All Stories from August 19, 2012 (Change date)
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Editorial: Dysfunction in bargaining relationship caused pension crisisAug 19, 2012 12:35 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn and legislators met in special session Friday to try to arrive at a solution to the shortfall in funding pensions for teachers and state government employ...
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Cardboard boats set sail at Fox Lake regattaAug 19, 2012 12:09 pm - Cardboard is usually associated with the more utilitarian aspects of life, like storing old files. But Fox Lake’s Cardboard Cup Regatta, held Sunday afternoon at Lakefr...
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Property tax appeal workshops in Wheeling, Lake CountyAug 19, 2012 12:07 pm - PROPERTY TAX APPEAL WORKSHOPS (new) A property tax appeal workshop for Cook County residents will be held 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20, at the Indian Trails Public Librar...
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Teen bicyclist in critical condition after crash near West ChicagoAug 19, 2012 12:01 pm - A 14-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was struck by a van Saturday afternoon while riding his bicycle near West Chicago. The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office...
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Storm kills 9 in northern Vietnam, floods fieldsAug 19, 2012 9:10 am - At least nine people were killed and at least 14 were injured by a storm that brought heavy rains to northern Vietnam over the weekend, according to the country’s centra...
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Official: Suicide bomber kills 1 in south YemenAug 19, 2012 9:10 am - Associated Press SANAA, Yemen — A Yemeni security official says a suicide bomber blew himself up in the country’s south, killing a leading member of a civilian militia t...
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Sudan plane crash in south kills all 32 on boardAug 19, 2012 9:10 am - KHARTOUM, Sudan — The office of the Sudanese president says all 32 people on board died when a plane carrying a government delegation crashed in the country’s south. The...
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ISU student shot at apartment building near campusAug 19, 2012 8:59 am - NORMAL, Ill. — An Illinois State University student has been shot and injured at an apartment building near the campus. The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reports (http://bit....
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Collections agency boosts Indiana parking ticket revenueAug 19, 2012 8:56 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Parking scofflaws in Bloomington have a new incentive to pay their tickets on time. The city this year started sending tickets that have gone unpaid ...
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N. Ind. man found dead beneath tractorAug 19, 2012 8:56 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. — Northern Indiana authorities say a man found dead beneath a tractor may have been stricken with a medical condition before he fell beneath the machin...