All Stories from February 27, 2013 (Change date)
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Illinois parolee gets 4 years for double stabbingFeb 27, 2013 10:34 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A parolee originally charged with attempted murder in the southwestern Illinois stabbings of two brothers has been sentenced to four years in p...
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Police say alcohol a factor in Northwestern deathFeb 27, 2013 10:34 am - After a months-long investigation, police say they believe alcohol played a role in the death of a Northwestern University student whose body was found in a harbor near ...
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Appeal denied for ex-Mayor Daley’s patronage chiefFeb 27, 2013 10:34 am - An appeals court in Chicago has refused to overturn the corruption conviction of former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley’s onetime patronage chief. The 7th U.S. Court of Appe...
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Disabled woman dies in Mount Vernon house fireFeb 27, 2013 10:34 am - MOUNT VERNON, Ill. — Investigators say an overloaded electrical extension cord sparked a southern Illinois house fire that killed a 63-year-old disabled woman who was tr...
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Van Cliburn, American classical pianist, diesFeb 27, 2013 10:33 am - FORT WORTH, Texas — Van Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular ca...
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The Fed’s not-so-golden ruleFeb 27, 2013 10:17 am - RICHMOND, Va. — A display case in the lobby of the Federal Reserve Bank here might express humility. The case holds a 99.9 percent pure gold bar weighing 401.75 troy oun...
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Budweiser maker AB InBev reports lower Q4 profitFeb 27, 2013 10:11 am - AMSTERDAM — Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, the world’s largest brewer, said Wednesday that profit fell 4.9 percent in the fourth quarter due to higher financing costs, and it ...
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Target’s adjusted 4Q profit beats Street viewFeb 27, 2013 10:11 am - MINNEAPOLIS — Target’s Neiman Marcus collaboration did not turn out to be a holiday gift to the retailer. The No. 2 discount chain reported fiscal fourth-quarter net inc...
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Airbus parent EADS sees Q4 earnings halveFeb 27, 2013 10:11 am - BERLIN — Airbus parent company EADS NV posted a 47 percent drop in fourth-quarter net profit Wednesday after taking costly charges at its helicopter and defense electron...
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Waubonsie Valley answers Metea Valley in OTFeb 27, 2013 10:08 am - As the game was seemingly slipping away from Waubonsie Valley, the way Jared Brownridge began attacking the hoop he looked plumb mad. “I was just mad like, ‘Man, I want ...