All Stories from January 3, 2013 (Change date)
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School starts at new building for Sandy Hook kidsJan 03, 2013 4:42 am - MONROE, Conn. — For her son’s first day of school since last month’s massacre at his Sandy Hook Elementary, Sarah Caron tried to make Thursday as normal as possible. She...
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Dawn Patrol: Police handling crash at busy Lakemoor intersectionJan 03, 2013 4:32 am - State Senate starts moving on gun control plans The Illinois Senate on Wednesday began moving a gun control plan that would ban a wide scope of firearms including ...
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Suburban Democrats vow bipartisanship in CongressJan 03, 2013 4:30 am - The swearing in today of U.S. Rep.-elects Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates, Bill Foster of Naperville and Brad Schneider of Deerfield represents a 180-degree departure...
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Dark side can be so tempting for college sportsJan 03, 2013 4:30 am - Goose bumps are receding in DeKalb and cheers are quieting in Evanston. So now what? As often is said in sports, if you aren’t getting better you’re getting worse. That ...
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Wauconda to review boundary agreement with neighborsJan 03, 2013 4:15 am - Wauconda officials will review their boundary pacts with neighboring communities to see where things stand 20 years later. The village is among six towns covered by a bo...
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Bigelow's tension-filled drama bursts with raw powerJan 03, 2013 4:15 am - Whatever assumptions you might have made about Kathryn Bigelow's fact-based military drama "Zero Dark Thirty" are probably wrong, because Bigelow - aided by journalist-t...
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Partnership brings navtive plants to utility corridorsJan 03, 2013 4:11 am - Plant life that was abundant nearly 200 years ago has re-emerged in northern Illinois habitats thanks to a public-private prairie restoration partnership between the Chi...
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Suburban Standouts continue to shine on local, world stageJan 03, 2013 4:10 am - We weren’t quite sure what we’d find in May 2011 when we set out to showcase extraordinary young people for our new Suburban Standouts column. The suburbs, it turns out,...
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Superstorm Sandy tops 2012 insurance claimsJan 03, 2013 4:00 am - BERLIN — Natural disasters cost insurers $65 billion last year, with the United States accounting for nine-tenths of the bill and Superstorm Sandy prompting payouts of $...
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We should encourage licensed drivingJan 03, 2013 4:00 am - The question of immigration reform is an emotional and difficult one, and one in which the federal government must play the lead role. As a nation, we must secure our bo...