All Stories from July 31, 2012 (Change date)
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Rabattini won’t run for a second term on Island Lake boardJul 31, 2012 10:07 am - Controversial Island Lake Trustee Laurie Rabattini said she will not seek re-election in 2013. Rabattini cited the unspecified illness that has dogged her since she join...
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Ace Hardware to open in BarringtonJul 31, 2012 10:06 am - Once again, Barrington has been able to rely on a local resident to help provide the village with a long demanded new business. Before it was Bryan McGonigal who helped ...
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Winnetka's Dwyer helps Michael Phelps make historyJul 31, 2012 10:00 am - LONDON — Michael Phelps swam into history with his 19th Olympic medal, and this one was a more appropriate color. With a lot of help from his friends, Phelps took down t...
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Attorneys offer dueling explanations for Savio's deathJul 31, 2012 10:00 am - The murder trial of former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson began Tuesday with dueling explanations of his third wife's death, clashes over evidence and a teary...
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Olympics awash in Twitter, for better or worseJul 31, 2012 10:00 am - LONDON — It's amazing how much trouble can be stirred up in 140 characters or less. But also how much intimacy, excitement, global scope and, yes, general zaniness. For ...
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Hill prepared to call it a career on Geneva councilJul 31, 2012 9:29 am - It appears Geneva’s First Ward will have a new alderman next spring as Sam Hill, who has held the post for 12 years, said Monday night he will not seek another term in t...
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Bomb scare closes U.S. Embassy in NorwayJul 31, 2012 9:26 am - OSLO, Norway — The U.S. Embassy and an area of central Oslo were evacuated on Tuesday when a fake explosive device was mistakenly left beneath a vehicle trying to enter ...
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Republican ads woo disillusioned Obama votersJul 31, 2012 9:26 am - NEW YORK — One Republican campaign ad describes the “buyer’s remorse” some voters feel about President Barack Obama. Another ad features a woman saying she had supported...
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Iran bank chief calls sanctions akin to ‘war’Jul 31, 2012 9:26 am - TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s central bank chief says tightening of Western sanctions is equal to a “military war” that requires new tactics to overcome economic pressures on Te...
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Romney praises Polish spirit, creativity in WarsawJul 31, 2012 9:26 am - WARSAW, Poland — Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney said Tuesday that Poland’s economy is a model of small government and free enterprise that other nations s...