All Stories from December 23, 2012 (Change date)
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Packers steamroll over Titans 55-7Dec 23, 2012 2:56 pm - GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers are in prime playoff form. Rodgers threw for three touchdowns and ran for another, Ryan Grant scored twice and...
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Waukegan High history teacher Joshua Bill wins national awardDec 23, 2012 2:38 pm - For Joshua Bill, teaching history isn’t about asking students to memorize dates, places and names. He wants his students to become historians. He wants them to study the...
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22 years for gang member in Labor Day 2011 Aurora shootingsDec 23, 2012 2:26 pm - An Aurora man who shot at supposed gang rivals in two separate attacks during Labor Day weekend in 2011 recently was sentenced to 22 years in prison. Kane County Judge D...
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Bartlett hosts annual blood driveDec 23, 2012 2:04 pm - The Village of Bartlett is hosting its annual blood drive from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 27, in the Heartland Blood Centers mobile coach vehicle, which will be...
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Richard Adams, early figure in gay marriage, diesDec 23, 2012 1:33 pm - LOS ANGELES — Richard Adams, an early mover in the push for same-sex marriage both at the altar and in the courts, has died. Attorney Lavi Soloway says Adams died last ...
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Crowd-funding draws donations for Sandy reliefDec 23, 2012 1:27 pm - WASHINGTON — In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, some who lost their homes or businesses have turned to crowd-funding websites to elicit a faster and more direct respo...
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NRA opposes any new gun restrictions, backs armed guards in schoolsDec 23, 2012 1:26 pm - WASHINGTON — An unwavering National Rifle Association said Sunday that not a single new gun regulation was needed to prevent mass shootings such as the one at a Connecti...
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Egypt opposition alleges vote fraud in referendumDec 23, 2012 1:25 pm - CAIRO — Egypt’s opposition said Sunday it will keep fighting the Islamist-backed constitution after the Muslim Brotherhood, the main group backing the charter, claimed i...
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Syria jets kill tens as international envoy visitsDec 23, 2012 1:24 pm - BEIRUT — A government airstrike on a bakery in a rebel-held town in central Syria killed more than 60 people on Sunday, activists said, casting a pall over a visit by th...
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Syrian Christians fear bleak future after AssadDec 23, 2012 1:24 pm - BEIRUT — With Christmas just days away, 40-year-old Mira begged her parents to flee their hometown of Aleppo, which has become a major battleground in Syria’s civil war....