All Stories from August 26, 2012 (Change date)
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Rigs, platforms evacuate Gulf ahead of IsaacAug 26, 2012 4:07 pm - NEW ORLEANS — The federal government says oil and gas operators are evacuating offshore platforms and rigs that could wind up in Tropical Storm Isaac’s path through the ...
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Gasoline rises to $3.759 a gallonAug 26, 2012 4:06 pm - The average price for regular gasoline at U.S. filling stations rose 6.8 cents in the past two weeks to $3.759 a gallon, according to Lundberg Survey Inc. The survey cov...
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Web comic helps fuel donations to Tesla’s NY labAug 26, 2012 4:02 pm - SHOREHAM, N.Y. — A jolt of support from a popular Web cartoonist has re-energized a decades-long effort to restore a decrepit, 110-year-old laboratory once used by Nikol...
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Hertz said to be near $2.56 billion deal for Dollar ThriftyAug 26, 2012 4:00 pm - Hertz Global Holdings Inc. may strike a deal to acquire Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. for about $2.56 billion in cash as soon as Sunday, people familiar with the ...
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Tax assessment help at CLCAug 26, 2012 3:17 pm - The Lake County Assessment Office will host a tax assessment help center from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28 at the University of Lake County, 1200 University Center Drive...
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Accomplished Gurnee firefighter adds to impressive resumeAug 26, 2012 3:12 pm - Gurnee firefighter/paramedic James Pellitteri has another line to add to his considerable resume. Pellitteri has been promoted to captain and battalion chief for the Gu...
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Rain cuts short Glen Ellyn Arts FestivalAug 26, 2012 2:50 pm - Barely an hour into the second day of the Glen Ellyn Festival of the Arts, organizers were ready to call off the event due to bursts of rain making it hard for artists t...
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Quinn's 'plastic bag' veto a victory for Grayslake teenAug 26, 2012 2:30 pm - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has made sure that Abby Goldberg's efforts are in the bag. Goldberg, a 13-year-old who attends eighth grade at the Prairie Crossing Charter Schoo...
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Elgin man who can’t hear or speak unfit for trialAug 26, 2012 2:03 pm - A 33-year-old Elgin man — who cannot hear, speak or sign — recently was ruled unfit to stand trial on charges he attacked a woman near an Elgin bike path last spring. Mi...
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Advice on choosing a collegeAug 26, 2012 1:47 pm - Robert Franek, an expert on all matters “college” and author of Princeton Review’s Best 377 Colleges, will conduct a strategy seminar and pep talk for teens applying to ...