All Stories from June 6, 2012 (Change date)
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Illinois officials disagree on pension reform approachJun 06, 2012 1:54 pm - Top Illinois lawmakers left a meeting on pension reform divided over what approach to take. Lawmakers were close to agreement last week, but that was derailed shortly b...
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Panel finds evidence to punish indicted lawmakerJun 06, 2012 1:54 pm - CHICAGO — The Illinois House has enough evidence to punish state Rep. Derrick Smith in the wake of a federal indictment accusing him of accepting a $7,000 bribe, a speci...
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Deer dashes into Decatur bankJun 06, 2012 1:54 pm - DECATUR, Ill. — A deer burst through the window of a Decatur bank and neither the building nor the deer was better off for the encounter. PNC Bank branch manager Brad Wa...
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Chicago schools CEO says union asking for too muchJun 06, 2012 1:48 pm - The head of Chicago Public Schools says the city’s teachers should get a raise but not the amount their union wants. Jean-Claude Brizard told a group of parents at a Wed...
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Lawsuit filed against Ex-Elgin cop accused of planting evidenceJun 06, 2012 1:46 pm - ...
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Antioch receives EPA grant to assess brownfields including in industrial parkJun 06, 2012 1:36 pm - An old industrial park and other properties on Depot Street in Antioch will likely be the beneficiaries of a $200,000 federal brownfields assessment grant the village re...
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Quinn still targeting Aurora facility closureJun 06, 2012 1:17 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn plans to move forward with closing the Fox Valley Adult Transition Center in Aurora at the end of August, even though lawmakers gave him the...
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Egypt: Mubarak’s health deterioratingJun 06, 2012 1:14 pm - CAIRO — Hosni Mubarak’s health entered a “dangerous” phase on Wednesday, and doctors had to administer oxygen five times to help the deposed Egyptian leader breathe, acc...
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Obama, Romney to go country at CMT AwardsJun 06, 2012 1:14 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Presidential elections are usually serious business, but President Barack Obama and likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney are taking a little time for...
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Tiger cubs find Shar Pei dog a good momJun 06, 2012 1:14 pm - MOSCOW — Two Siberian tiger cubs abandoned in Russia by their mother have found an unusual wet nurse — a wrinkled, sand-colored Shar Pei dog named Cleopatra. The cubs we...