All Stories from July 13, 2013 (Change date)
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Is there a leadership gap at Homeland Security?Jul 13, 2013 3:25 pm - WASHINGTON — The leadership vacancy created by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s resignation is the latest and greatest blow to a department where one-third...
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Crowds jam Food Truck Festival at Arlington ParkJul 13, 2013 3:00 pm - Although they're still catching on in the suburbs, Saturday's inaugural Food Truck Festival at Arlington Park showed there's plenty of local demand for the mobile culina...
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St. Charles VFW Post 5036 will find another homeJul 13, 2013 2:50 pm - A chance for more parking near downtown. That thought crossed my mind when St. Charles VFW Post 5036 leaders began talking months ago about selling their building to the...
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Longing for those old starry nightsJul 13, 2013 2:00 pm - The All Star Game is an event completely at odds with itself. Does it want to be a freewheeling, fun-first exhibition purely built for fan enjoyment? Or does it want t...
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In the night, train brings tragedy to Quebec townJul 13, 2013 1:55 pm - LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — It was surely the most festive spot in town as a Friday night turned into a Saturday morning at the Musi-Cafe - a full house, live music, plenty o...
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Seven U.N. peacekeepers killed in Sudan attackJul 13, 2013 1:52 pm - CAIRO — Gunmen ambushed a United Nations peacekeeping team Saturday in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, killing seven and wounding another 17 in the deadliest ever atta...
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Rib fans flock to Lake in the Hills Rockin’ RibfestJul 13, 2013 1:52 pm - With eight barbecue vendors to choose from, Jeff Rosinski says he goes by past experience to make his selection at the eighth-annual Rockin’ Ribfest in Sunset Park in La...
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Batavia’s Windmill City Festival offers family funJul 13, 2013 1:50 pm - Big sad eyes and a wagging tail. Few could walk by oblivious to the posse of puppies cleverly placed at the entrance to Windmill City Festival Saturday in Batavia. Certa...
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That’s a lot of holy waterJul 13, 2013 1:22 pm - GIRARD, Ohio — A spate of five-figure water bills in an Ohio city is being blamed on new software, but a pastor jokes his church’s $93,000 bill was from using too much h...
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Whaling ship to launch after $7 million overhaulJul 13, 2013 1:15 pm - NEW HAVEN, Conn. — It survived countless storms and Confederate raids during the Civil War while taking crews across unchartered oceans in search of whales whose oil lit...