All Stories from August 24, 2012 (Change date)
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Two 18-year-olds charged in Wheaton volleyball star’s murderAug 24, 2012 10:48 am - Authorities charged two 18-year-old men Friday with the attempted robbery and murder of Megan Boken, ending a nearly weeklong hunt for the Wheaton volleyball star’s kill...
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Work vans burgled at businesses in South Arlington HeightsAug 24, 2012 10:42 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Stocks rebound on Bernanke statementsAug 24, 2012 10:24 am - NEW YORK — The stock market keeps getting tossed around by the Fed. Stocks opened lower Friday but reversed course after a letter surfaced from Federal Reserve Chairman ...
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Court upholds block on graphic cigarette warningsAug 24, 2012 10:24 am - RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court has upheld a decision barring the federal government from requiring tobacco companies to put large graphic health warnings on cig...
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Drop in key U.S. durable goods orders shows weaknessAug 24, 2012 10:24 am - WASHINGTON — Signs that U.S. manufacturing is faltering emerged from a report Friday that orders for long-lasting factory goods, excluding the volatile transportation ca...
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Air crews make dent in massive Calif. wildfireAug 24, 2012 10:14 am - MINERAL, Calif. — Air tankers and helicopters flew repeatedly into a deep rim rock canyon to douse the spearhead of a massive wildfire in Northern California and stop it...
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Moving Picture: From bagger to butcherAug 24, 2012 10:00 am - Wally Tenhoopen was asked to help bag chickens one day while working as a bagger in a grocery store in Arlington Heights. He liked the atmosphere and the guys working in...
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Hippo dies in South Africa rescue opAug 24, 2012 8:51 am - MODIMOLLE, South Africa — A hippo who wandered into a swimming pool at a South African game lodge three days ago died Friday before a rescue team could pull him out with...
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Syria spillover clashes escalate in LebanonAug 24, 2012 8:50 am - TRIPOLI, Beirut — Fresh clashes broke out Friday in northern Lebanon between supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime, killing two people and wounding 17 others, Le...
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Norway’s Breivik deemed sane, sentenced to prisonAug 24, 2012 8:50 am - OSLO, Norway — A Norwegian court sentenced Anders Behring Breivik to prison on Friday, denying prosecutors the insanity ruling they hoped would show that his massacre of...