All Stories from May 14, 2013 (Change date)
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Former Wheaton man guilty of murder for hire plotsMay 14, 2013 6:00 pm - Gordon Vanderark, once expecting to be paroled in about 6 years, may never again see life outside of his prison cell. The former Wheaton man was found guilty Tuesday of ...
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Suburban lawmakers want answers in AP scandalMay 14, 2013 6:00 pm - Some suburban lawmakers are demanding an explanation of why the U.S. Department of Justice aggressively pursued phone records of Associated Press journalists while inves...
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Carol Stream Park District seeks sign approvalMay 14, 2013 5:59 pm - Carol Stream Park District is seeking village zoning approval to construct a 13-foot, 8-inch welcome sign in front of its new recreation center scheduled to open this su...
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Former Dist. 301school board member sues boss, claiming slanderMay 14, 2013 5:46 pm - Laurel Kling, former president and 12-year member of the Burlington-based Central School District 301 board, has filed a slander lawsuit against her supervisor in the Ka...
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Convicted abortion doctor gets life in prisonMay 14, 2013 5:34 pm - PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies born alive at his grimy clinic was spared a possible death sentence Tuesday in a deal wit...
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Geneva reminds residents: Aid available to install overhead sewersMay 14, 2013 5:20 pm - In the wake of the April 17 showers that left some people with flooded basements, the Geneva public works department is reminding homeowners of one solution: Installing ...
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Dalai Lama tells Wisconsin legislature to be compassionateMay 14, 2013 5:09 pm - MADISON, Wis. — The Dalai Lama, speaking on the floor of the Wisconsin Assembly where lawmakers just two years ago hurled expletives at each other while angry protesters...
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Des Plaines man killed by police fled traffic stopMay 14, 2013 5:00 pm - A high-speed car chase in Missouri that ended with a Des Plaines man shot to death by police began more than four hours earlier after the man first fled a traffic stop i...
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Kane County hiring freeze changes called out for ‘gaping loophole’May 14, 2013 4:58 pm - All eyes will be on the number of temporary employees and consultants hired in Kane County during the next six months as county board members Tuesday approved what some ...
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2,000 marijuana plants found near HebronMay 14, 2013 4:56 pm - Police in northern Illinois found a rural marijuana-growing operation worth about $1 million. McHenry County sheriff’s deputies were called to a campsite near Hebron on ...