All Stories from January 16, 2013 (Change date)
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‘Pirates of Penzance’ opens at Wheaton CollegeJan 16, 2013 2:58 pm - When Wheaton College’s Opera Music Theater presents Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera “The Pirates of Penzance” this week, theatergoers can expect a performance that st...
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CDC to study violence in mediaJan 16, 2013 2:51 pm - NEW YORK — Hollywood and the video game industry received scant attention Wednesday when President Barack Obama unveiled sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in t...
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Lake Zurich man accused of molesting childrenJan 16, 2013 2:49 pm - A Lake Zurich man is in custody after being charged with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, according to a news release from the McHenry County ...
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As Cubs launch caravan, optimism takes holdJan 16, 2013 2:37 pm - When the Cubs’ truck leaves for spring training in a couple of weeks, it may have a sign on the side of it. “It’s ‘postseason or bust’ every year,” team president Theo ...
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Goldman, Morgan Stanley pay $557 million in mortgage caseJan 16, 2013 2:28 pm - WASHINGTON — Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will pay a combined $557 million to settle federal complaints that they wrongfully foreclosed on homeowners who should have...
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Tight security, protests expected at inaugurationJan 16, 2013 2:26 pm - WASHINGTON — Tea party fervor has surged and waned in the past four years, Occupy encampments are long gone from parks in the nation’s capital, and the crowd for Preside...
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Charities worry new tax law will reduce donationsJan 16, 2013 2:25 pm - WASHINGTON — Charities and nonprofit organizations are worried that new limits on tax deductions for high earners will hurt donations just as charitable giving is starti...
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Cook County Board steps into gun frayJan 16, 2013 2:19 pm - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would levy a $1,000 fine on any gun owner who failed to report the theft of his or he...
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French troops march toward Mali militantsJan 16, 2013 2:15 pm - BAMAKO, Mali — French troops pressed north in Mali toward territory occupied by radical Islamists on Wednesday, launching a land assault which will put soldiers in direc...
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Pakistanis protest killing of 15 in village raidJan 16, 2013 2:14 pm - PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Several thousand protesters shouting anti-military slogans displayed the bodies of 15 local villagers on Wednesday in northwestern Pakistan, claimin...