All Stories from July 17, 2012 (Change date)
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Water 101: How to weather the droughtJul 17, 2012 8:00 am - It was 101 degrees at 4 p.m. A hot, dry wind was blowing from the west. Stuck in the gridlock of Randall Road, I watched as sprinklers shot water in glistening arcs ove...
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Lady Antebellum speaks out on Springsteen silencingJul 17, 2012 7:58 am - LONDON — The members of Lady Antebellum say they are disappointed that Bruce Springsteen was silenced at his Saturday night gig at London’s Hyde Park. The country trio w...
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Contract for railroad bridge gets Metra board OKJul 17, 2012 7:23 am - The board of Chicago’s Metra commuter rail agency has approved a $93 million contract for construction of a railroad bridge on the city’s South Side that a congressman t...
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Illinois utility commission gets new directorJul 17, 2012 7:22 am - SPRINGFIELD — The commission that regulates power companies and other Illinois utilities is getting a new executive director. Jonathan Feipel starts his job at the Illin...
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Brothers critically injured after house explodesJul 17, 2012 7:21 am - MADISON, Wis. — Two Madison brothers are hospitalized in critical condition as investigators search for answers to why their house exploded. The blast knocked their hom...
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ISU runs popular circus campJul 17, 2012 7:20 am - NORMA — Safety harness adjusted, the aspiring circus performer stepped on the platform with a look that appeared to be part concentration and part apprehension. Her part...
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Sentencing set in Chicago for ex-state officialJul 17, 2012 7:00 am - A federal judge in Chicago is scheduled Tuesday to sentence the former executive director of the Illinois Finance Authority in a "pay-to-play" scheme in which he donated...
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Federal produce-testing program spared — for nowJul 17, 2012 6:39 am - SAN FRANCISCO — The nation’s largest produce-safety testing program narrowly escaped closure thanks to a last-minute grudging reprieve from the Agriculture Department, a...
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CA restaurants duck foie gras ban with little biteJul 17, 2012 6:38 am - SAN FRANCISCO — California’s new ban on the production and sale of foie gras took eight years to go into effect, but restaurants have wasted little time in finding creat...
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NASA builds menu for planned Mars mission in 2030sJul 17, 2012 6:37 am - HOUSTON — Through a labyrinth of hallways deep inside a 1950s-era building that has housed research that dates back to the origins of U.S. space travel, a group of scien...