All Stories from December 25, 2012 (Change date)
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Blizzard warning issued for southern IllinoisDec 25, 2012 12:00 pm - Parts of southern Illinois could see heavy winds and close to a foot of snow as a winter storm moves into the area tonight. The National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky....
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Fallen soldier’s family celebrates Christmas with recruitsDec 25, 2012 11:33 am - This is the third Christmas the Stack family has spent without their son, but this year they were surrounded by a few dozen young men who reminded them a lot of him. Ma...
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Renewable-energy projects get 1.2 billion EurosDec 25, 2012 11:06 am - The European Union granted 1.2 billion euros ($1.58 billion) in subsidies to 23 renewable- energy projects under a program to promote low-carbon technology as a part of ...
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Northwest Cultural Council to hold workshop in PalatineDec 25, 2012 10:24 am - The Northwest Cultural Council will hold its Second Saturday Poetry Workshop from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 12, at the Palatine Public Library, 700 N. North Court, P...
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Refuge aims to protect rare prairies, oak savannas in McHenry CountyDec 25, 2012 8:00 am - To those who campaigned to save it, this is a place of understated beauty, sculpted by glaciers and fire and time. An hour northwest of Chicago and southwest of Milwauk...
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Charles Durning, king of character actors, diesDec 25, 2012 7:57 am - LOS ANGELES — Charles Durning grew up in poverty, lost five of his nine siblings to disease, barely lived through D-Day and was taken prisoner at the Battle of the Bulge...
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Judge temporarily blocks Ga. abortion lawDec 25, 2012 7:57 am - ATLANTA — A state judge has suspended a Georgia law banning abortions for women who are more than 20 weeks pregnant. The law bans doctors from performing abortions five ...
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Snowboarder dies in avalanche at Tahoe-area resortDec 25, 2012 7:57 am - TRUCKEE, Calif. — A 49-year-old California man died Monday after being buried in an avalanche while snowboarding at a Sierra ski resort, one of several avalanche-related...
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Ex-President Bush to spend Christmas in hospitalDec 25, 2012 7:57 am - HOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush will spend Christmas in a Houston hospital after developing a fever and weakness following a monthlong, bronchitis-like cough...
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U.S. Marines to face random blood-alcohol testsDec 25, 2012 7:55 am - SAN DIEGO — Marines and sailors will be subject to random blood-alcohol tests twice a year in what is billed as the toughest anti-drinking policy in the U.S. military. S...