All Stories from October 7, 2012 (Change date)
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New Oakton Jewish studies program recalls KindertransportOct 07, 2012 11:02 am - For nearly a year before World War II began, the Kindertransport (children’s transport) saved nearly 10,000 predominantly Jewish children from the growing Nazi threat. ...
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Incarcerated man wants to change guilty pleaOct 07, 2012 10:55 am - A 51-year-old Chicago man who was sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing his co-worker in a Batavia parking lot has apparently changed his mind about his guilty...
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France boosts security at religious sitesOct 07, 2012 10:45 am - PARIS — France is boosting security at Jewish and other religious sites after blanks were fired at a synagogue west of Paris amid renewed concerns about anti-Semitism ar...
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Philippines, Muslim rebels forge peace pactOct 07, 2012 10:45 am - MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Benigno Aquino III announced Sunday that his government has reached a preliminary peace deal with the nation’s largest Muslim ...
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Russia celebrates Putin’s 60th birthday with fanfareOct 07, 2012 10:45 am - MOSCOW — Kremlin officials like to insist Russian President Vladimir Putin does not care for big birthday bashes and that he will be spending his 60th on Sunday quietly ...
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Venezuela vote a critical test for divided nationOct 07, 2012 10:45 am - CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez’s crusade to transform Venezuela into a socialist state, which has bitterly divided the nation, was put to the stiffest electo...
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Arrested N.Y. moms stay with kids, don’t go to jailOct 07, 2012 10:43 am - NEW YORK — Rosalia Silva came to New York from Mexico with the promise of a good job, her small child in tow. Instead, she was forced into prostitution, trapped in a lif...
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K-9 Rescue holiday party in LibertyvilleOct 07, 2012 10:25 am - Our House of Hope K-9 Rescue will host its annual holiday shopping party from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. r 4, at the Adler Park – Bob Davis Lodge (behind the pool), 150...
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Family relieved at bomb plot arrestOct 07, 2012 10:19 am - Relatives of an Elk Grove Village native who authorities say wanted to destroy several Oklahoma churches say they’re relieved he was arrested. They detailed the man’s t...
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Tuesday last day to register to voteOct 07, 2012 10:18 am - Tuesday is the last day to register to vote in time for the November general election. Cook County Clerk David Orr says his office is “seeing a surge in registrations,” ...