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Two U.S. Navy landing craft up for auction each seats 200 and a tank
Two Vietnam-era vessels docked at the Naval Station Great Lakes north of Chicago, landing craft that can hold 200 people each, are for sale, the U.S. Navy said. An auction of the two LCM-8s, capable of plowing through surf onto a beach, opening a ramp and unleashing an amphibious assault, began Tuesday and ends Thursday afternoon on the govliquidation.com website, the Chicago Tribune reported ...
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Chris Bosh calls out fans who left Game 6 early JUN 19
Heat fans for leaving the game early when it appeared Miami had lost in regulation. "For all those guys who left, don't come back for Game 7," he said. "You can't get let back in after you leave. I know that. Hell, I've been to games. You can't leave a game and then come back. It doesn't make any sense; you left. It's not punishment, that's ...
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Two linked to St. Clair County courthouse drug scandal indicted in federal court
FAIR: We can't understand the fuss, much less the end-of-the-world headlines, over St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones' announcement Tuesday ...
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Father sentenced for binding kids outside Wal-Mart
LAWRENCE, Kan. -; A suburban Chicago man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in prison for binding and blindfolding two of his children a year ago in a Wal-Mart parking lot in eastern ...
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Danville schools teachers union settle contract
Tweet Widget DANVILLE -- The Danville school district and its largest bargaining unit have reached a tentative agreement about 14 months after officially launching contract negotiations. "I'm thrilled to have it done," Robin Twidwell, the Danville Education Association's president, wrote in an email announcing the news. "It's been a very long, time-consuming ...
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Updated Davis camp Habeeb denounce email about Erika Harold
Tweet Widget A Republican Party official from a rural county in the 13th Congressional District is accused of sending a racist email about Urbana attorney Erika Harold, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, in next spring's primary election. Jim Allen, the GOP county chairman in Montgomery County, allegedly sent the email late Tuesday night to Doug Ibendahl, editor of ...
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OfficeMax Office Depot pit Ill. v. Fla. for HQ
In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, OfficeMax CEO Ravi Saligram, right, and Illinois Sen. Tom Cullerton, D-Villa Park, left, make their pitch asking the state of Illinois for tax breaks to keep the company's headquarters in-state after the office supply chain's merger with Office Depot Inc., during a Senate Executive Committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, ...
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Illinois Adopts Nation’s Strictest Fracking Regulations
On Monday, Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation to regulate fracking in the state of Illinois. Legislation overwhelmingly passed both the Illinois Senate (52-3) and the House (108-9) last month. The law ...
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Fire engulfs central Illinois tire facility
HOOPESTON, Ill. (AP) -- Firefighters in central Illinois are battling a blaze at a tire-recycling facility that officials fear could go on for ...
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Parents Students Take Over Closing Schools Classroom
Parents and students occupied Lafayette Elementary School, near Chicago's Ukranian Village and Humboldt Park neighborhoods, on Wednesday, June 19, ...
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Deen Says She Used Racial Slur But Doesn’t Tolerate Hate
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Celebrity cook Paula Deen says she has used racial slurs in the past but insists she and her brother, who are accused of racial and sexual discrimination in a lawsuit by a former manager of their restaurant, don’t tolerate hateful behavior. In a court deposition filed Monday in federal court, an attorney for former restaurant manager Lisa Jackson presses the ...
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Bosh To Fans Who Left Early ‘Don’t Come Back For Game 7′
who left American Airlines Arena early in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. After all, the Heat were down by four points with 28 seconds left and the Spurs at the ...
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Parents Occupy Classroom To Protest School Closings
CHICAGO (CBS ) — Parents took over a classroom at Lafayette Elementary to protest the city’s plan to shut down the school after this year. Wednesday was the last day of classes at the school, 2714 W. Augusta Blvd. Nine parents occupied one of the classrooms, demanding that Mayor Emanuel and the school board reverse their decision. Some school-age children were also inside the ...
