All Stories from August 20, 2014 (Change date)
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Visually impaired veterans tackle DuPage linksAug 20, 2014 1:01 am - More than 46 years have passed since a mortar blast in Leroy Bailey's tent took his vision and destroyed his face in Vietnam. Despite the debilitating injury, Bailey st...
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Bulls/Sox Academy collecting baseball gloves for inner city leagueAug 20, 2014 1:01 am - The Bulls/Sox Academy and the Chicago White Sox are teaming up to collect new and used baseball gloves which will be given to disadvantaged Chicago youth baseball player...
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Wheeler wins again, Mets end 3-game skidAug 20, 2014 1:01 am - OAKLAND, Calif. - The New York Mets still consider themselves a contender in the NL East chase even with a daunting deficit to make up over the final month. They're coun...
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Geneva High administrators accept ALS challengeAug 20, 2014 1:01 am - After a challenge from Batavia High School administrators, the Geneva High School administrative team took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Wednesday at the Geneva All Sport...
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Marijuana town hall attracts hundreds in ChicagoAug 20, 2014 1:01 am - Will retailers be able to open a package of marijuana to give customers a whiff? Will a master grower be able to work for multiple cultivation centers? Is medicinal mari...
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Water service restored in Gurnee:Aug 20, 2014 1:01 am - Gurnee officials say water service has been restored to a neighborhood after a water main break this week. On Monday night, the break was discovered on the west side of...
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Illinois students improve slightly on ACTAug 20, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD, - This year's Illinois high school graduates performed slightly better on the ACT college entrance exam than last year's, in one of the final years test wil...
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The unattainable standard that dogs IsraelAug 20, 2014 1:01 am - Back in 1980, an Israeli diplomat met with Ronald Reagan as he was running for president. Reagan was furious over the hostages being held in the American embassy in Iran...
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Waukegan man accused of attacking jogger on bike path pleads not guiltyAug 20, 2014 1:01 am - A Waukegan man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the June 15 attack on a female jogger on the North Shore Bike Path near Libertyville. Denilson J. Martinez-Rodriguez, 21,...
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U of I can expect presidential pay to riseAug 20, 2014 1:01 am - URBANA, Ill. - An employee of the firm helping the University of Illinois search for a new president says the school should expect to pay a salary in line with its statu...