All Stories from April 11, 2013 (Change date)
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Ill. senators take on concerns over more gamblingApr 11, 2013 6:42 am - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois senators seeking to eliminate a major stumbling block to new casinos and slot machines in the state went toe-to-toe Wednesday with regulators who ...
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Obama budget seeks $300M for Great Lakes cleanupApr 11, 2013 6:39 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — President Barack Obama asked Congress on Wednesday to continue a program that has spent more than $1 billion dealing with some of the Great Lakes’...
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Chicago memorial set for film critic Roger EbertApr 11, 2013 6:36 am - Hollywood and independent film directors, along with Roger Ebert’s friends and family, will honor the late movie critic at a memorial service in Chicago. Ebert died last...
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Suspect in Chicago murder arrested in LAApr 11, 2013 6:30 am - An alleged fugitive street-gang member suspected of killing a 15-year-old Chicago teen has been arrested in Los Angeles and is awaiting extradition to Illinois. The FBI...
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Why DuPage voters rejected property tax hikesApr 11, 2013 6:12 am - Experts used to say the best time to ask voters for a tax increase is when there are fewer of them at the polls. Tuesday’s election results in DuPage County show how muc...
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Illinois hatchery produces fish for anglersApr 11, 2013 6:00 am - Associated Press SPRINGFIELD — Five hundred million fish and counting. That's the estimated number of fish stocked so far by the Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery's durin...
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Durbin meets with business leaders on fairnessApr 11, 2013 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says legislation before Congress would allow traditional store-based businesses to compete against interstate Internet retailers. Th...
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'Disconnect' a well-cast cautionary taleApr 11, 2013 6:00 am - It's a given at multiplexes these days that despite switch-off-your-cell-phone announcements and the occasional grumbling protest, whatever's on-screen will have to comp...
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Rilo Kiley's 'RKives' unmoving residueApr 11, 2013 6:00 am - Rilo Kiley, “RKives” (Little Record Company) Rilo Kiley has been pretty well broken up since 2010, and hasn't released a new album since 2007. That trend of them not bei...
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Fewer Illinoisans get health insurance at workApr 11, 2013 6:00 am - A new report says the percentage of Illinoisans who get health insurance through work has declined. The report, released Thursday, finds the portion of non-elderly Illin...