All Stories from August 6, 2012 (Change date)
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Peeved no more: Peavy likes Sox' approachAug 06, 2012 6:00 pm - The upstart White Sox are not guilty of failing to communicate this season, according to starting pitcher Jake Peavy. And taking the lead from new manager Robin Ventura,...
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Palatine men charged with soliciting 16-year-old girlAug 06, 2012 5:45 pm - Two Palatine brothers have been charged after they attempted to meet an undercover officer who was posing as a 16-year-old girl, police said. A McHenry County sheriff’s ...
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Gabby Douglas chases more gold in individual beamAug 06, 2012 5:34 pm - LONDON — Gabby Douglas is back for her grand finale. Already a two-time gold medalist, the American teen nicknamed the Flying Squirrel has a chance for one more title be...
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Local group not seeing eye-to-eye with Wayne Township officialsAug 06, 2012 5:21 pm - Local Move to Amend activists are heading into the home stretch in several suburban communities but bracing for a fight in Wayne Township. Move to Amend is a national or...
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Weather hurts orchard’s yield, but apples still ready for pickingAug 06, 2012 5:19 pm - A Bible quote posted at Harvard’s Royal Oak Farm Orchard reads, “He who abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit.” Turns out, the owners need that faith this year mo...
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Joliet man gets 50 years for shooting 12-year-old sonAug 06, 2012 5:10 pm - A Joliet man has been sentenced to a half-century in prison for shooting his 12-year-old son in the head a few days before Christmas in 2010. Will County prosecutors sai...
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Navistar jumps on report it’s considering job cutsAug 06, 2012 5:02 pm - Lisle-based Navistar International Corp. stock rose the most in five weeks after Crain’s Chicago Business reported that the maker of International trucks has told employ...
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Are you happy? Ben Bernanke wants to knowAug 06, 2012 5:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Ben Bernanke wants to know if you are happy. The Federal Reserve chairman said Monday that gauging happiness can be as important for measuring economic pro...
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Gurnee board rejects war memorial settlementAug 06, 2012 5:00 pm - Agreement on statues would have ended 3-year dispute
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US men’s basketball team gears up for ArgentinaAug 06, 2012 4:58 pm - LONDON — Carmelo Anthony doesn’t want to mess around against Argentina. Not after the close call against Lithuania. Anthony, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and the rest of th...