All Stories from December 20, 2012 (Change date)
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Texas town allows teachers to carry concealed gunsDec 20, 2012 5:44 pm - HARROLD, Texas — In this tiny Texas town, children and their parents don’t give much thought to safety at the community’s lone school — mostly because some of the teache...
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Background checks for gun sales jump in IllinoisDec 20, 2012 5:38 pm - CHAMPAIGN — Background checks for gun sales in Illinois have almost doubled since Friday’s school shootings in Connecticut, according to data from the Illinois State Pol...
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Chicago jail escape resembles 1985 break-outDec 20, 2012 5:14 pm - This week’s daring escape from a downtown Chicago jail bore striking similarities to the last time anyone broke out of the high-rise facility nearly three decades ago. S...
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Quinn proclaims day of mourning for shooting victimsDec 20, 2012 5:13 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn has proclaimed Friday as a “Day of Mourning” in Illinois for the victims of last week’s Connecticut school shooting. A gunman opened fire in a Newtown, Co...
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Inmate transfers from Tamms prison beginDec 20, 2012 5:13 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois prison inmates who for more than a decade have been called “the worst of the worst” began leaving the high-security Tamms prison Thursday in antic...
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Group offers thoughts on hospital charity careDec 20, 2012 5:12 pm - A group that helps uninsured patients has recommendations for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan as she writes rules for hospitals on charity care. The Fair Care Coa...
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Emanuel, other mayors push for assault gun banDec 20, 2012 5:12 pm - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined several Illinois mayors on Thursday in calling for a statewide ban on the kind of weapons used during the school shooting rampage in Co...
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Pierzynski signs with RangersDec 20, 2012 5:11 pm - While dressed in a White Sox uniform the past eight seasons, there was one constant with A.J. Pierzynski. He was booed, with extreme prejudice. From Seattle to Boston an...
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‘Code of silence’ verdict upheldDec 20, 2012 5:11 pm - A judge on Thursday refused to toss a jury verdict that suggested Chicago police adhere to a code of silence in protecting rogue officers, citing its “social value” desp...
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Food drive Saturday for Palatine Food PantryDec 20, 2012 4:35 pm - A food drive benefiting the Palatine Food Pantry will take place on Saturday, Dec. 22, during the Palatine and Fremd boys feeder basketball program games at Palatine Hig...