All Stories from August 7, 2012 (Change date)
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No arrests in fatal shooting near UIC campusAug 07, 2012 7:42 am - Police are investigating the death of a 20-year-old man who was gunned down just blocks from the University of Illinois’ Chicago campus. The Cook County Medical Examiner...
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Chicago offers amnesty on overdue booksAug 07, 2012 7:42 am - The Chicago Public Library is offering an amnesty program on overdue materials for the first time in 20 years. Mayor Rahm Emanuel says it’ll allow schoolchildren a chan...
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Sharon Osbourne feuding with NBCAug 07, 2012 7:42 am - LOS ANGELES — NBC defended itself Monday against Sharon Osbourne’s claim the network discriminated against her afflicted son in casting a new reality show. The “America’...
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Workers at 2 Illinois agencies get delayed raisesAug 07, 2012 7:41 am - SPRINGFIELD — Hundreds of unionized workers at two Illinois state agencies will be getting the pay raises that Gov. Pat Quinn canceled last year. The (Springfield) State...
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Celebrities keeping a low profile at the OlympicsAug 07, 2012 7:39 am - LONDON — Now that’s more like it. Mick Jagger has dropped by Olympic Stadium to watch some track and field. It didn’t help Britain’s medal count, but it reassured celebr...
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Music pumping up Olympic competitionAug 07, 2012 7:34 am - LONDON — At the London Olympics, Adele is served with tennis, Beyoncé bounces around the basketball court and Queen’s “We Will Rock You” spikes up beach volleyball. A wa...
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CVS Caremark profit jumps 18 pct, boosts outlookAug 07, 2012 7:06 am - WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark says its second-quarter net income jumped more than 18 percent, as new business and an expansion of its pharmacy benefits management busi...
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Pfizer, J&J halt trials of Alzheimer’s drug in research setbackAug 07, 2012 7:06 am - Pfizer Inc., Johnson & Johnson and Elan Corp. ended most plans to develop an Alzheimer’s drug after a second trial failure, a blow to the companies’ efforts to market th...
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Poisoned woman fights to recoverAug 07, 2012 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Alice Minter is in a wheelchair. She's had three surgeries for glaucoma and can't move her toes. Ask her how she's doing and she'll reply, “I'm doing good....
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Padres sale agreement in place, needs MLB approvalAug 07, 2012 6:38 am - John Moores has agreed to sell the San Diego Padres to a group headed by former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Peter O’Malley and including pro golfer Phil Mickelson. O’Malle...