All Stories from July 16, 2012 (Change date)
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Quinn to give plan addressing droughtJul 16, 2012 7:31 am - Associated Press WALTONVILLE— Gov. Pat Quinn plans to release details of a plan to address Illinois’ drought. Quinn is scheduled to visit the farm of James Laird in the...
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Siblings reunite after 5 decadesJul 16, 2012 7:30 am - SYCAMORE — Dan Cornwall thought it was a scam. When a woman called him June 16 claiming to be his sister, he thought it could be a ploy to take some of the nonexistent i...
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Wisconsin house explosion injures 2Jul 16, 2012 7:29 am - MADISON, Wis. — A house explosion early Monday in Madison sent two men to the hospital. The explosion happened just before 5 a.m. Fire department spokeswoman Lori Wirth...
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1.2 million attend Taste of ChicagoJul 16, 2012 7:28 am - The city of Chicago estimates that 1.2 million people attended this year’s Taste of Chicago, and those people did their share of eating. The crowds at the 32nd annual fo...
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Man stabbed in neck, chest in downtown EvansvilleJul 16, 2012 7:28 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Police say a man was stabbed in the neck and chest while he said he was sleeping on a bench near a downtown Evansville bus station. Police say the 42-...
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3 teens charged in fatal beating of Chicago manJul 16, 2012 7:00 am - Authorities in Chicago say three teens charged with first-degree murder fatally beat a 62-year-old man and video of the attack was posted on Facebook. Police say Delfino...
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A year after floods, shippers face low Miss. RiverJul 16, 2012 6:39 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A year ago, the Mississippi River swelled to near-historic proportions and flooded farms and homes from Illinois to Louisiana. Now, the water level is s...
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Oil falls below $87 as China cautions on economyJul 16, 2012 6:25 am - BANGKOK — Oil fell slightly in Asia on Monday as the Chinese premier’s downbeat comments on the economy underlined the possibility of weak demand from the world’s second...
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Microsoft, NBC dissolve MSNBC.com joint ventureJul 16, 2012 6:24 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is pulling out of the joint venture that owned MSNBC.com, freeing the world’s largest software maker to build its own online news service. The...
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Initial steps crucial to breast-feeding successJul 16, 2012 6:23 am - Planning to exclusively breast-feed? Start right after giving birth, feed on demand, keep the baby in your hospital room to sleep and ask the staff for support. Such “Ba...