All Stories from May 13, 2013 (Change date)
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Teens help each other pay for cancer treatmentMay 13, 2013 6:00 am - ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In a normal school setting, Tony Colton and Ashley Krueger probably wouldn't cross paths. He's 13. She's 18. He's short and outgoing. She's about ...
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Lt. Gov supports medical marijuanaMay 13, 2013 6:00 am - Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon said she is in favor of a bill allowing the medical use of marijuana, explaining Sunday that testimony from seriously ill veterans and other patien...
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Durbin: 5 Ill. airport towers get closure reprieveMay 13, 2013 6:00 am - MURPHYSBORO — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says control towers at five small airports in his home state of Illinois are among the 149 nationwide that the Federal Aviation Admin...
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Park projects in Illinois getting $15.3 millionMay 13, 2013 6:00 am - Local parks around Illinois will be sharing $15.3 million in state money. Gov. Pat Quinn announced the funding for 45 projects on Saturday. It comes from the state's Ope...
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Indiana secretary of state warns of real estate scamMay 13, 2013 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson is warning potential home buyers about a new scam. Lawson says scammers are using authentications from her office...
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Unclear link between aluminium, Alzheimer’sMay 13, 2013 5:55 am - I’ve seen friends fret over the purported link between aluminum and Alzheimer’s disease and have often wondered if their fears are founded on fact. Should they give up a...
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Misdiagnosis can have huge impact on patientsMay 13, 2013 5:45 am - Until it happened to him, Itzhak Brook, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Georgetown University School of Medicine, didn't think much about the problem of mis...
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Avoid that thrill ride to the ERMay 13, 2013 5:36 am - Kids and their folks may see thrills in the making, but some recent research holds up a caution flag on injury risks from some common amusement pastimes that can take a ...
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Unusual charter school proposal developed at breakneck speedMay 13, 2013 5:30 am - More than 2.3 million students attend charter schools in the U.S., according to an estimate by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. That’s about 6,000 scho...
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Why is Illinois enduring a gas smackdown?May 13, 2013 5:30 am - I stopped pumping gas when the digital display hit $50 last week. The tank wasn’t quite full, but I just couldn’t bear it anymore. Reader Carolyn Sullivan of Lake Villa ...