All Stories from December 7, 2012 (Change date)
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Higher rates or fewer tax breaks — what’s worse?Dec 07, 2012 7:39 am - WASHINGTON — In the fiscal cliff wars, a pivotal battle is raging between Democrats demanding to raise revenue by boosting tax rates on the nation’s highest earners and ...
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Pearl Harbor dead remembered on 71st anniversaryDec 07, 2012 7:39 am - PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — More than 2,000 people are gathering at Pearl Harbor to mark the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed thousands of people and launc...
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Mich. legislators defy unions, OK right-to-workDec 07, 2012 7:34 am - In an audacious flex of political muscle, Republicans in a single day reached the brink of a goal that for years has seemed an all-but-impossible dream: making the labor...
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Disney’s New Fantasyland opensDec 07, 2012 7:24 am - LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Derrick Weitlich and his friend Leslie Martinez arrived at the Magic Kingdom at 5:40 a.m. Thursday, wanting to be among the first to visit the p...
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Paperwork snafu forces Starks case to continueDec 07, 2012 7:14 am - An attempt by Lake County prosecutors to officially drop aggravated battery charges against a man who spent 20 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of sexual...
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Roger Ebert hospitalized with fractured hipDec 07, 2012 7:01 am - Chicago movie critic Roger Ebert has been hospitalized with a hip fracture. His wife, Chaz Ebert, told The Associated Press on Thursday that her husband was doing much b...
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St. Charles East hands Geneva 1st lossDec 07, 2012 7:00 am - Two Saints made their first varsity starts Friday night, and both responded with several key plays during St. Charles East’s second-half surge to hand Geneva its first l...
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Harper employees organize pet food, children’s book drivesDec 07, 2012 6:58 am - Instead of echoing the more common call for canned goods, some Harper College employees have organized two holiday fundraising drives benefiting furry four-legged reside...
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Rumble in Rosemont tournament dates announcedDec 07, 2012 6:58 am - The Chicago Bandits and the Illinois Baseball Academy have announced the dates for the 2012-13 Rumble in Rosemont tournaments. Beginning in December, 12U and 14U teams w...
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Rohrman Auto Group donates $100,000 to Sandy reliefDec 07, 2012 6:57 am - In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, people across the suburbs have donated time and money to help the storm’s victims, including the Chicago area car dealerships of the Bob ...