All Stories from January 17, 2014 (Change date)
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NJ’s pigskin-picking camel dies before Super BowlJan 17, 2014 8:07 am - LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — New Jersey’s pigskin-prognosticating camel has died just weeks before the state is set to host its first Super Bowl. Princess was a fixture at the...
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Obama fuels reform on some but not all NSA spyingJan 17, 2014 8:00 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's orders to change some U.S. surveillance practices put the burden on Congress to deal with a national security controversy that has ...
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Sts. Peter and Paul principal announces retirement from Naperville schoolJan 17, 2014 7:55 am - The longtime principal of Ss. Peter and Paul School in Naperville will retire at the end of this school year, concluding a nearly 40-year career leading the educational ...
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Transportation-training center construction beginsJan 17, 2014 7:48 am - Structural work on a $45 million transportation-training center will begin soon at Chicago’s Olive Harvey College. Gov. Pat Quinn announced Thursday that $4.6 million f...
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Animals are Decatur man’s devotionJan 17, 2014 7:47 am - From the earliest age, Jacques Nuzzo was taught that the birds of the sky were a treasure to be carefully observed and guarded. Growing up in Decatur, he would often vis...
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Clinton Lake fish kill blamed on water tempsJan 17, 2014 7:45 am - Wildlife officials say changes in water temperature are to blame for a central Illinois fish kill. The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reports more than 5,300 dead fish were fo...
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Claussner steps up, shoots St. Charles East past LarkinJan 17, 2014 7:44 am - When a fractured kneecap ended Amanda Hilton’s basketball career at St. Charles East last week, the Saints’ other concern was whether the all-conference point guard’s in...
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Geneva’s defense stymies BataviaJan 17, 2014 7:44 am - Geneva’s boys basketball team had one thing going for them that their girls counterparts didn’t Friday night. The Vikings didn’t have to guard Liza Fruendt. To cap a boy...
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Fruendt’s 51 leads Batavia past GenevaJan 17, 2014 7:44 am - With her last chance in her four years to get a win on rival Geneva’s home court, Liza Fruendt left everything she had on the floor Friday — and put the basketball in th...
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Lawmakers question state’s corporate tax breaksJan 17, 2014 7:44 am - Lawmakers on Friday questioned the effectiveness of the tax breaks Illinois gives companies to keep or create jobs, with one legislator saying there’s little verifiable ...