All Stories from August 28, 2012 (Change date)
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Images: Ryder Cup exhibit at Oakbrook CenterAug 28, 2012 11:14 am - ...
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Pioneering doctor remembered for Paralympic ideaAug 28, 2012 11:09 am - LONDON — The Olympics have Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern games. The Paralympics have Sir Ludwig Guttmann. Guttmann, a Jewish neurosurgeon who fle...
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North Korea’s first Paralympian inspires the disabledAug 28, 2012 11:09 am - PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea, long accused by rights activists of shunting its disabled residents off to isolated detention camps, will take part for the first t...
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Rockford man linked to armed robberies in Zion, WaukeganAug 28, 2012 11:08 am - A Rockford man who was injured in a high-speed crash after the armed robbery of an Antioch gas station is now also accused of stickups at stations in Zion and Waukegan, ...
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Des Plaines 911 center might disbandAug 28, 2012 11:00 am - The North Suburban Emergency Communications Center, which provides 911 dispatch services for Des Plaines, Park Ridge, Niles and Morton Grove, could be disbanded, longtim...
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Ryder Cup exhibit puts its history on displayAug 28, 2012 11:00 am - A few feet away from the main fountain at Oakbrook Center, just across from Macy's, lies a relatively nondescript storefront. Inside however, it's anything but, as golf...
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Castro’s 7-year Cubs deal worth $60 millionAug 28, 2012 10:59 am - The Cubs and shortstop Starlin Castro made official Tuesday a seven-year contract extension worth at least $60 million. The new deal takes the 22-year-old shortstop thro...
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Israeli court rejects slain U.S. activist’s family lawsuitAug 28, 2012 10:55 am - HAIFA, Israel — An Israeli court ruled Tuesday that the military was not at fault for killing a U.S. activist crushed by an army bulldozer during a 2003 demonstration, r...
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Car bomb kills 12 in Damascus suburb in SyriaAug 28, 2012 10:55 am - BEIRUT — Syria’s official news agency SANA says a car bomb in a Damascus suburb has killed 12 people and wounded 43. SANA says Tuesday’s blast in Jaramana targeted a fun...
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Quinn’s gambling bill kill bad news for horse racingAug 28, 2012 10:50 am - When it comes to Illinois politics, you might be better served pounding your head against a cement mixer than trying to figure out how our elected officials make their d...