All Stories from July 24, 2012 (Change date)
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73-year sentence for 2008 Elgin banquet hall murderJul 24, 2012 4:36 pm - A Chicago man was sentenced to 73 years in prison Tuesday for a 2008 slaying outside an Elgin nightclub. A Kane County jury in May convicted Dion Spears, 29, of the 9700...
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Stocks drop for a 3rd day as earnings slideJul 24, 2012 4:33 pm - NEW YORK — A parade of grim news, from weak corporate earnings to a pullback at U.S. factories to spreading fault lines in Europe’s debt crisis, sent investors fleeing s...
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Schaumburg considers electric aggregation after allJul 24, 2012 4:25 pm - Among the many suburban municipalities pursuing electric aggregation programs, Schaumburg is more or less bringing up the rear with its Tuesday decision to aim for the s...
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Agreement reached on longer Chicago school dayJul 24, 2012 4:23 pm - Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis says an agreement to staff a longer school day by hiring back tenured teachers is a “step in the right direction” as tense c...
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Buffalo Grove hopes to boost community involvementJul 24, 2012 4:13 pm - Buffalo Grove trustees are continuing their push for a strategic plan for the village that will address issues both internal, such as employee training and mobility, as ...
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Seven face federal fraud charges in mortgage 'scheme'Jul 24, 2012 4:00 pm - Seven men, mainly from the suburbs, are facing federal fraud charges stemming from what prosecutors called a “scheme” to bilk mortgage lenders out of more than $8.5 mill...
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Larkin Center School recognized for special educationJul 24, 2012 4:00 pm - The Larkin Center School in Elgin has been named a School of Excellence by the National Association of Special Education Teachers, the highest honor a school of its kind...
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Wheat Berry Salad with Goat CheeseJul 24, 2012 3:51 pm - 1¼ cups uncooked wheat berries (hard winter wheat) 2½ cups chopped English cucumber cup thinly sliced green onions 1½ cups loosely packed chopped arugula 6 tablespoons ...
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Hinrich happy to be back home with BullsJul 24, 2012 3:45 pm - Two years after he was evicted from his NBA home of seven seasons, Kirk Hinrich was back at the Berto Center, once again an official member of the Bulls. Hinrich’s retur...
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Penn State loses one sponsor, others could followJul 24, 2012 3:43 pm - STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — State Farm is pulling its ads from Penn State football broadcasts, while General Motors is reconsidering its sponsorship deal and Wall Street is thr...