All Stories from June 14, 2014 (Change date)
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Casey Kasem, king of the Top 40 countdown, dies at 82Jun 15, 2014 4:27 pm - LOS ANGELES — Casey Kasem, the internationally famous radio broadcaster with the cheerful manner and gentle voice who became the king of the top 40 countdown with a syn...
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Buffalo Grove man gets 20 years for orchestrating hit from jailJun 16, 2014 5:49 pm - A Buffalo Grove man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for trying to arrange a woman's slaying while he was in jail for allegedly harassing her. The Chicago Sun-T...
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Endangered delicacy: Japan eel on species red listJun 16, 2014 8:41 am - TOKYO — The Japanese eel, a popular summertime delicacy that has become prohibitively expensive due to overfishing, has been put on the international conservation “red l...
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Archaeologists find artifacts at Illinois airportJun 15, 2014 10:02 pm - MURPHYSBORO — Archaeologists have uncovered 1,000-year-old Native American artifacts on the grounds of a southern Illinois airport just ahead of scheduled construction p...
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Spain props up soccer amid crushing austerityJun 15, 2014 6:28 am - VALENCIA, Spain — At the height of Spain's crushing economic crisis, the Villarreal soccer club sported an eye-catching logo across its jerseys: Aeroport Castello. The l...
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A Father's Day editorial: Remembrances of Dad's love and careJun 15, 2014 9:53 am - Fathers occupy a special place in our lives. Usually for good but sometimes for ill, they are interwoven with who we are. For this Father's Day, we went out in search of...
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Illinois case among 17 Supreme Court has to decide by June's endJun 15, 2014 7:20 pm - WASHINGTON — It's crunch time at the Supreme Court, where the justices are racing to issue opinions in 17 cases, including union fees for Illinois health care workers, ...
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Semi-iconic Route 59 full of traffic talesJun 15, 2014 9:55 am - As my late father grew in years, he became a little more ... quirky. One of those quirks involved Route 59, where we often found a restaurant to meet for dinner more tha...
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Naperville's Loaves & Fishes expands mission, changes nameJun 16, 2014 12:11 pm - Loaves & Fishes Community Pantry in Naperville hasn't been just a food pantry for years. It's been providing job search support, school supplies and empowerment program...
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Auto industry gets serious about lighter materialsJun 16, 2014 8:41 am - DEARBORN, Mich. — Roofs made of carbon fiber. Plastic windshields. Bumpers fashioned out of aluminum foam. What sounds like a science experiment could be your next car. ...