All Stories from May 17, 2012 (Change date)
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Saints' Vilma sues Roger Goodell for defamationMay 17, 2012 3:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS — Suspended Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The suit in U.S. District Court in N...
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General Assembly Scholarship program headed for final voteMay 17, 2012 2:51 pm - SPRINGFIELD — One more House vote stands between Gov. Pat Quinn and the elimination of the controversial General Assembly scholarship program. A House committee on ...
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Rosary names Wilcox new coachMay 17, 2012 2:50 pm - Jessie Wilcox learned at a young age she wanted to be a high school basketball coach. Rosary has given her that opportunity. Rosary announced Thursday that the 25-year-o...
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Slaughter quarterback finds balance in ChicagoMay 17, 2012 2:47 pm - After spending parts of the last six years bouncing around four different leagues on two continents, Perry Patterson has found a stable position with the Chicago Slaught...
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Boomers coach opens season under familiar regimeMay 17, 2012 2:42 pm - At the newly renamed Schaumburg Baseball Stadium, nearly everything has a brand-new feel to it, from the re-sodded field to a new high-definition video board to a first-...
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Manhunt for groom extends to TexasMay 17, 2012 2:36 pm - Police in South suburban Burbank have asked authorities in Texas to join the hunt for a man accused of stabbing his new wife to death and leaving her body in her bathtub...
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Bail set at $1 million in human trafficking caseMay 17, 2012 2:36 pm - A Chicago man is being held in lieu of $1 million bail after being accused of forcing young girls into prostitution. During a bond hearing Wednesday, Cook County prosecu...
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Judge rules Crestwood water cases must stand aloneMay 17, 2012 2:35 pm - A Cook County judge has ruled that about 200 Crestwood residents who blame contaminated well water for sicknesses can’t sue as a group. The SouthtownStar reports a judge...
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Topinka backs raising cigarette taxMay 17, 2012 2:34 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka is joining the call for higher cigarette taxes in Illinois, but she has a few conditions. The Republican says she would ...
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Illinois might lift money caps if super PACs enter frayMay 17, 2012 2:34 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Just months after Illinois corralled historically outlandish campaign spending by imposing its first limits on political contributions, lawmakers are ...