All Stories from October 8, 2013 (Change date)
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Batavia restricts tattooing, piercing in downtownOct 08, 2013 9:00 am - Batavia is limiting the number of tattoo parlors in its downtown to two, and has enacted a law regulating how they and other “body art” establishments can operate. The c...
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U.S. adults score below average on worldwide skills testOct 08, 2013 8:56 am - WASHINGTON — It’s long been known that America’s school kids haven’t measured well compared with international peers. Now, there’s a new twist: Adults don’t either. In m...
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Taliban shooting survivor speaks in ‘I Am Malala’Oct 08, 2013 8:56 am - LONDON — A year ago, Malala Yousafzai was a 15-year-old schoolgirl in northwest Pakistan, thinking about calculus and chemistry, Justin Bieber songs and “Twilight” movie...
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Did Obama swap ‘black’ detention sites for ships?Oct 08, 2013 8:56 am - WASHINGTON — Instead of sending suspected terrorists to Guantanamo Bay or secret CIA “black” sites for interrogation, the Obama administration is questioning terrorists ...
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Grant teacher resigns; police investigating alleged student contactOct 08, 2013 8:33 am - Police investigate claim of encounter with student
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Google unveils new HP laptop for $279Oct 08, 2013 8:32 am - Associated Press NEW YORK — Google is introducing a new, cheap laptop based on its Chrome operating system. Hewlett Packard Co. is making the new HP Chromebook 11. It st...
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Parola, Mundelein enjoy playoff payoffOct 08, 2013 8:31 am - Experience does pay. Derek Parola of Mundelein competed in a playoff earlier this year, and that effort helped prepare him him for a four-way playoff that lasted three ...
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Family: Man who set self on fire was mentally illOct 08, 2013 8:29 am - WASHINGTON — The death of a New Jersey man who set himself on fire on the National Mall was the result of his long fight with mental illness, not a political statement, ...
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Campaign contribution caps at issue at high courtOct 08, 2013 8:29 am - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is tackling a challenge to limits on contributions by the biggest individual donors to political campaigns. The case being argued at the h...
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Editorial: Don’t be distracted by allure of southern tollwayOct 08, 2013 8:17 am - For a timely example of the maxim that the lure of good consequences can produce bad projects, consider the Illiana expressway. This proposed east-west tollway linking I...