All Stories from December 29, 2012 (Change date)
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N. Barrington trustee says contentment reduced candidatesDec 29, 2012 7:00 am - Despite the return of controversial retail development plans for the 108-acre Dimucci property nearby, at least one North Barrington trustee interprets the general lack ...
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State permit granted for material recycling facility in Round Lake ParkDec 29, 2012 7:00 am - Groot Industries Inc. has received a state permit to build a demolition and construction debris recycling center in Round Lake Park, the first of two separate proposals ...
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The numbers behind the upcoming state pension debateDec 29, 2012 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers plan to return to Springfield on Wednesday to perhaps try to tackle everything from legalizing gay marriage to solving the state’s deepest budget...
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Texas builds ‘hurricane domes’ for double-dutyDec 29, 2012 7:00 am - EDNA, Texas — Most of the time, the windowless building with the dome-shaped roof will be a typical high school gymnasium filled with cheering fans watching basketball a...
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Rabbi wants to reach out to every Jew in Elgin and beyondDec 29, 2012 7:00 am - Rabbi Mendel Shemtov says his goal is to meet every Jew in Elgin. That might be a few more people than one would think; there are an estimated 2,000 Jews who live within...
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High prices, slow speeds for U.S. Internet usersDec 29, 2012 6:49 am - Editor’s note: Excerpted from “Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age.” Terry Huval is a large, friendly man with a lilting Sout...
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New technology is making us more like the AmishDec 29, 2012 6:41 am - TEMPE, Ariz. — We’re becoming a bit more Amish. I know. You own a slim titanium ultrabook computer, an eye popping LCD 3-D HD television, an iPhone with a custom-designe...
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Classic fashion brand Burberry goes digitalDec 29, 2012 6:38 am - Angela Ahrendts may be CEO of Burberry, but one of her favorite accessories is an Apple iPhone5 that she’s used to oversee a mobile makeover at the 150-year-old company ...
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Indian land program shows tech’s limitsDec 29, 2012 6:24 am - BANGALORE, India — For years, Karnataka’s land records were a quagmire of disputed, forged documents maintained by thousands of tyrannical bureaucrats who demanded bribe...
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‘Gaping security holes’ expose health systems’ data, researchers sayDec 29, 2012 6:19 am - As the health care industry rushed onto the Internet in search of efficiencies and improved care in recent years, it has exposed a wide array of vulnerable hospital comp...