All Stories from October 15, 2012 (Change date)
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Some Milwaukee area schools lose studentsOct 15, 2012 7:09 am - MILWAUKEE — More than half the school districts in the four-county Milwaukee metro area saw enrollment decreases at the start of this school year. But enrollment is up i...
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2 tigers moved to Ind. because of tougher Ohio lawOct 15, 2012 7:08 am - ALBION, Ind. — Two tigers are in a new home at a northeastern Indiana animal sanctuary after their Ohio owner says she couldn’t meet that state’s new law setting stricte...
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Tommy Thompson’s son apologizes for commentsOct 15, 2012 7:07 am - MILWAUKEE — The son of U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson was caught on video suggesting voters this fall should send President Barack Obama back “to Kenya.” Jason Tho...
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Plainfield man killed walking along Interstate 55Oct 15, 2012 7:07 am - PLAINFIELD — Illinois State Police officials say a 22-year-old Plainfield man is dead after being struck by a semitrailer and a car while walking along Interstate 55. A...
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Chicago mayor orders audit of parking meter dealOct 15, 2012 7:06 am - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has ordered an independent audit of the city’s 75-year, $1.15 billion parking meter deal. In a news release Monday, Emanuel says he’s ordering...
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Danville man organizes bus watchOct 15, 2012 7:00 am - DANVILLE — David Crawley remembers his childhood days when neighbors would look after one another's children to make sure the students made it home safely after school. ...
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For dollars’ worth of copper farmers out thousandsOct 15, 2012 6:36 am - DOS PALOS, Calif. — Cannon Michael is a folk hero across California’s agriculture heartland, where these days the price of scrap metal influences a farmer’s bottom line ...
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Before Facebook, there was Manet, painting friendsOct 15, 2012 6:34 am - TOLEDO, Ohio — Long before smartphones turned so many of us into amateur photographers and revolutionized how we depict each other through social media, there were the w...
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How would candidates’ tax plans affect investors?Oct 15, 2012 6:33 am - WASHINGTON — With the outcome of next month’s presidential election increasingly hazy, here’s a shred of clarity that investors can cling to: The tax rates they pay on i...
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Occupy London activists stage St Paul’s protestOct 15, 2012 6:33 am - LONDON — Several supporters of the anti-corporate Occupy movement chained themselves to the pulpit of St. Paul’s Cathedral during a service Sunday in an action marking t...