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Quinn praises House committee on fracking vote
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn says he hopes a bill that would kick-start high-volume oil and gas drilling in southern Illinois passes "swiftly" through the Illinois House and ...
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Judge set to sentence The Bishop dud-pipe bomber
CHICAGO (AP) -- A small-town Iowa letter carrier will soon learn his sentence for sending dud pipe bombs with threatening letters signed "The ...
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Illinois tea party to protest at IRS offices
CHICAGO (AP) -- Members of Illinois' tea party movement say they'll protest outside IRS offices in four cities over revelations that the agency targeted conservative groups for extra ...
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Book Excerpt When the Steel Mills Died the Hispanic Democratic Organization was Born
In the early 1980s, the steel industry collapsed in Chicago. Wisconsin Steel and U.S. Steel, two Southeast Side mills which had once employed tens of thousands of workers, were shut down. Ald. Edward Vrdolyak, who represented the neighborhood on the City Council, used the economic desperation of his constituents to build a political machine, dispensing city jobs to precinct captains who promised ...
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Bill Clinton Urges Illinois House To Approve Gay Marriage
Former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday released a statement in favor of marriage equality in Illinois, urging the House to approve the stalled ...
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Grading the Bulls Daequan Cook
As injuries befell the Chicago Bulls this season, the front office was forced to bring in fresh bodies just to have a complete roster. In January, the team signed Daequan Cook, a 6-5 shooting guard with a reputation for being accurate from long ...
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Why Hockey Needs a Coaches Challenge
Where the NHL would be better served in situations like these would be to establish a coaching challenge system similar to that of the NFL. Plays like goals already get reviewed if they are close, but there are other judgment calls in the league that could stand to have official video review. The Shaw play was definitely one of them, because the officials may have reversed it after looking at ...
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Rapper Chief Keef Arrested Near Atlanta
Keith Cozart, aka Chief Keef, faces disorderly conduct charges after security at a Dunwoody, GA, hotel called police after observing smoke and smelling marijuana coming from his ...
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Emanuel Quinn snipe over regulating a Chicago casino
Pat Quinn, governor of Illinois, said he wants to address the state's pension crisis before any plans for a Chicago casino. In November, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Governor Pat Quinn appeared together and said they had resolved their differences over how to regulate a Chicago casino. But now those differences appear to have ruptured once again, according to a report by the Chicago Sun-Times. At ...
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Griffin calls Illinois tax incentives cronyism
Citadel founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the state’s financially strapped government in a Monday evening speech to a prominent Chicago business group. "The last election cycle I called a local CEO to talk to him about supporting a pro-business candidate … ," Griffin, a billionaire and Republican hedge fund ...
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Report Danks To Start Friday
(CBS) According to a report from CBS Sports’ Jon Heyman, White Sox left-hander John Danks will make his first start of the season Friday against the Marlins. Danks has made four rehab starts in the minors while working to recover from shoulder surgery he underwent 10 months ...
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History Of Tornadoes In Chicago Area
CHICAGO (CBS) — The massive EF-4 tornado to hit Moore, Okla., is rare, but twisters with that kind of force have hit the Chicago area in the past, and have been extremely deadly. There have been eight EF-4/5 tornadoes to hit the Chicago area between 1950-2010, the latest official data available from the State Climatologist Office For Illinois. (Unofficially, we could find no evidence of a ...
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Matt Kemp To Donate $1000 For Every Home Run To Oklahoma Tornado Victims
We’ve seen this type of behavior from Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp before. Earlier this month, Kemp gave his jersey, shoes and glove to a disabled Dodgers fan after a game, and now, he’s at it again. In the wake of the Oklahoma tornado that has taken dozens of lives, Kemp has pledged to donate $1,000 to relief efforts for every home run hit between now and the All-Star Game. Kemp, ...
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Local Storm Chaser Describes ‘Sickening Deafening Roar’ Of Oklahoma Tornado
Cars lie around the northeast corner of Plaza Towers Elementary school after it was damaged by a tornado May 21, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. The town reported a tornado of at least EF4 strength and two miles wide that touched down yesterday killing at least 24 people and leveling everything in its path. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty ...
