All Stories from August 9, 2013 (Change date)
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Happ pleads ‘guilty but mentally ill’ in Carpentersville attack, rapeAug 09, 2013 3:35 pm - Daniel Happ pleaded guilty but mentally ill Friday to bludgeoning a woman, raping an 8-year-old-girl in her care, and stabbing a dog in a March 2012 attack at the victim...
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Construction on Route 53 to start Monday in Long GroveAug 09, 2013 3:31 pm - The two-lane Route 53 resurfacing project through Long Grove is set to begin Monday, and officials are urging motorists to find alternate routes. The work won’t be as li...
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Car in California missing teen case found in IdahoAug 09, 2013 3:30 pm - SAN DIEGO — A car belonging to a man suspected of killing a California woman and her young son and then fleeing with the 16-year-old daughter was found in the Idaho wild...
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Hoffman Estates hosts recycling eventAug 09, 2013 3:26 pm - Hoffman Estates is partnering with the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) to host a free, one-day recycling event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug...
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Obama signs student loan dealAug 09, 2013 3:17 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a measure restoring lower interest rates for student loans, pledging the hard-fought compromise would be just ...
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Summer doldrums grip Wall StreetAug 09, 2013 3:16 pm - NEW YORK — On the stock market, Friday was the ho-hum capstone to a ho-hum week, where unimpressive earnings kept investors feeling wary. All three major indexes ended l...
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All lanes of Jane Addams reopened after crashAug 09, 2013 3:14 pm - All lanes of the inbound Jane Addams Tollway have been reopened for the Friday afternoon rush following a crash just east of the Des Plaines Oasis that backed up traffic...
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Prospect Heights police talk safety to Metra ridersAug 09, 2013 2:55 pm - On July 30 and 31, the Prospect Heights Police Department conducted an Officer On A Train educational operation that began at the Prospect Heights Metra Station, 55 S. W...
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CNN’s Gupta: I was wrong about marijuanaAug 09, 2013 2:39 pm - NEW YORK — CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta says he spoke too soon in opposing the medical use of marijuana in the past and that he now believes the drug can have very real benefi...
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Original Jake’s Pizza in Mount Prospect “temporarily” closedAug 09, 2013 2:27 pm - Jake’s Pizza in Mount Prospect, which owner Jake Flowers opened in the early 1960s, has been closed for more than a month. According to a recording at the pizzeria, the ...