All Stories from November 8, 2012 (Change date)
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More will shop online, use smartphones this holiday seasonNov 08, 2012 10:00 am - More of you are expected to do your holiday shopping online and more will be using your smartphones to do it, according to a survey by Deloitte Consulting LLP. About 50...
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Election over, and we’ve saved Big BirdNov 08, 2012 9:53 am - The election has been won for responsible government. The anti-government crowd has been defeated. President Obama will administer a central government for the general w...
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Election a call for GOP to changeNov 08, 2012 9:50 am - The re-election of President Barack Obama may not have been a mandate to the political system or the populace of America. It was however a call for change if the Republi...
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SIU professor uses fiction to teach scienceNov 08, 2012 9:42 am - CARBONDALE — Students in James Garvey’s conservation biology class at SIU often had questions beyond the course material. The professor, who started the course three yea...
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Prosecutors ready for possible insanity defense in Naperville child slayingsNov 08, 2012 9:40 am - The prosecution and defense each sought their own psychiatric examinations of Naperville double-murder suspect Elzbieta Plackowska on Thursday, but her attorney said he ...
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Fishing seen as way to limit Asian carp invasionNov 08, 2012 9:34 am - If you can’t beat `em, eat `em. That’s what Illinois environmentalists, researchers and policymakers are saying about Asian carp. A Wednesday meeting focused on innovat...
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Salons, spas raising money for Wis. salon victimsNov 08, 2012 9:34 am - MILWAUKEE — At least 98 salons, spas and beauty schools in the Milwaukee area and in other states are raising money for the victims of the Wisconsin spa shooting. Radcli...
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Illinois launches new Veterans Cash lottery gameNov 08, 2012 9:34 am - Gov. Pat Quinn has bought $20 worth of Veterans Cash lottery tickets and is calling on others to play the newest edition of the game that benefits military vets in Illin...
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Charges: Investor defrauded burned-down Indiana churchNov 08, 2012 9:27 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Federal prosecutors have filed fraud charges against an investor who they say misspent nearly $400,000 that leaders of an Indianapolis church gave him as ...
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Friends thought Indiana teen dead after text hoaxNov 08, 2012 9:27 am - FISHERS, Ind. — Many friends and classmates of a suburban Indianapolis teenager thought he was dead until he boarded the school bus following a hoax text message apparen...