All Stories from October 2, 2013 (Change date)
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Authorities: Man at Fla. airport said he had bombOct 02, 2013 9:45 am - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Authorities said a man arrested at Jacksonville International Airport told security screeners he had a bomb in his backpack but they only found a lu...
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Cemetery Walk helps mark 150th anniversary of Barrington churchOct 02, 2013 9:34 am - The public is invited to a free Cemetery Walk at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13, as part of the 150th anniversary celebration of Barrington’s St. Paul United Church of Chris...
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Pressure mounts to fix health insurance exchangesOct 02, 2013 9:33 am - The pressure is on for the federal government and states running their own health insurance exchanges to get the systems up and running after overloaded websites and jam...
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Palatine learning center to hold grand reopening celebrationOct 02, 2013 9:31 am - Oxford Learning in Palatine will hold a grand reopening celebration from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, to recognize its new name, GradePower Learning. The center...
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Former CTA lawyer from Wilmette heads to Metra boardOct 02, 2013 9:27 am - A retired Chicago Transit Authority attorney from Wilmette is the next new Metra board member. Cook County commissioners agreed Wednesday to sendJohn Plante of Wilmette ...
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Chicago-area WWII veterans get into memorialOct 02, 2013 9:00 am - Chicago-area World War II veterans didn't encounter many hurdles getting into the war's national memorial in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, even though the monument techni...
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NYC Opera to file for bankruptcyOct 02, 2013 8:48 am - NEW YORK — New York City Opera said Tuesday it is shutting down and filing for bankruptcy protection after seven decades as a fixture on the metropolitan cultural scene....
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‘Breaking Bad’ finale vs. other finalesOct 02, 2013 8:47 am - NEW YORK — Now that the dust (and ricin) have settled from Sunday’s “Breaking Bad” finale, it’s worth considering what makes a drama series’ exit good or bad. As much as...
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Marc Jacobs to step down at Louis VuittonOct 02, 2013 8:46 am - PARIS — French luxury conglomerate LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton says Marc Jacobs is stepping down as creative director of its flagship brand Louis Vuitton. Jacobs, w...
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‘Grandmaster’ leads Golden Horse film nomineesOct 02, 2013 8:46 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan — Wong Kar-wai’s martial-arts epic “The Grandmaster” received a leading 11 nominations for Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards, including best picture. Other con...