All Stories from December 21, 2012 (Change date)
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Dist. 15 schools to change next year’s schedulesDec 21, 2012 9:20 am - The schedules at all 20 schools in Palatine Township Elementary District 15 will look significantly different next year. District officials are finalizing a plan that li...
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Waukegan library teaches kids to be tech savvyDec 21, 2012 9:10 am - Submitted by Waukegan Public Library In a world where success is often measured by how technologically savvy you are, even young children must learn how to use the newes...
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Online and in your faceDec 21, 2012 9:06 am - They don’t like the crowds, the traffic, the parking chaos. They dislike the sameness — the same mall chain stores piping in the same holiday music and selling the same ...
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Walgreen fiscal 1Q profit sinks nearly 26 pctDec 21, 2012 9:04 am - Walgreen Co.’s fiscal first-quarter earnings sank nearly 26 percent as the nation’s largest drugstore chain filled fewer prescriptions and absorbed costs tied to acquisi...
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NRA calls for armed police officer in every schoolDec 21, 2012 9:00 am - WASHINGTON — Guns and police officers in all American schools are what's needed to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings," the National Rifle Association declared F...
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French leader honors troops home from AfghanistanDec 21, 2012 8:59 am - $PHOTOCREDIT_ON$Associated Press$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$ PARIS — President Francois Hollande has declared “mission accomplished” for French combat troops who returned home rece...
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North Korea says it has detained a U.S. citizenDec 21, 2012 8:59 am - PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea said Friday that an American citizen has been detained after confessing to unspecified crimes, confirming news reports about his arr...
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Kenya Red Cross: 39 people killed in clashesDec 21, 2012 8:59 am - NAIROBI, Kenya — At least 39 people were killed when farmers raided a village of herders in southeastern Kenya early Friday in renewed fighting between two communities w...
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State lawmakers, governors talk guns after NewtownDec 21, 2012 8:59 am - Here’s a sampling of proposals and policy statements that state legislators and governors have made since a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at a Newtown, Conn.,...
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Boehner on averting fiscal cliff: ‘God only knows’Dec 21, 2012 8:48 am - $PHOTOCREDIT_ON$Associated Press$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$ WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner says he’s still open to talks with President Barack Obama on avoiding the doubl...