All Stories from July 29, 2012 (Change date)
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14 Aurora cops honored for saving men in burning carJul 29, 2012 11:28 am - If a Baker’s Dozen is 13, what’s a catchy phrase for 14? That might be needed in Aurora after the city’s police department honored 12 officers and two sergeants for help...
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Fans’ football appetite insatiableJul 29, 2012 11:11 am - Football has been given a generation, two at the most, before it becomes extinct. By then, the theory goes, the game will be surpassed by bocce, baseball, pinochle, bask...
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Crash! Crunch! Demolition derby again a hit at DuPage fairJul 29, 2012 10:26 am - Hundreds of people filled the grandstand at the DuPage County Fair Sunday afternoon, eager to watch a dirty competition. That’s dirty as in muddy — the competition was t...
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Bradbury Creative Contest in WaukeganJul 29, 2012 10:22 am - For nearly three decades, creative writers from Lake County and beyond have vied to win the Waukegan Public Library’s annual Ray Bradbury Creative Contest. The $50 cash ...
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Fewer than 1 in 4 Americans trust big banksJul 29, 2012 10:12 am - A survey finds fewer than 1 in 4 Americans trust the financial system and that confidence in large banks is eroding. The latest quarterly survey issued Tuesday by the Ch...
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Panetta heads to Mideast; Syria high on the agendaJul 29, 2012 9:17 am - ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta began a five-day Mideast trip Sunday to consult with the new Islamist leaders of Tunisia and Egypt an...
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Officials: US drone strike kills 4 in NW PakistanJul 29, 2012 9:13 am - ISLAMABAD — Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed four people near the Afghan border. The officials say the missiles hit a car ...
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Illness forces Tom Jones to cancel Olympic gigJul 29, 2012 9:13 am - LONDON — Tom Jones has apologized to fans after pulling out of an Olympic celebration concert in London after contracting bronchitis. The 72-year-old Welsh crooner had b...
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4 charged for cyclist protest outside Olympic ParkJul 29, 2012 9:13 am - LONDON — London police arrested 182 activists on bicycles who tried to breach the Olympic Park’s security cordon during the Olympics opening ceremony, officials said Sun...
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Report: US presents Israel with Iran strike planJul 29, 2012 9:13 am - JERUSALEM — An Israeli newspaper reported Sunday that the Obama administration’s top security official has briefed Israel on U.S. plans for a possible attack on Iran, se...