All Stories from October 15, 2012 (Change date)
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Metra fare hike not proposed — but not ruled outOct 15, 2012 7:54 am - Chicago’s commuter train service has released a budget for 2013 that leaves the door open for fare increases. While the nearly $714 million budget proposal doesn’t incl...
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Get your wristbands for ‘Spirits of Geneva’ fundraiserOct 15, 2012 7:54 am - Submitted by Geneva History Center Register today for the annual “Spirits of Geneva” fundraiser from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, to benefit the Geneva History Center....
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Head of British legion resigns amid lobbying flapOct 15, 2012 7:51 am - LONDON — The Royal British Legion says its president has resigned in wake of a newspaper sting in which retired senior officers were recorded appearing to offer lobbying...
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HPV shots don’t make girls promiscuous, study saysOct 15, 2012 7:51 am - Shots that protect against cervical cancer do not make girls promiscuous, according to the first study to compare medical records for vaccinated and unvaccinated girls. ...
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Yemen: Jetfighter crashes, killing pilotOct 15, 2012 7:51 am - SANAA, Yemen — Yemen’s defense ministry says a Russian-made jetfighter has crashed immediately after takeoff during a training mission, killing its pilot. The ministry’s...
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District 304 to offer parenting classesOct 15, 2012 7:47 am - Submitted by Geneva Unit District 304 Parents are invited to sign up for an updated version of “Parent to Parent 2000/Lessons Learned,” a series of parenting workshops c...
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9/11 victims’ families to watch hearings in CubaOct 15, 2012 7:30 am - NEW YORK — A military installation in Brooklyn is welcoming families of 9/11 victims this week — to watch pretrial hearings in Cuba for five men charged in the terrorist...
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Landowners on border say they were shortchangedOct 15, 2012 7:29 am - BROWNSVILLE, Texas — When the federal government began seizing private land along the U.S.-Mexico border to build a towering fence, Teofilo Flores was offered $1,650 for...
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At the CDC, scientists fight to halt a deadly outbreakOct 15, 2012 7:15 am - ATLANTA — Scattered across the carefully landscaped main campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are the staff on the front lines fighting a rare outbre...
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Suspect in death of UNH student due in courtOct 15, 2012 7:13 am - DOVER, N.H. — The suspect charged in the killing of a 19-year-old University of New Hampshire student is due to make his first court appearance. Twenty-nine-year-old Set...