All Stories from July 17, 2012 (Change date)
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Heat advisory for northeastern IllinoisJul 17, 2012 11:00 am - The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for northeastern Illinois. The weather service is forecasting that Tuesday's temperatures could rise as high as 1...
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Closing DuPage County youth home saves millions, judge saysJul 17, 2012 11:00 am - Eight months after the DuPage County Board made a highly controversial decision to close the county youth home, DuPage's chief judge is calling the move “a financial gra...
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New film expectations for Katie HolmesJul 17, 2012 10:56 am - NEW YORK — If you want to get a good idea of Katie Holmes, actress — as opposed to tabloid star — you can’t do any better than “Pieces of April,” a gem from 2003 in whic...
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Tri-Cities police reportsJul 17, 2012 10:49 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Romney on attack in Pa.; Obama collects Texas cashJul 17, 2012 10:44 am - WASHINGTON — A counterattacking Mitt Romney is seeking to shift political attention away from his business tenure and his tax returns with a fresh assault on President B...
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Utah man uses obituary to confess indiscretionsJul 17, 2012 10:43 am - SALT LAKE CITY — A 59-year-old Utah man who wrote his own obituary before he died last week used the opportunity to come clean. Friends and family of Val Patterson learn...
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Bobcat breaks into Wash. prison; crews on sceneJul 17, 2012 10:43 am - MONROE, Wash. — An animal that appears to be a bobcat has found its way inside a Washington state prison, and state wildlife officers are at the scene trying to remove i...
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90-year-old Maine man skydives for first timeJul 17, 2012 10:43 am - PITTSFIELD, Maine — A Maine man who learned how to use a parachute as a Navy pilot during World War II has finally made his first jump — at age 90. Lester Slate of Exete...
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Search under way for 6-foot-long lizard in Colo.Jul 17, 2012 10:43 am - WOODLAND PARK, Colo. — Emergency notification calls have gone out to residents in three Colorado subdivisions to be wary of a missing 6-foot-long lizard. The owner of th...
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Senate Republicans block U.S. campaign donor disclosure measureJul 17, 2012 10:43 am - The U.S. Senate didn’t advance legislation that would require nonprofit groups to reveal who donates the millions of dollars they spend on campaign ads. Yesterday’s vote...