All Stories from September 18, 2012 (Change date)
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Obama jabs at Romney over his ‘47 percent’ remarksSep 18, 2012 8:51 am - SALT LAKE CITY — President Barack Obama declared Tuesday night the occupant of the Oval Office must “work for everyone, not just for some,” jabbing back at Mitt Romney’s...
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Demonstrate ample caution when purchasing prescription drugsSep 18, 2012 8:16 am - OK. It happened again. Overnight my spam box became filled with solicitations to purchase online drugs. What’s more, several creepy requests found their way into the su...
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New chief brings family focus to Lombard Fire DepartmentSep 18, 2012 8:15 am - Family, firefighting and Lombard run deep in the life of Paul DiRienzo. Lombard's new fire chief has two brothers, a sister, a niece and his mother all living in town, ...
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Peoria museum shows historic automobileSep 18, 2012 7:55 am - PEORIA — In 1898, Charles Duryea built an automobile in a barn behind his house on Barker Street. The barn’s long gone, but that vehicle returned to the Barker house Sep...
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Wiconsin council rejects rezoning for Hudson dog trackSep 18, 2012 7:41 am - HUDSON, Wis. — The Hudson City Council has rejected a request to rezone the former St. Croix (kroy) Meadows dog racing track. The Hudson School District wanted the prop...
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Union Pacific warns Illinois hunters about railroad dangersSep 18, 2012 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Union Pacific Railroad is urging hunters to resist the temptation of hunting near railroad tracks. The company says its tracks often run through newly harv...
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100 sworn in as citizens in ChicagoSep 18, 2012 7:00 am - New U.S. citizens took their oath on the 225th anniversary of the signing of the nation's Constitution. Secretary of State Jesse White on Monday presided over the cerem...
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Accused drunken driver charged in fatal Wisconsin crashSep 18, 2012 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — A Madison man is accused of driving drunk and causing a fatal crash near Sun Prairie. Forty-two-year-old Lawren Prisk is charged with homicide by drunken...
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Ameren pledges to hire 200 veterans in 5 yearsSep 18, 2012 6:59 am - ST. LOUIS — Ameren Corp. says it’s proud that more than 600 of its 9,300 workers in Illinois and Missouri once were in the armed forces. And the utility hopes to increas...
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German watchdog warns of Internet Explorer breachSep 18, 2012 6:58 am - BERLIN — The German government agency overseeing IT safety is warning of a security breach in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and recommending people use other browsers un...