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Problem Solver: Peace Corps work disqualifies woman from federal internship
Since graduating from Glenbard South High School in 2003, Sharon Wegner has devoted her life to community service. The Wheaton native spent a year-and-a-half with AmeriCorps in Southern California working with emancipated foster youth and helping at...
Tags: Peace Corps, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Politics, Human Rights
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Nixon centennial birthday: Map honors life of former president
L.A. NOWWhat will take you to the shores of San Clemente and a home off Bundy Drive in Los Angeles? It’s not a Hollywood Hills celebrity map, but rather, a visual blueprint of President Nixon’s life in Southern California -- which...... -
Boys' basketball: Gardena Serra sends three players to college teams
Varsity Times InsiderGardena Serra, the Southern Section 4AA champion, had three players end up with college basketball scholarships. Daddy Ugbede, a 6-foot-6 forward, is headed to Drake University. Dakarai Tucker, a 6-6 guard, is headed to Utah. Kajon Mack, a 6-2 guard,........ -
Loyola University officially joining the Missouri Valley Conference
For the first time in 20 years the Missouri Valley Conference is adding an institution, as the MVC President’s Council unanimously voted to extend a membership invitation to Loyola University Chicago, and the Ramblers will begin full participation...
Tags: Indiana State University, Loyola University Chicago, Big Ten Conference, Iowa Hawkeyes, Wichita State University
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GOP uses association with Chicago against Obama
Once there was an aspiring young political strategist who disrupted a Chicago campaign event for a rival party candidate by inviting homeless to it with promises of free food, drink and more. Republicans this election season have been attacking "Chicago-...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, CNBC (tv network), Executive Branch, Elections, Rick Perry
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B.J. Best's power-up poetry
While gamers worldwide play video games for entertainment, poet and college professor B.J. Best played them to find inspiration. It was "research," he told his wife, for a book of poetry. The fruits of all Best's thumb labor came in the form of "But Our...
Tags: Gaming, Easter, Chicago Tribune, Entertainment, Colleges and Universities
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Weekly Maryland recruiting roundup
The Baltimore SunMaryland junior forward target Abdul Malik-Abu added another big offer this week, according to the New England Recruiting Report. Florida became the latest high-major program to offer him a scholarship on Thursday, joining a long list that includes...Tags: Mark Turgeon, Maryland Terrapins, Rutgers University, The Washington Post, Digital Harbor High School
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Misty's golden finish tops 2012
The Summer Olympics in London helped transfix the eyes of the sports world on representatives of Newport-Mesa. No spotlight was as brilliant as that created when Misty May-Treanor and her partner met fellow Newport Harbor High alumnus April Ross and her...
Tags: USC Trojans, College Football, Summer Olympics, Gymnastics, Gymnastics Clubs
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Fred L. Turner dies at 80; former McDonald's chief executive
A grill man turned chief executive at McDonald's, Fred L. Turner oversaw an aggressive expansion of the company beginning in the 1970s that turned it into a corporate giant. When he began reshaping the restaurants in 1968, he left a visible legacy by...Tags: Ronald McDonald (fictional character), Lifestyle and Leisure, Marketing, Restaurants, Pneumonia
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Traxinger named Farmers
HURON - South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke has named Mike Traxinger legislative director for the family farm organization. Traxinger is a fifth-generation South Dakota farmer and a native of Claremont, S.D. He maintains a small herd of...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Washington, DC, Education, Laws, Conservation
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Aberdeen educators will be saluted at All-State Chorus/Orchestra in Rapid City
jbahr@aberdeennews.comTwo Aberdeen residents will be honored this weekend in Rapid City at the gathering of the All-State Chorus and Orchestra. Mary Marion is one of two people who will receive the South Dakota Music Educators Association’s Distinguished Service to...Tags: Arts and Culture, Teachers, Music, Teaching and Learning, Entertainment
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NIU seeks redemption at Soldier Field
Dave Doeren knows how it feels to be overshadowed by Iowa's football program. The second-year Northern Illinois coach played for Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, in the early 1990s. "We were the redheaded stepchild in the Iowa papers," Doeren...
Tags: Big Ten Conference, Soldier Field, Go Daddy Group Inc., Iowa Hawkeyes, Kirk Ferentz
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