All Stories from December 28, 2012 (Change date)
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AP: Mass shootings voted year's top news storyDec 28, 2012 4:30 am - NEW YORK — The horrific massacre of 26 children and staff at a Connecticut elementary school, along with other mass shootings, was the top news story of 2012, narrowly e...
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Vikings’ Peterson defied the odds and the skepticsDec 28, 2012 4:30 am - Nobody will ever confuse Adrian Peterson with Rodney Dangerfield. But if the Vikings’ running back knew what fantasy footballers thought of him on Draft Day, he would ha...
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Memorial service Saturday for longtime Mundelein High School scorekeeperDec 28, 2012 4:30 am - Longtime educator, volunteer and Mundelein High School scorekeeper James Ackley will be remembered in a memorial service on Saturday. Ackley, 82, died Dec. 19 at Advocat...
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Bears fans need big game from CutlerDec 28, 2012 4:29 am - Chicago Bears fans are nervous this weekend, and with good reason: the Detroit Lions are laying in wait to end the Bears’ season. I’m hoping that won’t be the case. By...
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Government to tighten up on reverse mortgagesDec 28, 2012 4:08 am - WASHINGTON — You’ve probably seen the reverse mortgage pitchmen at work on your TV screen — former Sen. Fred Thompson and actors Robert Wagner and Henry “Fonzie” Winkler...
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Bars, restaurants ready for their first NYE celebrationDec 28, 2012 4:03 am - If you’re looking to ring in the new year on Dec. 31, there’s no better way to do it than going somewhere new. These bars and restaurants all opened in 2012 and are gear...
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The politics of threatDec 28, 2012 4:00 am - The people are sad. If holiday shopping is any measure of public mood, the joy vanished this year. The grade-school massacre depressed everyone, and now our rapid approa...
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Better health care answer to tragedyDec 28, 2012 4:00 am - With the recent tragedy in Connecticut, the words “gun control” are abundant everywhere. I’ll offer an outside-of-the-box idea to the nuts who think gun control regulati...
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God has been forgottenDec 28, 2012 4:00 am - Reflecting on the horror that took place at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut brought me to the words of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: “Men have forgotten God; t...
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Obama’s re-election hardly a mandateDec 28, 2012 4:00 am - I have seen many people saying that by being re-elected, the president was given a “mandate” to implement his radical socialist policies. Nothing could be farther from t...