All Stories from August 31, 2012 (Change date)
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’At Any Price’ transports Iowa to VeniceAug 31, 2012 5:09 pm - VENICE, Italy — Director Ramin Bahrani’s new film `’At Any Price” functions on two levels: a drama about a family farm’s future set among Iowa’s lush cornfields or a swe...
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Soriano powers Cubs past GiantsAug 31, 2012 9:56 pm - While Buster Posey and the San Francisco Giants are fighting for the NL West title, Anthony Rizzo and the Cubs have their own magic number. Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run...
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Prisons will stay open during negotiationsAug 31, 2012 7:48 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Two major Illinois prisons that Gov. Pat Quinn wanted shuttered by Friday will stay open at least another month after an arbitrator ordered the administrat...
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Murder suspect wrote about new life in CanadaAug 31, 2012 6:41 pm - Will County prosecutors say emails written by an Oswego man accused of murdering his family indicate he was planning to fake his own death start a new life in the Canadi...
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Costs rise to fix Grant Park after LollapaloozaSep 01, 2012 8:20 am - Promoters of the Lollapalooza music festival have increased the amount of money they say is needed to restore Grant Park after this year’s event. Promoters and the Chic...
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SIU student hospitalized after 4th-floor fallAug 31, 2012 4:48 pm - CARBONDALE, Ill. — A student at Southern Illinois University’s campus in Carbondale is in the hospital after he fell from a fourth-floor residence hall window. In a mess...
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Springfield man finds muskox vertebra from Ice AgeAug 31, 2012 4:54 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The vertebra of an extinct Harlan’s muskox from the Ice Age went on display Friday at the Illinois State Museum after a Springfield man made the rare disco...
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Farmers can transport hay on Illinois interstatesAug 31, 2012 4:51 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A new policy put into effect due to drought conditions in Illinois means farmers will be able to transport hay loads on interstates. Illinois Transportatio...
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Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool reopens in D.C.Aug 31, 2012 4:40 pm - WASHINGTON — The reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall reopened Friday after a two-year, $34 million reconstruction, completing the large...
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First since ’52: No talk of war in GOP speechAug 31, 2012 4:46 pm - WASHINGTON — With America embroiled in its longest armed conflict, Mitt Romney became the first Republican since 1952 to accept his party’s nomination without mentioning...