All Stories from August 15, 2012 (Change date)
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The Suburbs This Weekend: Tony, magic flutes, fence painting and picklesAug 15, 2012 9:00 am - Tony Bennett, Mozart's “The Magic Flute,” the Arlington Million, Tom Sawyer and pickles are among the subjects covered by Sean Stangland and Richard Battin in The Suburb...
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DuPage forest preserve wants consultant for in-depth finance reviewAug 15, 2012 9:00 am - DuPage County forest preserve officials plan to spend roughly $35,000 to hire a consulting firm to conduct an in-depth review of the district's finances. “Our motivation...
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UK bank settles Iran money probe in NY for $340MAug 15, 2012 8:51 am - ALBANY, N.Y. — A British bank accused of scheming with the Iranian government to launder billions of dollars will be subject to two years of monitoring at its New York b...
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Australian court OKs logo ban on cigarette packsAug 15, 2012 8:51 am - CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s highest court upheld the world’s toughest law on cigarette promotion Wednesday, prohibiting tobacco company logos on cigarette packs th...
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Jury picked for trial in 2007 killings of familyAug 15, 2012 8:51 am - Opening statements are scheduled for Monday now that a jury has been picked to hear the trial of an Illinois man accused of fatally shooting his wife and three children....
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Facebook testing service to include more ads in user news feedsAug 15, 2012 8:39 am - Facebook Inc., owner of the world’s most popular social network, is testing an advertising service that lets companies cast a wider net by placing more promotional messa...
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‘Dog’ Chapman denied U.K. visa because of convictionAug 15, 2012 8:31 am - HONOLULU — Duane “Dog” Chapman has his bags packed for London, but a murder conviction from the late 1970s is keeping him out of the United Kingdom. The reality televis...
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Deere 3Q income up, misses analysts’ expectationsAug 15, 2012 8:23 am - NEW YORK — A slowing global economy and the effects of a prolonged U.S. drought caught up to Deere & Co. in its fiscal third quarter, as its net income rose 11 percent b...
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Elgin motorcyclist killed in crash near GenevaAug 15, 2012 8:07 am - An Elgin man died early Wednesday morning after his motorcycle struck a semitrailer truck at Kirk Road and Cherry Lane near Geneva. Kane County sheriff’s investigators b...
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Maine West teacher attends U.S. Supreme Court workshopAug 15, 2012 8:01 am - The Supreme Court Summer Institute for Teachers offers such rare opportunities that Maine West High School Social Science teacher Kelly Pecak said, “It felt like I was a...