All Stories from October 8, 2012 (Change date)
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Feinstein wants investigation of Calif. gas pricesOct 08, 2012 9:30 am - LOS ANGELES — Sen. Dianne Feinstein has called for a federal investigation into gas prices in California because she doesn’t think they are related to supply and demand....
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Mom: Student didn’t touch officer who shot himOct 08, 2012 9:30 am - WETUMPKA, Ala. — The mother of a University of South Alabama freshman killed by a campus police officer says she’s been told he never touched the officer who shot him. G...
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Detroit police chief steps down amid sex probeOct 08, 2012 9:28 am - DETROIT — Detroit police Chief Ralph Godbee has stepped down after an internal affairs officer revealed that she and the chief had been conducting a sexual relationship,...
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Stroke survivor and wife celebrate marathon finishOct 08, 2012 9:00 am - Kirk and Beth Disrude finish Chicago Marathon
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Cops: 'Jealous' husband killed Bears fan in Jacksonville barOct 08, 2012 9:00 am - Lake Villa Township resident William Christopher Pettry and a friend were chatting with two women in a Jacksonville, Fla., bar over the weekend when trouble began to bre...
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Hear stories of the traveling salesman at Elgin museumOct 08, 2012 8:14 am - Submitted by Elgin History Museum Join Ron Solberg as he recounts stories of the traveling salesmen of Illinois in “The Whizbangs of Oohs and Aahs: The Magnificent Trave...
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Elk Grove man wins Elgin Short Film FestivalOct 08, 2012 8:10 am - Submitted by Hemmens Chicago area filmmakers were well represented at the fourth annual Elgin Short Film Festival, which took place Sept. 22 at The Hemmens Cultural Cent...
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Government consolidation: DuPage takes push to stateOct 08, 2012 8:00 am - Before there can be any realistic chance of eliminating some of DuPage County’s more than 400 taxing bodies, Springfield must get involved. That’s the message DuPage Cou...
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Hononegah teacher to rewrite AP testOct 08, 2012 7:51 am - ROCTON — All Advanced Placement courses end with a national standardized test. And, unlike the ACTs or SATs, high school students who do well on an AP test get college c...
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State offices to be closed on Columbus Day holidayOct 08, 2012 7:50 am - Gov. Pat Quinn will be among the participants marching in Chicago’s Columbus Day Parade. The event is slated to start at 12:30 p.m. on Monday in Grant Park, which is al...