All Stories from December 18, 2012 (Change date)
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Hampshire gets past Crystal Lake S.Dec 18, 2012 10:46 am - Hampshire’s 54-49 Fox Valley Conference boys basketball crossover victory against visiting Crystal Lake South on Thursday bordered on the surreal, but it was hardly a wo...
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Roselle police contract lowers pay, benefits for new hiresDec 18, 2012 10:40 am - Roselle has reached a two-year contract agreement with its police union that officials said will keep spending down while satisfying current officers. The pact between t...
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Sox, Cubs finish middle of payroll packDec 18, 2012 10:37 am - NEW YORK — The Chicago White Sox finished 13th and the Cubs finished 14th on Major League Baseball’s payroll rankings for the 2012 season, with the New York Yankees agai...
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Judge orders Cowboys’ Brent to wear monitorDec 18, 2012 10:34 am - DALLAS — A judge ordered Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent to wear an electronic monitor pending his trial on an intoxication manslaughter charge in the one-car cras...
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A&M’s Manziel wins AP Player of the YearDec 18, 2012 10:34 am - Johnny Manziel ran for almost 1,700 yards and 30 touchdowns as a dual-threat quarterback his senior year of high school at Kerrville Tivy. Who would have thought he’d be...
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Chicago Fire opens season vs. MLS champsDec 18, 2012 10:32 am - The Chicago Fire will begin its 16th season on the road against two-time defending MLS Cup champions LA Galaxy on March 3, 2013, then return to host the New England Revo...
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Six habits of fiscally responsible school districtsDec 18, 2012 10:31 am - The recent news of the various pension reform proposals being presented in Springfield reminds me of the importance of fiscal stability within a public sector organizati...
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Ancient Egyptians used pulley system to build pyramidsDec 18, 2012 10:28 am - A student in Gregg Thompson’s sixth-grade social studies class at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee asked, “How did the ancient Egyptians carry blocks that were 1,000 tim...
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Candles start small fire in Lombard houseDec 18, 2012 10:22 am - Holiday decorations caught fire inside a Lombard house Monday, damaging furniture in the living room but causing no injuries, authorities said Tuesday. A resident of the...
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Victim in Vegas hotel murder-suicide graduated from Grayslake HighDec 18, 2012 10:11 am - A woman killed in what’s believed to have been a murder-suicide in a Las Vegas hotel lobby was a Grayslake High School graduate, officials confirmed. Jessica Kenny, 30, ...