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Blackhawks Unhappy With Goaltender Interference Call
(CBS) Immediately after the Blackhawks fell 3-1 to the Red Wings in Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals, the team was clearly upset with falling down 2-1 in this best-of-seven series. Adding insult to injury, the Blackhawks were also forced to deal with questions surrounding the goalie interference call that took away what would have been the game-tying goal in the third period. Just ...
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Wisch Cutler’s Future Looming Large For Bears In 2013
(CBS) They've upgraded their offensive line, beefed up their receiving corps and even hired a new head coach whose affinity is actually for scoring points, rather than preventing them. Yes, as the Chicago Bears begin preparations for the summer, there's little doubt that they've gone all in on quarterback Jay Cutler for the 2013 season. But, I can't help but wonder, is ...
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High School Duo Has Never Missed A Day Of Class
MORRIS, Ill. (CBS) – They say no one’s perfect, but one school in the far southwestern suburbs has not just one, but two students who have achieved perfection in one area. WBBM Newsradio's Regine Schlesinger reports, from preschool through their senior year at Morris Community High School, Jackie DesLauriers and Zac Mitchell have never missed a day of ...
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Growers making up for lost time in planting corn
FILE PHOTO: A tractor with cultivator sits idle after being delayed by wet weather earlier this month preventing central Illinois farmers from starting their spring planting of corn crops Monday, May 13, 2013 in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth ...
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Service dog reunited with Illinois owner after being lost in Missouri
MARSTON, Mo. o A northern Illinois woman has her service dog back, a month after losing him in rural Missouri, eight hours from her ...
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1 dead 3 injured in two Danville shootings
Tweet Widget DANVILLE -- Danville police are investigating two separate shootings overnight that left a 21-year-old female dead and sent three other people to the hospital. Both shootings occurred within four hours and a few blocks of each other on Danville's east side. Authorities are looking into whether the two incidents are related, Public Safety Director Larry Thomason said. Police ...
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Prussing pressing case against Carle tax exemption
Tweet Widget URBANA -- Mayor Laurel Prussing is continuing to take a strong stand against a state-mandated property tax exemption for Carle Foundation Hospital, and she plans to ask for support from local lawmakers. She said last week that a number of approaches could be taken to fix what would become a $830,000 budget problem for the city: Either the legislation needs to be changed, or the law ...
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Urbana budget proposal No major changes
Tweet Widget URBANA -- City administrators on Monday night presented to council members a balanced budget proposal with no major changes from last year, but they say it is the next few years that present the greatest risk to city finances. As the city comes out of the recession, officials now look toward an 11 percent reduction in property tax base because of rising personnel costs and ...
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Urbana High School earns ACT award
Tweet Widget URBANA -- Urbana High School recently earned an award as a part of ACT's College and Career Readiness Campaign, and received it at a recent Illinois State Board of Education meeting. The high school was recognized as an exemplary high school and won the College and Career Transition Award. "With more than 62 percent low-income students, this school has increased access ...
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UI students case referred to diversion
Tweet Widget URBANA -- A University of Illinois accounting student who sparked a fire in his apartment last fall while trying to make a smoke bomb has been referred to Champaign County's diversion program. If Austin Povilaitis, 22, of Edina, Minn., completes 25 hours of public service, he will be able to plead guilty to a misdemeanor offense for court supervision. Povilaitis was referred ...
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Meg Makes How Rob and I spent a fun long weekend in Daytona Beach
Seasickness aside , Rob and I recently had a stellar long weekend in Daytona Beach, and I thought I'd tell you about it.This is how we happened to be there: two people close to us had purchased tickets a while ago, and then realized that mid-May would be a really bad time for them to take a vacation.We ended up with inexpensive airfare, which included a direct flight on Allegiant Air from ...
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Thorne Miniature Rooms go fictional
If you live in Chicago and do not know about the Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago, then you must have been living under the proverbial rock before you came across this article.
The Thorne rooms are one of the most famous museum exhibits in the city. They are a collection of 68 rooms contained within glass boxes and are notable because each room is constructed at a 1-inch to 1-foot scale and all 68 rooms together display a range of historical periods from various cultures. Read more
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