All Stories from July 25, 2013 (Change date)
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Ex-Batavia alderman Tom Schmitz diesJul 25, 2013 10:02 am - Former Batavia alderman Tom Schmitz died Wednesday. He was 73. Schmitz served as the 4th Ward alderman from 1999 until he stepped down in 2011. He joined the council the...
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Sign process more complex than it looksJul 25, 2013 10:00 am - People who drive through Buffalo Grove may not appreciate the complex effort that sometimes goes into the installation of a sign. Case in point: the new sign at the Cam...
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Police sting nabs Schaumburg robbery suspectsJul 25, 2013 10:00 am - A Schaumburg police sting operation Tuesday ended with the arrests of two suburban men suspected in a string armed robberies in the village. Brandon D. Timberlake, 26, o...
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Hanover Park police invite public to Virtual Ride AlongJul 25, 2013 9:49 am - Most people won’t get the opportunity to spend time in the back of a squad car — at least, not on a voluntary basis — to see firsthand how police officers go about their...
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Claims against mayor inflict turmoil on San DiegoJul 25, 2013 9:45 am - SAN DIEGO — The news release intended to project an air of normalcy: “Forward with City Business!” exclaimed the announcement Mayor Bob Filner put out last week with som...
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Vt. town worried over sex offender’s releaseJul 25, 2013 9:33 am - SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — The hours are ticking down toward the release from prison of Timothy J. Szad, a sex offender deemed so dangerous that Vermont authorities are taking t...
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Keep religion out of marriage rights debateJul 25, 2013 9:32 am - It never ceases to amaze me how religious zealots use The Bible to justify obstructing the civil rights of nontraditional families because in their eyes, the families of...
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Striking back against court’s Voting Rights rulingJul 25, 2013 9:30 am - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration opened an aggressive new front in the battle over voter protection Thursday, singling out Texas for legal action and promising broa...
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Fire out at natural gas well off La. coastJul 25, 2013 9:30 am - NEW ORLEANS — Officials say the fire is out at a natural gas well in the Gulf of Mexico that blew wild earlier in the week. Natural gas stopped flowing from the well ear...
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Obama economic tour attracts low expectationsJul 25, 2013 9:30 am - WASHINGTON — It’s hard to find anyone who thinks President Barack Obama’s series of heavily promoted economic speeches will be the flash point that unclogs the system in...