All Stories from October 18, 2013 (Change date)
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S&P 500 pushes further into record territoryOct 18, 2013 6:14 pm - NEW YORK — Investors shifted their focus from politics to profits on Friday and liked what they saw, pushing the Standard & Poor’s 500 index further into record territor...
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Thorson leads Wheaton North past Naperville CentralOct 18, 2013 6:14 pm - Wheaton North center Jesse Dean has no problem putting the football in quarterback Clayton Thorson’s hands. “Oh yeah, very comfortable,” Dean said. “He’s a heck of a qua...
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Wheaton North’s Emmanuel wins in photo finishOct 18, 2013 6:12 pm - Wheaton North senior Joseph Emmanuel was ready to be happy with second place at Friday’s DuPage Valley Conference boys cross country meet. He wasn’t prepared for the out...
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NYSE to hold ‘dry run’ for Twitter IPOOct 18, 2013 6:09 pm - NEW YORK — The New York Stock Exchange isn’t taking any chances with Twitter’s initial public offering. The Big Board said Friday it would allow trading firms to conduc...
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Waubonsie’s Singhsumalee second after first dayOct 18, 2013 6:07 pm - Waubonsie Valley’s Bing Singhsumalee shot a 70 to take second place after the first day of the Class AA girls golf state meet Friday. Singhsumalee is 2 strokes behind Lo...
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How Mexico is upending the U.S. auto industryOct 18, 2013 6:06 pm - Starting in the 1980s, the U.S. auto industry went through a major upheaval. Automakers and suppliers began opening up more and more plants in the South, taking advantag...
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Three injured in Antioch crashOct 18, 2013 6:01 pm - Three people were injured Friday afternoon in a multivehicle crash on Route 173 in Antioch, authorities said. Two cars and a semitrailer truck were involved in the colli...
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Former McHenry County mentor receives 5-year sentenceOct 18, 2013 5:49 pm - A former McHenry County Boys and Girls Club mentor was sentenced to five years in prison Friday for sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy in 2009 that he met through the Bi...
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Jackson, Glenbard North put on a show againOct 18, 2013 5:46 pm - Justin Jackson has a habit of overshadowing everything on a football field. Friday was no different as the Northwestern-bound senior running back rushed for 349 yards an...
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Swiss private bank Frey closes, blames U.S.Oct 18, 2013 5:44 pm - GENEVA — A Swiss private bank says it is closing down because of what it calls costly and burdensome rules it needs to follow in the wake of a tax evasion row between Sw...