All Stories from January 11, 2013 (Change date)
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Fitch downgrades Illinois outlook to ‘negative’Jan 11, 2013 3:35 pm - Illinois faces a possible downgrade by Fitch Ratings on $26.2 billion of general-obligation debt after lawmakers this week failed to repair the nation’s worst- funded st...
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Winning? It’s a slam-dunk for Clark, LakesJan 11, 2013 3:33 pm - An official football visit planned to the University of Minnesota this weekend wasn’t the reason why Direll Clark was flashing one of his familiar smiles, which are wide...
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Quite simply, Grant’s getting betterJan 11, 2013 3:32 pm - Grant’s boys basketball team is about to reach full strength health-wise for the first time in over a month with the return of Rayvon Jones. Jones has been out for the ...
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Hernandez, Hampshire take chargeJan 11, 2013 3:30 pm - Hampshire senior Shane Hernandez didn’t start to think only about himself, even though he seemed unstoppable with 11 points in the first quarter and 15 at halftime of Fr...
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Thomas, Wauconda roll to victoryJan 11, 2013 3:29 pm - Kodey Thomas scored 18 points, and Wauconda’s boys basketball team defeated host Antioch 47-21 in North Suburban Prairie Division action Friday night. Austin Swenson add...
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Friday marks a decade since Ryan emptied death rowJan 11, 2013 3:21 pm - KANKAKEE — It was 10 years ago that former Gov. George Ryan commuted the sentences of 167 Illinois death row inmates. Friday’s anniversary marks one decade since Ryan sa...
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Sandi Jackson resigns from Chicago City CouncilJan 11, 2013 3:20 pm - The wife of former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. announced Friday that she was resigning from the Chicago City Council, saying she could not adequately represent her distr...
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Flu has caused 27 deaths in Illinois, and cases continue to climbJan 11, 2013 3:20 pm - Illinois is among the 24 states across the nation hardest hit by the flu, but vaccine is still available in most locations, health officials said Friday as they urged pe...
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Judge approves exhumation of lottery winner’s bodyJan 11, 2013 3:20 pm - A judge Friday granted prosecutors permission to exhume the body of a Chicago lottery winner who was fatally poisoned with cyanide just as he was about to collect his $4...
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Illinois hospitals fight flu with visitor limitsJan 11, 2013 3:20 pm - Illinois hospitals are being asked to enforce restrictions on visitors because of the severe flu outbreak that’s increasing the risk of infection throughout the state. T...