All Stories from August 3, 2012 (Change date)
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Harvest bountiful at UI student farmAug 03, 2012 7:40 am - URBANA — Three-and-a-half years after it was first established on campus, the University of Illinois Sustainable Student Farm is having its best year ever. Despite the d...
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Cook County corrections officer charged with misconductAug 03, 2012 7:40 am - A veteran Cook County corrections officer is accused of striking a jail inmate and has been charged with official misconduct. Rico Palomino has been a correctional offic...
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Fire destroys home in AuroraAug 03, 2012 7:40 am - A fire destroyed a two-story home on the 2000 block of Chesterfield Lane in Aurora. Discarded smoking materials ignited some dry brush near the house at about 3 p.m. Th...
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Police: Wisconsin shooting victim was not targetedAug 03, 2012 7:39 am - GREEN BAY, Wis. — Police say a 15-year-old boy fatally shot in Green Bay was “in the wrong place at the wrong time.” The accused gunman, an 18-year-old Oneida man, is e...
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EPA issues air pollution alert for areaAug 03, 2012 7:00 am - State officials have issued an Air Pollution Action Day Alert for Friday for the Chicago metropolitan area. The alert comes from the Illinois Environmental Protection Ag...
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Singer of U.S. metal band released on bail in PragueAug 03, 2012 6:40 am - PRAGUE — The frontman of U.S. heavy metal band Lamb of God has been released on $400,000 bail from a Prague prison, several weeks after his arrest in connection with a f...
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CBS going forward with ‘Glass House’ lawsuitAug 03, 2012 6:39 am - LOS ANGELES — CBS still wants to evict “The Glass House” from the airwaves. The network amended its filing this week alleging that ABC copied elements of “Big Brother” f...
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Lauren Alaina cancels weekend gigs for vocal restAug 03, 2012 6:38 am - NEW YORK — Lauren Alaina is canceling her shows this weekend because of vocal issues. Alaina said in a statement Thursday that her doctor is putting her on “vocal rest.”...
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Tyson says he’s used to putting life on stageAug 03, 2012 6:36 am - NEW YORK — Pounding out the details of his personal life on a Broadway stage doesn’t seem to faze Mike Tyson. The former heavyweight champ says that’s what’s used to doi...
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Congress, with much left to do, takes 5 weeks offAug 03, 2012 6:30 am - WASHINGTON — After a final day of partisan battles over drought relief and cybersecurity, members of Congress streamed out of the Capitol looking forward to five weeks o...