All Stories from August 27, 2012 (Change date)
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No clear answers with mammograms and dense breastsAug 27, 2012 5:32 am - WASHINGTON — More women are getting the word that they may have breasts too dense for mammograms to give a good picture. What’s not so clear is what to make of that info...
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What counts as being too sick for school?Aug 27, 2012 5:30 am - The 3 a.m. call interrupted a deep sleep: “Mommy! I throwed up!” Once the cleanup was done and we had tucked our son back in his bed, it was time to assess the implicati...
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Local actors talk about playing Illinois power brokersAug 27, 2012 5:30 am - Some of the Chicago-area actors featured in the Starz series “Boss” opine about their characters: James Vincent Meredith: Alderman William Ross Meredith plays the powerf...
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Survey: Illinois Delegates prefer Rutherford as GOP nominee for governorAug 27, 2012 5:30 am - Citing name recognition and popularity, respondents to a Daily Herald survey of GOP delegates to the Republican National Convention overwhelmingly prefer state Treasurer...
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Alzheimer’s findings offer new direction on treatmentAug 27, 2012 5:25 am - In separate probes into the roots of Alzheimer’s, scientists have uncovered a rare gene mutation that keeps plaque from forming in the brain and found the disease may ta...
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Genetic testing identifies risks of Alzheimer’sAug 27, 2012 5:10 am - Alzheimer’s disease can’t be prevented or cured, and it ranks second only to cancer among diseases that people fear. Still, in an international study last year from the ...
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Voters grilling candidates about pension fixAug 27, 2012 5:04 am - SPRINGFIELD — Voters may not follow all the details of the state’s huge pension problem, but they know a train wreck when they see one. Legislative candidates from a sam...
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The platform of the partyAug 27, 2012 5:00 am - A constitutional prohibition on abortion, even in cases of rape and incest? No federal funds for universities that allow undocumented students to pay the same tuition as...
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Dawn Patrol: Palatine boy dies; storm alters GOP delegates’ plansAug 27, 2012 5:00 am - Palatine boy dies while at family reunion A 13-year-old Palatine boy died after slipping from a rope swing near downstate Effingham just a day before he was set to ...
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Law will protect visitation rightsAug 27, 2012 5:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn recently signed the Steven Watkins Memorial Act into law. This critical bill provides noncustodial parents, mostly fathers, a strong defense against the v...