All Stories from February 28, 2015 (Change date)
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Moody's downgrades Chicago's rating over pensionsFeb 28, 2015 12:00 am - CHICAGO - Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Chicago's credit rating to two levels above junk status, citing the city's $20 billion mountain of unfunded pension li...
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Lake County Fairgrounds hosts the Northern Illinois Boat ShowFeb 28, 2015 12:00 am - One of the most popular boating shows in the suburbs, at least on dry land, drew dealers representing more than 30 businesses and other groups to the Lake County Fairgro...
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Cubs' Motte will help whenever askedFeb 28, 2015 12:00 am - Unless something unexpected happens with Hector Rondon, don't look for any closer controversies with the Cubs. Rondon ascended to the closer's role last year after veter...
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Metea Valley's 1-2 repeat featFeb 28, 2015 12:00 am - When they called the final two names for athletes to receive their 100-yard breaststroke medals on Saturday at New Trier, the names that followed were the same as they'd...
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Illinois runs away from Northwestern 86-60Feb 28, 2015 12:00 am - CHAMPAIGN - Rayvonte Rice scored 19 points in his first start since early January and Illinois buried Northwestern with 3-pointers Saturday, 86-60. The win ended a three...
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St. Charles North proud of 10th-place state finishFeb 28, 2015 12:00 am - St. Charles North tied the Wheaton co-op for 10th in the state meet Saturday, and they did so by scoring in four events. Junior Joe Myhre finished sixth in the 50-yard f...
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McCarthy, Wahlberg apparently staying in areaFeb 28, 2015 12:00 am - Entertainers Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg have reportedly bought a house in St. Charles. For McCarthy, it's a shift from Geneva but carries the same message: She's...
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Barrington's O'Leary, St. Viator's Balcerak aging up nicelyFeb 28, 2015 12:00 am - For Barrington's Colin O'Leary, consider his performance at this weekend's boys swimming state preliminaries a kind of confirmation. Yes, without question, he's now amon...
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White Sox ace Sale out 3 weeks with fractured footFeb 28, 2015 12:00 am - Injuries always have been an issue for Chris Sale. The White Sox' ace left-hander was on the disabled list last season from April 18 to May 21 with a flexor strain in hi...
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Maybe we're a little hasty in shout-out to aliensFeb 28, 2015 12:00 am - It was near Green Bank, West Virginia, in 1960 that a young radio astronomer named Frank Drake conducted the first extensive search for alien civilizations in deep space...