All Stories from August 12, 2012 (Change date)
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Big rally boosts BoomersAug 12, 2012 12:03 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Schaumburg Boomers struck for 5 runs with two outs in the top of the ninth inning on 5 straight hits against Traverse City’s closer to rally f...
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Arlington Hts. woman killed in McHenry County crashAug 12, 2012 11:43 am - A 68-year-old Arlington Heights woman was killed Saturday when the SUV she was driving collided with a pickup truck in northern McHenry County, authorities said. Sharon ...
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US wins gold, beats Spain 107-100 in men’s hoopsAug 12, 2012 11:28 am - LONDON — Great for most of the Olympics, just good enough for gold. The U.S. men’s basketball team defended its title by fighting off another huge challenge from Spain, ...
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100 mph? 103? Reds’ Chapman simply amazingAug 12, 2012 11:11 am - The question nagged at me all day Sunday at Wrigley Field. Is anybody in baseball doing his job as well as Cincinnati closer Aroldis Chapman is doing his? “If there is,”...
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Palatine Jaycees to hold community garage sale on Aug. 18Aug 12, 2012 9:52 am - The Palatine Jaycees will hold its annual Community-Wide Garage Sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Gateway Center Garage, Smith and Colfax streets, Pal...
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Pet CPR class in Streamwood Aug. 18Aug 12, 2012 9:51 am - Animal Hospital of Streamwood will hold its next Pet CPR and First Aid class from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18 at the hospital, 904 E. Irving Park Road in Streamwood...
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SHS discount cards availableAug 12, 2012 9:18 am - The new Stevenson High School Band and Color Guard Patriot savings cards, which offer discounts at dozens of area merchants, are on sale. The cards cost $10 and are sold...
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Pig roast in Hawthorn WoodsAug 12, 2012 8:46 am - St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Hawthorn Woods will host its 22nd annual pig roast from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19. The event is the first of several planned by the c...
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Serbs hold up traveling art show at borderAug 12, 2012 8:00 am - Any U.S. gallery proprietor would be happy to have a show of his clients’ work in Paris. But there was special cause for celebration when “6 American Artists” opened Thu...
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India’s lack of electricity illustrates poverty gapAug 12, 2012 8:00 am - KATAIYAN, India — Night falls quickly in this Indian village, and soon the darkness is absolute. By 7:30, men, women and children lie down on jute-stringed cots outside ...