All Stories from February 7, 2013 (Change date)
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Chicago ready to spend $2 billion on new rail carsFeb 07, 2013 6:50 am - Chicago transit officials are planning to spend up to $2 billion on a new generation of rail cars to modernize the nation’s second-largest mass transit system. The Chica...
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Illinois officials warn about home warranty scamFeb 07, 2013 6:49 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Insurance is warning consumers that a Florida-based company is illegally marketing home warranty services to Illinois residents....
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Icy conditions slow morning commuteFeb 07, 2013 6:48 am - Slippery roads and sidewalks are greeting commuters throughout the area, which has led to slow travel times as well as closed roads. Travel times are higher than average...
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Milwaukee schools looking for teachersFeb 07, 2013 6:48 am - MILWAUKEE — The state’s largest school district is looking to hire 700 teachers and other school faculty. Milwaukee Public Schools is holding a series of recruitment ev...
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Carpenter finds work in discarded woodFeb 07, 2013 6:47 am - ROCKFORD — With 25 years in the homebuilding business, Scott Theroux had been around long enough to know that his job was in trouble in 2008. “I could feel it coming. Th...
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Ex-prisons accountant pleads guiltyFeb 07, 2013 6:47 am - SPRINGFIELD — A former Illinois Department of Corrections accountant has pleaded guilty to embezzling around $77,000 from an association formed to memorialize prison wor...
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3 adults, 2 kids die in Indiana mobile home blazeFeb 07, 2013 6:46 am - SULPHUR, Ind. — Two children and three adults died in a mobile home fire in a remote rural area of southern Indiana early Thursday, and authorities are exploring the pos...
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Woman evicted from rat-infested homeFeb 07, 2013 6:45 am - TOWN OF PLOVER, Wis. — A Plover woman has been ordered to leave her rat-infested mobile home. Portage County health officials say Darlene Flatoff has kept more than 300...
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Chris Brown returns to court for probation issuesFeb 07, 2013 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES — With the woman he assaulted throwing him a kiss, Chris Brown walked into court Wednesday to face allegations he failed to complete his community labor sent...
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U.S. railroads expect to hire 11,000 this yearFeb 07, 2013 5:43 am - OMAHA, Neb. — America’s major freight railroads expect to hire 11,000 people and invest $13 billion in their rail networks and equipment this year. The American Associat...