All Stories from June 20, 2011 (Change date)
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Plan for NW Ind. river levee district appears deadJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - HAMMOND, Ind. — A Hammond City Council member who sponsored an ordinance that would have allowed the Lake County surveyor to seek a judge's permission to create a distri...
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Farmers, ethanol makers likely OK with no subsidyJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN — The likely end of a $5 billion-a-year federal subsidy that helped build the ethanol industry will likely mean two things, experts who have followed its devel...
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IG says 133 IRS workers didn't comply with tax lawJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Some 133 workers at the Internal Revenue Service apparently didn't comply with U.S. tax laws during a two-year period but the agency failed to detect them, ...
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Crunch time looms as Biden-led budget talks resumeJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner offered a bullish assessment Tuesday of the chances of success for Vice President Joe Biden and a bipartisan band of law...
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McCain: Afghanistan troop cuts should be 'modest'Jun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain says U.S. troops in Afghanistan are seeing "significant success," and any plans to withdraw forces should be "modest." McCain, the top Repu...
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Kerry, McCain push Libya resolutionJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Two top senators on Tuesday unveiled a resolution giving President Barack Obama limited authority in the three-month-old war against Libya, warning that the...
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2 men killed by suburban Chicago commuter trainJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Authorities are investigating the deaths of two men who were struck by a commuter train near Cicero. Officials say it isn't clear what the men were doing on the tracks. ...
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KBR and Shell announce marketing allianceJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — KBR Inc. and a unit of Royal Dutch Shell said Tuesday that they will work together to market technology for petroleum refineries. The alliance between Houston...
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Obama likely to cut 10K troops from AfghanistanJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is expected to withdraw roughly 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan this year, with about 5,000 forces leaving this summer and an add...
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NYC appeals court sides with website on stock newsJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — A federal appeals court in New York City has lifted limits on when a financial news website can report banks' stock ratings. The decision reversed a lower-cou...