All Stories from December 22, 2012 (Change date)
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Kane County wants revote on electric aggregationDec 22, 2012 7:00 am - Unincorporated Kane County voters turned the lights out in March on a plan to give county officials the power to negotiate local electricity prices with companies other ...
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United Way of Elgin promotes payroll donationsDec 22, 2012 7:00 am - Making a $26 or a $52 lump sum charitable donation is too much for a lot families. But how much would you miss giving $1 or $2 per paycheck? That’s the concept that Unit...
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Anonymous donor gives $10,000 to Round Lake Park’s Shop with a Cop programDec 22, 2012 7:00 am - Round Lake Park police get cashier’s check for Shop with a Cop
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Three drivers hauling 3,000 toys travel nonstop to NewtownDec 22, 2012 7:00 am - As a third-generation concessionaire running games at local carnivals and other venues, Peter Kasin knows how to entertain. The Grayslake resident was in that mode a wee...
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Go ahead, ask Santa: Kids share their listsDec 22, 2012 7:00 am - As we inch closer to Christmas Day, children all over the suburbs are hoping their wish lists haven't fallen on deaf ears. In what has become an annual tradition, we wen...
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Google head of philanthropy Brown leaves to advise startupsDec 22, 2012 6:49 am - Google Inc.’s head of philanthropy, Shona Brown, is leaving after almost a decade at the company to advise nonprofits and startups. Brown will continue to serve as an in...
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Twitter joins with Nielsen to measure TV discussions onlineDec 22, 2012 6:29 am - Twitter Inc. and television-ratings provider Nielsen Holdings NV are forming a partnership to measure the amount of online discussion being generated by TV programs, the...
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We have the technology to make safer gunsDec 22, 2012 6:22 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — In the summer of 1970, the Ford Motor Company unveiled a small, stylish, coupe that it hoped would prove a worthy rival to the cheap European and Jap...
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Shooting renews argument over video-game violenceDec 22, 2012 6:19 am - WASHINGTON — In the days since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., a shellshocked nation has looked for reasons. The list of culprits cited i...
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Economists forecasting moderate 2013 growthDec 22, 2012 6:19 am - WASHINGTON — Business economists believe the country will see modest growth in 2013 with strength coming from a further rebound in housing which will help offset weaknes...