All Stories from December 27, 2013 (Change date)
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Our baseball Hall of Fame voters cast their ballotsDec 27, 2013 4:30 am - And you thought last year's Hall of Fame ballot was problematic. Welcome to the Class of 2014. Last winter, members of the Baseball Writers Association of America elec...
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Naperville's Ribfest to donate $548,000 to charityDec 27, 2013 4:30 am - More than $500,000 will be making its way to the bank accounts of 52 Naperville-area nonprofit groups and social service agencies as a result of last summer's Naperville...
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Dawn Patrol: Carjacking suspect possibly eluded Libertyville policeDec 27, 2013 4:30 am - Did police nearly have carjacking suspect? Libertyville police say they are investigating whether they nearly had carjacking suspect Rockie Lee Douglas less than 24...
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Longtime Geneva friends encourage kidney swapsDec 27, 2013 4:30 am - What’s the best present your best friend ever gave you? Few can match what Rachel Duff of Geneva gave Mandi Davis in November: A kidney. In a roundabout way. Duff took a...
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Tablets a hit with kids, but experts worryDec 27, 2013 4:30 am - NEW YORK — Tablet computers are so easy to use that even a 3-year-old can master them. And that has some pediatricians and other health experts worried. Since navigatin...
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DuPage County’s top animal stories of 2013Dec 27, 2013 4:30 am - Chronic wasting disease fears: The DuPage Forest Preserve District and Illinois Department of Natural Resources did some extra deer culling in January at the Mallard Lak...
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Editorial: What a fairer map process looks likeDec 27, 2013 4:00 am - After each decennial census year in Iowa, a few state-appointed officials including a geographer and a computer specialist huddle to draw a new political map. The softwa...
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Auto bailouts failed the taxpayersDec 27, 2013 4:00 am - The federal government in bold letters informed the taxpayers that their money used to bail out General Motors and Chrysler saved 1.5 million jobs in 2009. Further, the ...
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2013: The Year of Dysfunction, Discord and DistrustDec 27, 2013 4:00 am - At last, the damage done by an agonizing global recession was easing. A bitter U.S. presidential election was finally over. And as 2013 began, it seemed the year might b...
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1946 train crash to be memorialized in Naperville sculptureDec 27, 2013 4:00 am - The 45 people who died almost seven decades ago in a tragic train crash in Naperville will be memorialized next spring as a public art group unveils a sculpture by a rai...