All Stories from May 1, 2012 (Change date)
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Wild Turkey takes 'Give 'em the bird' pitch to TVMay 01, 2012 7:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Wild Turkey's first-ever television ad campaign in the U.S. offers a new twist to giving someone the bird. The 157-year-old brand is the latest Kentuc...
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VP Biden, wife stop at fundraiser, NW Ind. collegeMay 01, 2012 7:00 am - MUNSTER -- — A small group of residents watched with excitement as Vice President Joe Biden's motorcade drove through their northwestern Indiana neighborhood as he went ...
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Illinois panel: Don't close prisons, mental facilitiesMay 01, 2012 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A panel of Illinois lawmakers recommended against closing two prisons and a developmental center Tuesday, a vivid illustration of how difficult it will be ...
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'Hunger Games,' 'Bridesmaids' top MTV Movie AwardsMay 01, 2012 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES — This year's MTV Movie Awards will be a showdown between a bevy of bridesmaids and a cast of killer kids. “Bridesmaids” and “The Hunger Games” top nominees ...
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Illinois library houses Reagan, Sandburg booksMay 01, 2012 7:00 am - GALESBURG — Grade books containing records for Carl Sandburg and Ronald Reagan are now in the possession of the Galesburg Public Library. The old books, which were found...
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Family, firefighters escape Riverwoods fire before floor collapseMay 01, 2012 7:00 am - Firefighters battling a fire at a large Riverwoods home early Tuesday morning escaped the home unscathed before the first floor collapsed. Lincolnshire-Riverwoods firefi...
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States scaling back worker pensions to save moneyMay 01, 2012 7:00 am - BATON ROUGE, La. — Neil Carpenter took a pay cut when he accepted a job as a Louisiana state accountant more than 12 years ago, but he figured he would make up for the l...
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Marilyn Monroe statue to leave ChicagoMay 01, 2012 7:00 am - Chicagoans only have a few more days left to take a peek up Marilyn Monroe's skirt. The 25-foot-tall statue of the iconic actress is slated to leave its spot along Chica...
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Museum exhibit takes a look at Civil War medicineMay 01, 2012 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Diseases such as dysentery killed two Civil War soldiers for every one cut down by gunfire. A new exhibit delves into the diseases afflicting Union and Con...
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Microsoft says raid damaged cybercrime operationMay 01, 2012 6:44 am - BALTIMORE — Microsoft and the banking industry on Monday provided a detailed, behind-the-scenes account of an operation they said disrupted a major cybercrime operation ...