All Stories from October 9, 2012 (Change date)
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Aurora firefighters’ contract gives lowest raises in 20 yearsOct 09, 2012 11:47 am - The Aurora city council gave final approval Tuesday night to a contract the city reached with its firefighters union last month. The contract gives the union’s 161 membe...
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Man dies after live roach-eating contest in Fla.Oct 09, 2012 11:44 am - MIAMI — The winner of a roach-eating contest in South Florida died shortly after downing dozens of the live bugs as well as worms, authorities said Monday. About 30 cont...
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First female rapper debuts in AfghanistanOct 09, 2012 11:44 am - KABUL, Afghanistan — “Listen to my story! Listen to my pain and suffering!” Afghanistan’s first female rapper Sosan Firooz pleads into her microphone. With her first rap...
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Taliban gunman attacks teenage Pakistani girl activistOct 09, 2012 11:44 am - MINGORA, Pakistan — A Taliban gunman walked up to a bus taking children home from school in Pakistan’s volatile Swat Valley on Tuesday and shot and wounded a 14-year-old...
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Police: Aurora man made bonfires to protect pot cropOct 09, 2012 11:42 am - A 22-year-old Aurora man was arrested over the weekend after he started bonfires in his backyard to protect marijuana plants against an overnight frost, police said. Dan...
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Geneva school taxes likely to keep going upOct 09, 2012 11:40 am - How much Geneva school district taxpayers’ bills will go up will depend on whether or how much the school board decides to increase the annual property tax levy. Donna O...
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Man describes scene at Jacksonville bar table before pal was killedOct 09, 2012 11:37 am - Nick Viverito says he and his friend were talking with an older couple at a Jacksonville, Fla., bar Saturday night when two women asked if they could sit in empty chairs...
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Police ID homeless Elgin man pulled from Fox RiverOct 09, 2012 11:30 am - Elgin emergency responders pulled the body of 52-year-old Roberto C. Hernandez from the Fox River Tuesday morning and the early belief is that there was no foul play inv...
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Schaumburg Township PTAs host candidate forumOct 09, 2012 11:07 am - The Schaumburg Township Council of PTAs will host a candidate forum at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, at Addams Junior High School, 700 S. Springinsguth Road, Schaumburg. Cand...
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Beth de Kruyff, Lisle: Watching sister follow in her footstepsOct 09, 2012 11:06 am - My neighbor Carolene Kent attended the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in 2010, and she had nothing but positive comments on it. I have always been a supporte...