All Stories from February 1, 2013 (Change date)
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Unusual shrimp spotted in Des Plaines RiverFeb 01, 2013 6:58 am - Ecologists say they’ve found several dozen shrimp in the Des Plaines River that aren’t commonly found in the area. The Lake County Forest Preserves said Thursday that ec...
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Spring Valley mayor raising quailFeb 01, 2013 6:56 am - SPRING VALLEY (AP) — Cliff Banks, Spring Valley’s mayor, is known for his public efforts and political campaign plank four years ago to bring an Asian carp processing pl...
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Durbin says Thomson prison opening moving forwardFeb 01, 2013 6:55 am - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says the director of the federal Bureau of Prisons told him the Justice Department is moving forward with plans to open Thomson prison in northwest...
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Lake Shore Drive shooting linked to gangsFeb 01, 2013 6:54 am - Authorities responding to a report of a crash on Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive found a minivan riddled with bullets and a woman who’d been fatally shot. Illinois State Poli...
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SD murder suspect allegedly dated Chicago victimFeb 01, 2013 6:53 am - ABERDEEN, S.D. — Authorities say a South Dakota man accused of murdering a woman in Chicago had been dating her and allegedly pushed her out of a third-floor apartment w...
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Cullerton wants gay-marriage vote on Feb. 14Feb 01, 2013 6:52 am - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Senate President John Cullerton says he wants to pass same-sex marriage legislation on Valentine’s Day. Cullerton tells the Chicago Sun-Times that...
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Indiana man to plead guilty to ‘sextortion’Feb 01, 2013 6:51 am - INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana man has agreed to plead guilty to charges alleging that he tricked more than a dozen teenagers into stripping or performing sexual acts for him...
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Randy Travis admits driving drunk, gets probationFeb 01, 2013 6:31 am - SHERMAN, Texas — Randy Travis pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated Thursday in a case that began last summer when the country music star was found naked after cra...
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Pfizer disputes suit claiming Zoloft doesn’t workFeb 01, 2013 5:44 am - TRENTON, N.J. — The maker of Zoloft is being sued in an unusual case alleging the popular antidepressant has no more benefit than a dummy pill and that patients who took...
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Analyst says U.S. wine production, consumption upFeb 01, 2013 5:38 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. residents now make up the largest wine market in the world, consuming 13 percent of all that’s produced globally. That’s according to a wine in...