All Stories from March 15, 2013 (Change date)
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Arlington Heights, chamber discussing small business partnershipMar 15, 2013 7:30 am - Arlington Heights is discussing a new partnership with the chamber of commerce to focus on keeping and bringing more small businesses to the village, but officials are s...
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Futures mixed with S&P 500 nearing new highMar 15, 2013 7:26 am - NEW YORK — U.S. stock futures are mixed ahead of the release of the latest data on industrial production and consumer prices. Two major U.S. indexes are in position to t...
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Cicero detective accused of transmitting HIVMar 15, 2013 7:11 am - A suburban Chicago police detective has been charged with criminally transmitting HIV, which is a felony. Cook County sheriff’s deputies arrested Cicero Police Detective...
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Rare baby goat born at Bloomington zooMar 15, 2013 7:11 am - BLOOMINGTON — There’s a new baby goat at the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington. The Pantagraph reports the zoo announced Thursday that a rare San Clemente goat named Br...
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.22-caliber bullet found on Illinois school busMar 15, 2013 7:11 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Officials in a southern Illinois school district say a .22-caliber bullet has been found on a school bus. The same type of bullet was also found in Fe...
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Crews dump 300-plus Christmas trees into Rend LakeMar 15, 2013 7:11 am - BENTON, Ill. — Discarded Christmas trees now are at the bottom of southern Illinois’ Rend Lake, and conservationists hope the fish enjoy the gift. The (Carbondale) S...
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Police plan extra St. Patrick’s Day enforcementMar 15, 2013 7:11 am - Police across Illinois will be stepping up efforts to catch drunk drivers over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. In a news release Thursday, spokesmen for the Illinois Depa...
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Quinn: Plans moving to relieve expressway tie-upsMar 15, 2013 7:10 am - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says plans are moving forward to improve traffic flow at Chicago’s notoriously congested Circle Interchange. The interchange connects the Kennedy...
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Obama wants research to wean vehicles off oilMar 15, 2013 7:00 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is pushing Congress to authorize more federally funded research into clean energy technologies that can wean automobiles off oil. Oba...
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Another Carnival ship experiences problemsMar 15, 2013 6:59 am - TAMPA, Fla. — For the second time this week, Carnival Cruise Lines says one of its ships has experienced problems during a cruise. Late Thursday, the company said “a tec...