife captive and torturing her for the better part of a decade — beating and burning her and even leaving he...
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Team looking for Ohio train crash cause eyes railsJul 12, 2012 10:08 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio — Investigators say a train that partly derailed and exploded in Columbus, Ohio, was traveling below the speed limit before the crash, and its operators n...
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D.C. mayor’s campaign hid poll workers’ payJul 12, 2012 10:08 am - WASHINGTON — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray’s 2010 campaign routinely paid day laborers $100 in cash — twice the legal limit — to tout Gray outside polling plac...
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U-46 kids create an opera of their ownJul 12, 2012 10:00 am - Music has been a prominent force in 12-year-old Cesar Mendez's life. “When I was little, I loved music; I had a CD that was my favorite,” he said. “I had all these toy ...
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Cheney lends a bit of his GOP star power to RomneyJul 12, 2012 9:53 am - JACKSON, Wyo. — Former Vice President Dick Cheney is using his popularity with Republican conservatives to give a boost to Mitt Romney, hosting a fundraiser for the part...
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9 dead, 11 hurt, 4 missing in Mont Blanc avalancheJul 12, 2012 9:53 am - PARIS — A slab of ice broke off Thursday high in the French Alps, sparking an avalanche that swept nine Europeans to their deaths as they tried to climb Mont Blanc, auth...