All Stories from August 1, 2012 (Change date)
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Cubs' Epstein not bitter about Dempster dealingsAug 01, 2012 5:00 pm - Every baseball manager has his own unique way of putting things. Cubs manager Dale Sveum likes to caution against “beating things to a dead horse.” You get the point. ...
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Half of US counties now considered disaster areasAug 01, 2012 4:51 pm - ST. LOUIS — Nearly 220 counties in a dozen drought-stricken states were added Wednesday to the U.S. government’s list of natural disaster areas as the nation’s agricultu...
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From the Food Editor: Catching up to the RumChata trendAug 01, 2012 4:51 pm - I try to stay on top of spirits trends, but I admit I’ve been a little late to the RumChata party. If you haven’t heard of this stuff yet, you now can be considered in t...
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Paralyzed Chicago Hts. man shot to deathAug 01, 2012 4:36 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Man found electrocuted on el tracksAug 01, 2012 4:36 pm - Investigators in Chicago are trying to figure out what happened to an unidentified man who was found electrocuted on the Chicago Transit Authority’s train tracks. Police...
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Emanuel asked Minnesota AG to resolve lawsuit privatelyAug 01, 2012 4:35 pm - A newspaper reports that before Minnesota officials announced they’d settled a lawsuit against a Chicago medical revenue company, Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked the Minnesota ...
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Alma Mater will be taken down next weekAug 01, 2012 4:35 pm - URBANA, Ill. — The Alma Mater sculpture that’s greeted students at the University of Illinois’ Urbana campus for more than 80 years is going on break. The (Champaign) Ne...
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Three Geneva businesses fined after liquor law checkAug 01, 2012 4:34 pm - Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns on Wednesday issued fines of $1,000 to two bars and a liquor store and suspended their liquor licenses for the first Thursday of Swedish Days in...
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New state law prohibits employers from asking for Facebook passwordsAug 01, 2012 4:34 pm - Seeking to guard the privacy rights of the social networking generation, Illinois is making it illegal for employers to ask job applicants for passwords to their online ...
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Cops: Crystal Lake teens injured in alcohol-related crashesAug 01, 2012 4:26 pm - Two Crystal Lake teens had alcohol in their systems before crashing their vehicles early Wednesday morning, resulting in injuries to both drivers, according to police. T...