All Stories from April 6, 2013 (Change date)
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Grayslake North toughs one out against McHenryApr 06, 2013 9:47 am - Adam Gomski had to battle through some early difficulties on the mound. Catcher Kyle McBrien had to battle through some tough at-bats. And their Grayslake North teammat...
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6 dogs, 4 people safe after Long Grove farmhouse fireApr 06, 2013 9:45 am - Six dogs were saved out of the basement of a burning farmhouse in Long Grove after four residents also escaped unharmed, authorities said Saturday. A fire at an older, t...
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Honus Wagner Card Goes for $2.1 Million at auctionApr 06, 2013 9:38 am - A Honus Wagner trading card that the National Baseball Hall of Fame calls the sport’s “most famous collectible” sold today for $2.1 million, a record for the item at pub...
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Pope Francis makes first Curia appointmentApr 06, 2013 9:36 am - VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Saturday named a Spanish Franciscan to be the No. 2 at the Vatican’s office for religious orders, his first appointment to the Vatican bur...
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Obama: Proposed budget not his ‘ideal plan’Apr 06, 2013 9:30 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON — Confronting bipartisan criticism, President Barack Obama is conceding that his proposed budget is not his “ideal plan.” But he says it offe...
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Dropouts: Discouraged Americans leave labor forceApr 06, 2013 9:29 am - WASHINGTON — After a full year of fruitless job hunting, Natasha Baebler just gave up. She’d already abandoned hope of getting work in her field, counseling the disable...
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All about immigration: Green cards? Citizenship?Apr 06, 2013 9:29 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON — This may be the year Congress decides what to do about the millions of immigrants living illegally in the U.S. And this may be the week whe...
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Wheaton North best of a strong fieldApr 06, 2013 9:25 am - Wheaton North’s 28th annual Best Four boys track and field meet Saturday was a showcase for state-caliber athletes as well as team depth. Dueling in long jump, Scott Fil...
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Rutgers’s Barchi vows to keep president’s job amid uproarApr 06, 2013 9:25 am - Rutgers University President Robert Barchi accepted his athletic director’s resignation and vowed to keep his own job amid growing uproar by faculty and politicians over...
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Two more China cities halt live poultry trade in h7n9 scareApr 06, 2013 9:24 am - Two more Chinese cities halted live poultry sales today after residents became infected with the deadly H7N9 strain of avian influenza as Shanghai confirmed two new case...