All Stories from July 16, 2013 (Change date)
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The GOP’s principled suicideJul 16, 2013 10:26 am - Republicans seem to be adopting the self-immolation tactics of principled martyrs. Of course, principled or not, you’re still dead in the end. At this stage in the seco...
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Aurora nonprofit group helps District 204 with data needsJul 16, 2013 10:25 am - With grading systems, student information systems, learning applications and library checkout systems all running simultaneously, large school districts like Indian Prai...
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Buffalo Grove approves assault weapon ban, chides state legislatureJul 16, 2013 10:17 am - A divided Buffalo Grove village board narrowly passed a ban on assault weapons Monday, becoming one of just handful of suburban communities to take up the state legislat...
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Right from Illinois State Amateur to Illinois OpenJul 16, 2013 10:12 am - The Chicago District Golf Association revamped its tournament schedule this year, and the biggest change comes this week when the men’s 83rd Illinois State Amateur tees ...
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Devastated Texas town ponders schools’ futureJul 16, 2013 10:09 am - DALLAS — After a massive fertilizer plant explosion devastated rural town of Weest, Texas, in April, local teachers and administrators did what they could to help the co...
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Kerry in Jordan for new round of Mideast diplomacyJul 16, 2013 10:09 am - AMMAN, Jordan — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry launched a new round of Middle East diplomacy on Tuesday but crises in Egypt and Syria threatened to overshadow his bi...
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Helmet water leak aborts spacewalk; astronaut OKJul 16, 2013 10:09 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In one of the most harrowing spacewalks in years, an astronaut had to rush back into the International Space Station on Tuesday after a mysterious...
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US: 15 high-risk diplomatic posts need upgradeJul 16, 2013 10:09 am - WASHINGTON — State Department officials say 15 high-risk U.S. diplomatic facilities must be upgraded or replaced to prevent any Benghazi-like attack in the future. Diplo...
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NH woman silent amid Rwanda genocide allegationsJul 16, 2013 10:09 am - CONCORD, N.H. — Amid searing testimony by survivors of the Rwanda genocide, a New Hampshire woman sentenced to 10 years in prison after she was found guilty of lying abo...
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UK investigators examine transmitter in Boeing 787 fireJul 16, 2013 10:06 am - LONDON — U.K. investigators say they are examining whether an emergency transmitter might have played a role in last week’s fire on a Boeing 787 at London’s Heathrow Air...