All Stories from December 31, 2017 (Change date)
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California pot smokers looking to buy on Jan. 1 may have to waitDec 31, 2017 12:00 am - California will legalize recreational marijuana on Jan. 1, but consumers hoping to score some weed that day in two of its biggest cities are in for a bummer. Los Angeles...
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SUV plunges off I-290 bridge in Addison, driver critically injuredJan 02, 2018 5:07 am - A man was flown to a hospital in critical condition Sunday morning after the SUV he was driving plunged from an Interstate 290 bridge and crashed onto southbound Route 8...
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Why all the fuss over tax plan?Jan 04, 2018 2:21 pm - It is slightly maddening to read all the "dire" news about the new tax law causing the national debt to go up about $1.5 trillion over ten years or about $150 billion a ...
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'Circus Boy' helps welcome 2018 to St. CharlesDec 31, 2017 3:45 pm - "Circus Boy" Bobby Hunt helped ring in 2018 with an action-packed comedy show that left patrons laughing and smiling Sunday at the St. Charles Public Library. Hunt's sho...
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Florida's real estate reckoning could be closer than you thinkJan 03, 2018 11:21 am - Ross Hancock sold his four-bedroom house in Coral Gables, a city of pastel luxury at the edge of Miami, because he was worried that sea-level rise would eventually hurt ...
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Transportation experts' predictions for 2018 in Chicago, suburbsJan 02, 2018 5:07 am - Goodbye to 2017, a bumpy trip for fliers, drivers and riders. Turbulence began early with a passenger being hauled off a United Airlines flight at O'Hare, and the year e...
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'I hope I can quit working in a few years': A preview of the U.S. without pensionsJan 02, 2018 7:32 am - TULSA, Okla. - Tom Coomer has retired twice: once when he was 65, and then several years ago. Each time he realized that with just a Social Security check, “You can hard...
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Attempt to thaw pipes sparks Aurora house fireJan 02, 2018 5:07 am - An attempt to thaw frozen pipes sparked a fire Sunday morning that gutted an Aurora home, displaced seven residents and injured a firefighter. Aurora firefighters were c...
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Will #metoo movement speed up the number of women in leadership — or slow it down?Jan 04, 2018 9:22 am - As the wave of sexual harassment allegations reached seismic proportions, one solution touted repeatedly has been the need for more women in power. Barack Obama suggeste...
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Deputies "down" after being called to suburban Denver sceneDec 31, 1969 6:00 pm - DENVER - Authorities in Colorado say a number of deputies from a sheriff's office in suburban Denver have been wounded. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said via its ...