All Stories from May 7, 2013 (Change date)
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Illinois tax revenue to top forecast by $1.3BMay 07, 2013 9:41 am - Gov. Pat Quinn says income tax revenue for 2013 will top forecasts by $1.3 billion. He says he’ll put the money toward the billions the state owes in unpaid bills. The g...
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Akorn 1Q profit soars but 2013 forecast fallsMay 07, 2013 9:40 am - Lake Forest-based Akorn Inc.’s first quarter earnings soared, as the generic drugmaker recorded revenue gains from new and established products and its India business. B...
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Military sex assault reports up, changes orderedMay 07, 2013 9:33 am - WASHINGTON — Sexual assaults in the military are a growing epidemic across the services and thousands of victims are still unwilling to come forward despite a slew of ne...
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Search drags on for burial spot for bomb suspectMay 07, 2013 9:33 am - BOSTON — A Massachusetts funeral director is striking out in his search for a place to bury the Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed in a gunbattle with police. Worces...
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Editorial: Expedite federal help for flood victimsMay 07, 2013 9:28 am - The floodwaters are receding and what’s left behind in some communities across the region isn’t pretty. Muck, thousands of used sandbags, soggy carpeting, wet drywall, d...
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Ref’s death a consequence of lack of sportsmanshipMay 07, 2013 8:55 am - The football teams were still on the field, exchanging the traditional postgame handshakes, when Pete McCabe walked by. The veteran referee heard another official call h...
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Limo driver, survivor views differ on fatal fireMay 07, 2013 8:55 am - REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — As smoke thickened and a fire grew in the back of a limousine, Nelia Arellano desperately tried to squeeze through a 3 foot by 1 1/2-foot partitio...
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mb targeting party leader in Pakistan kills 5May 07, 2013 8:55 am - TIMERGARAH, Pakistan — Police say a roadside bomb in northwest Pakistan has killed five people, including a local leader of a political party that has been targeted by t...
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Obama, S. Korea to show united front on N. KoreaMay 07, 2013 8:55 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and South Korea’s new leader Park Geun-hye hope to present a strong front against North Korea’s nuclear threats during their high-pro...
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Christie had secret weight loss surgeryMay 07, 2013 8:55 am - TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent gastric band surgery in February to try to lose weight at the urging of his family, spokesman Michael Drewniak tol...