All Stories from November 17, 2012 (Change date)
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Asia trip gives Obama opportunity to build legacyNov 17, 2012 8:00 am - YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — For President Barack Obama, expanding U.S. influence in Asia is more than just countering China or opening up new markets to American businesses...
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Israel bombards Gaza Strip, shoots down rocketNov 17, 2012 8:00 am - TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel destroyed the headquarters of Hamas' prime minister and blasted a sprawling network of smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturd...
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Authorities hope to ID remains based on new sketchNov 17, 2012 8:00 am - Cook County authorities are releasing a sketch made using new 3-D scan technology on a human skull found in woods near Chicago, hoping that someone will recognize the ma...
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Reports of child abuse rise in downstate IllinoisNov 17, 2012 8:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Department of Children and Family Services says reports of child abuse and neglect are increasing across downstate Illinois. From July through October,...
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2 dead after Indianapolis workplace shootingNov 17, 2012 8:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Police say a worker at a Con-Agra Foods plant in Indianapolis has died after he fatally shot a co-worker and then turned the gun on himself. Police spokes...
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Lt. gov. outlines steps to keep college affordableNov 17, 2012 8:00 am - DEKALB — Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon is urging lawmakers and education officials to help keep college affordable. Simon spoke during a tour of Northern Illinois University and...
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Health department has food safety tips for turkeyNov 17, 2012 8:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Thanksgiving is less than a week away, so it's a good time to remember food safety. That's the message from the Illinois Department of Public Health, which...
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Wisconsin man missing in northwest AlaskaNov 17, 2012 8:00 am - ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Open rivers, thin ice and a lack of snow are holding up a ground search for a 31-year-old Wisconsin man overdue from a trip to northwest Alaska. Thom...
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Geneva handles Rosary in sesaon openerNov 17, 2012 7:44 am - Michaela Loebel needed all of three seconds to record the opening field goal of the season for the Geneva girls basketball team. Three ultimately was a defining number f...
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Review: ‘The Performers’ is sweet despite the pornNov 17, 2012 7:11 am - NEW YORK — Most of the jokes from the new Broadway comedy “The Performers” cannot appear in a family newspaper. The world of adult films doesn’t lend itself to cleanline...