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Ill. Legislature Agrees To Form Committee To Solve Pension Crisis
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Both chambers of the Illinois Legislature voted Wednesday to create a bipartisan committee to try to solve the state’s worst-in-the-nation pension crisis, but some lawmakers expressed skepticism that the effort would be any more fruitful than previous unsuccessful attempts. After the House and Senate approved the procedural steps Wednesday afternoon, the four ...
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Michael Curry a favorite in 76ers coaching search JUN 19
05:10 PM ET 06.19 | The Philadelphia 76ers were one of the first teams to usher their head coach out this offseason. They just might be one of the last team's to fill the opening. The Sixers haven't been involved in many rumors compared to other head coaching searches, and that could mean that they have an in-house favorite in former coach Doug Collins' assistant Michael Curry. As ...
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Manu Ginobili not sure how Spurs will re-enerize for Game 7 JUN 19
Heat . They had pushed Miami to the brink and had to win just one more game to close them out and hoist yet another trophy with a Big 3 many believe is superior to that of ...
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Wizards Bradley Beal iffy for summer league JUN 19
Wizards guard Bradley Beal is questionable to participate in the Las Vegas summer league that begins on July 12 as he slowly recovers from a stress fracture in his leg. A source told the Washington Post that it's "not imperative" Beal plays in the summer league. Though he's been inching his way back and could be cleared to go full out by the beginning of July, it's ...
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Rivers to meet with Celtics on Wednesday JUN 19
Celtics fans have been waiting for answers when it comes to the future of the team, and those answers appear to be coming shortly. After a whirlwind of a weekend that had Doc ...
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Man on trial in fatal car-pedestrian collision
Tweet Widget URBANA -- A Champaign man admitted to police he was feeling the effects of cognac at the time he hit a University of Illinois student crossing a busy Urbana street last year. Albert Fleming, 21, of the 1500 block of Williamsburg Drive, is being tried by a Champaign County jury this week for aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of an accident in ...
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GOP official accused of racist email about Erika Harold
Tweet Widget A Republican Party official from a rural county in the 13th Congressional District is accused of sending a racist email about Urbana attorney Erika Harold, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, in next spring's primary election. Jim Allen, the GOP county chairman in Montgomery County, allegedly sent the email late Tuesday night to Doug Ibendahl, editor of ...
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Plea to cocaine charge brings probation
Tweet Widget URBANA -- A Champaign man who admitted possessing crack cocaine has been sentenced to 30 months of probation. Norbert Bailey Jr., 21, who listed an address in the 1000 block of North Hickory Street, pleaded guilty in May to having the drugs in his home on March 16. He was sentenced in Champaign County Circuit Court on Friday. In return for his plea, other more serious charges of ...
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Massive Tire Fire Leads to Evacuations in Central Illinois Town
When fire crews arrived to the fire around 5:35 in the morning, the five employees inside at the time had escaped. With no lives in danger, the decision was made to take a defensive posture fighting it. "With this facility being so large and being a used tire facility," Fire Chief Cliff Crabtree said, "we went strictly defensive from the beginning. Not sending any personnel in to ...
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Senate takes action to form pension committee
The Senate approved a motion 45-11 Wednesday that will allow the creation of the bipartisan conference committee. The House now must take similar ...
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Four Keys For Bruins In Game 4 Of Stanley Cup Final
BOSTON (CBS) — This just in: Winning a Stanley Cup is difficult. Most of the current Bruins roster knows that firsthand, as two years ago they had to erase 2-0 and 3-2 deficits against Vancouver. They, of course, did that, forcing a Game 7 in Vancouver and winning 4-0 to earn that title. This year, it’s too early to say whether or not their season will have the same end result, but ...
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Kane County To Bury Cremated Remains Of 40 Unclaimed People Tomorrow
(CBS) — The cremated remains of 40 people with no known family will be buried tomorrow in Kane County, reports WBBM’s Brandis ...
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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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