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Updated severe thunderstorm warning watch issued
Tweet Widget Updated: 2:10 p.m.A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for central Macon County until 2:45 p.m. Tuesday.A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Macon, Moultrie and Shelby Counties until 9 p.m. ...
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Quinn Ill. lawmakers plan pension talks into July
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Unable to overcome a stalemate on the state's $97 billion pension crisis, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and legislative leaders are working on a new plan that involves forming a bipartisan committee this week and reconvening the Legislature for an additional session in ...
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Opinion Legislators Should Donate Per Diem Money
Those are the expenses legislators will receive when they return to Springfield Wednesday for a special session called by Gov. Pat Quinn after the House and Senate could not agree on a bill to reform the state’s underfunded retirement system. At the going rate of 50 cents a mile, a legislator driving down from Chicago figures to collect $200. That, of course, is on top of their ...
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Olczyk Weighs in on Hossa Injury Debate
After the game several players, including captain Jonathan Toews, said they had known all day there was a possibility that Hossa might not play. Head coach Joel Quenneville, however, stuck with the line that it was a warm-up injury for Hossa in his postgame press ...
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Chicago aldermen hear arguments on plastic bag ban
Students, concerned with the negative effects of plastic bags on the environment, pitched a potential plastic bag ban during a session at Chicago's City ...
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ESPN’s First Take Asks Should Gregg Popovich Rest His Stars In Game 6
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Chicago Celebrates ‘Day Of Music’
Throughout the day this Friday, at dozens of places across the city, Mandel, with the organizing group, Rush Hour Concerts, says hundreds of performers will be making all kinds of music as part of the annual Make Music Chicago. Chicago Symphony Orchestra cellist Brant Taylor says it’s not just professional and seasoned musicians who will be taking part. ';People who might ...
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Nonprofit launches campaign to reach uninsured
CHICAGO (AP) -- A nonprofit that's helping spread the word about President Barack Obama's health overhaul is launching a campaign that will target states with high numbers of uninsured ...
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Phone service out at Francis Nelson Health Center
Tweet Widget CHAMPAIGN -- Phone lines are down Tuesday at Frances Nelson Health Center and its dental clinic, but all patients should keep their appointments, the health center says. Phones have been out of service for more than a day, and a manhole filled with water is preventing crews from reaching the lines that need to be repaired. Anyone needing to schedule an appointment is asked to stop ...
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Going To Techweek in Chicago Look Casually Chic
Chicago next week? This 3-day innovation conference and technology expo is taking place on June 27-29th at the massive and historic, Art Deco Merchandise Mart located on the banks of the Chicago River. Expect a fantastic lineup of ...
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Officials Unknown substance closed beaches
Coast Guard Seaman James Connor says a helicopter brought in from Traverse City, Mich., to look for the substance so far has spotted only pollen ...
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Key Chicago schools hearing wont be delayed
Judge John Lee told parties during a Tuesday status hearing to be ready for a key July hearing that could halt the closings. Lee says he won't delay the July 16 date to hear evidence on a temporary injunction. That's despite volumes of material the sides must ...
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Will Joel Quenneville Ever Reunite Kane Toews
CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 08: (L-R) Patrick Kane #88 and Jonathan Toews #19 of the Chicago Blackhawks celebrate after they own 4-3 in the second overtime against the Los Angeles Kings during Game Five of the Western Conference Finals of the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at United Center on June 8, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ...
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Zoning category being created for auto dealers
Glenview's Plan Commission voted Monday night to move forward with a proposal to create a zoning category for car-leasing offices and dealerships. The amendment would provide business-specific ordinances, such as standardized operating hours and relaxed landscaping requirements, for car dealerships. In Glenview, similar categories have been formed for businesses such as animal kennels and ...
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Northbrook officials urged to pas gun ban
Northbrook trustees have been asked to provide free gun locks for residents and to pass an ordinance banning assault weapons. Resident Johannah Hebl, who has been advocating for local gun control since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and six other residents spoke during last week's meeting. "We have too many precious children," Hebl said. The ...
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Aldermen agree to pay more for Red Gate traffic light
After some disagreement, St. Charles aldermen decided in the end to pick up most of the cost of a traffic light near Red Gate Bridge and St. Charles North High School. Although District 303 officials were expected to split the cost of the light, the school board last month decided to only fund $125,000 of the $570,000 project, leaving several aldermen unhappy. On Monday night, however, the ...
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Blackhawks Shut Out In Game 3 Bruins Take 2-1 Cup Series Lead
BOSTON (AP) -Tuukka Rask shut out the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals on Monday night and got enough help from the Bruins’ offense to do it without another exhausting overtime. After playing four extra periods in the first two games, the Bruins made an early night of it with second-period goals by Daniel Paille and Patrice Bergeron to win 2-0 and take a 2-1 lead in ...
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Do LeBron James’ New Shoes Say ’2-Time Champion’
(CBS) 2-time champion, huh? Check out the picture of the sockliner in James’ new shoes… It certainly looks like it says ';2-time champion.'; Well, LeBron James, not quite yet. While James may in fact become a two-time NBA champion one day, it’s certainly not a foregone conlcusion. After all, if the Spurs win tonight, it’s going to be at least a year until ...
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Bakery Blunder Makes ‘Cat Cake’ A Viral Sensation
The Zionsville mother provided a photo of Laura and requested a graduation-themed design, including a ';cap'; on top of Laura’s head. Well, the bakery obviously misunderstood, as you can see from the above photo. Good for the Gambrels that they saw the humor in all of it. They left ';cat cake'; alone, although the bakery reportedly offered to fix the mistake. ...
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Quinn Lawmakers Plan Pension Talks Into July
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Pat Quinn and lawmakers are working on a new plan to solve the state’s $97 billion pension crisis that involves forming a bipartisan committee and reconvening the Legislature again in July. Lawmakers will meet in Springfield Wednesday for a special session called by Quinn to deal with pensions. But Quinn’s spokeswoman told The Associated Press ...
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US Supreme Court grants Madigan more time on guns
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court is granting the Illinois attorney general more time to decide on an appeal over the carrying of concealed ...
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Colleges plan training for gas drilling jobs
Aprotester attends a rally after a House Committee hearing on oil drilling, "fracking" legislation at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield in ...
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Bruins-Blackhawks Bad Blood Boils Over In Final Minute Of Game 3
BOSTON (CBS) — Hate has found its way into the Stanley Cup Final. After nearly three full games (13 periods), the Bruins and Blackhawks got past their pleasantries and engaged in a full-on brawl in the waning seconds of Game 3. With roughly 20 seconds to go and the Bruins leading 2-0, Zdeno Chara dumped Bryan Bickell to the ice on front of the Boston net. Bickell tugged on Chara’s ...
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CUB Illinois residents waste $1.4B on data plans
CHICAGO (AP) -- A consumer advocacy group says Illinois residents are wasting as much as $1.4 billion a year by signing up for the wrong cellphone data ...
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List of Ill. counties OK with concealed guns grows
Officials in Madison, Randolph, Tazewell and Peoria counties have also said they won't prosecute otherwise law-abiding people for violating the ban. And the sheriff in Clinton County has said that anyone from counties that allow concealed weapons won't be arrested for carrying a gun in his ...
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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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