All Stories from January 4, 2013 (Change date)
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Buffalo Grove, Stevenson effort earns Relay awardJan 04, 2013 9:04 am - Buffalo Grove/Stevenson High School’s Relay For Life was awarded the American Cancer Society’s prestigious Relay All Star Award at the society’s recent Relay Leadership ...
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Gallagher acquires 2 firmsJan 04, 2013 9:03 am - ITASCA — Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. recently acquired Argus Benefits in Atlanta, Ga., and Gardner & White Corp. headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind. Terms of the two trans...
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Stern Pinball hires new chief revenue officerJan 04, 2013 9:02 am - MELROSE PARK — Stern Pinball Inc., the world’s leading maker of real pinball games, hired former Topps Trading Cards Vice President John Buscaglia as the new Chief Reven...
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Stocks gain, pushing the S&P 500 to 5-year highJan 04, 2013 9:00 am - NEW YORK — The Standard & Poor's 500 closed at its highest in five years Friday after a report showed that hiring held up in December, giving stocks an early lift. The S...
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River Trails District 26 board losing 4 board membersJan 04, 2013 9:00 am - The next school board election is still three months away, but one thing already is certain in River Trails Elementary District 26: The board will soon look a whole lot ...
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500 otters trapped so far in Illinois seasonJan 04, 2013 8:37 am - At least 500 otters have been caught so far in Illinois’ first river otter trapping season since 1929. Bob Bluett of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources says th...
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Trial ordered for funeral director in drug caseJan 04, 2013 8:37 am - MARKESAN, Wis. — A mortician accused of dealing drugs at her family’s Markesan, Wis., funeral home will stand trial. Twenty-five-year-old Melissa Wachholz has pleaded n...
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Copper thieves suspected in home blastJan 04, 2013 8:37 am - WORDEN, Ill. — Investigators say they might never know exactly what touched off an explosion that leveled a southwestern Illinois farmhouse, but they suspect copper thie...
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Man accused of attacking captain on towboatJan 04, 2013 8:37 am - ST. LOUIS — A towboat worker is facing federal charges that he choked his captain into unconsciousness as the vessel was traveling up the Mississippi River near St. Loui...
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10-year sentence for abuse that nearly killed boyJan 04, 2013 8:37 am - MADISON, Wis. — A Madison man has been sentenced to ten years in prison for physically abusing his former girlfriend’s 4-year-old son who suffered brain damage and nearl...