All Stories from May 16, 2013 (Change date)
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Suburban doctor remembered as caring leader, excellent surgeonMay 16, 2013 5:32 pm - A portrait of Dr. Peter Pleotis still hangs in the doctors’ lounge at Northwest Community Hospital, some 14 years after he retired. The former obstetrician and gynecolog...
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St. Ignatius swarms Naperville Central at state quarterfinalsMay 16, 2013 5:32 pm - Not many girls water polo teams in Illinois could treat Naperville Central like St. Ignatius did Thursday night in Lincolnshire. The Redhawks fell to St. Ignatius 15-6 i...
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FEMA’s Lisle recovery center to stay open as long as neededMay 16, 2013 5:26 pm - Downers Grove business owner Jan Peterson estimates her day care facility, Little People Learning Center, sustained as much as $200,000 damage during last month’s floodi...
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With 5th album, rockers Phoenix continue to riseMay 16, 2013 5:20 pm - NEW YORK — Phoenix frontman and singer Thomas Mars says their new album “Bankrupt!” was born out of the negative influences going on in the band after the unprecedented ...
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Tenants group sues Chicago Housing AuthorityMay 16, 2013 5:19 pm - Longtime tenants are suing the Chicago Housing Authority, alleging it reneged on pledges to return them to their neighborhood after redevelopment. The Cabrini-Green Loca...
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Medicaid expansion debate ahead in Illinois HouseMay 16, 2013 5:18 pm - The Illinois House is gearing up to consider a key part of President Barack Obama’s health care law, an expansion of Medicaid that would provide coverage to low-income a...
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Selling embezzler’s assets wasn’t smooth, marshals sayMay 16, 2013 5:18 pm - DIXON, Ill. — Federal marshals say selling off Rita Crundwell’s assets wasn’t exactly “smooth sailing.” The U.S. Marshals Service finished selling the former Dixon compt...
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8 indicted in ‘hotline’ heroin salesMay 16, 2013 5:17 pm - Seven men and one woman have been indicted on a charge of heroin trafficking on Chicago’s West Side that involved customer calls to a kind of drug-dealer hotline, author...
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Chicago to renovate Navy Pier, build arenaMay 16, 2013 5:17 pm - Mayor Rahm Emanuel is announcing a multimillion-dollar renovation plan that includes remodeling Navy Pier and building a 10,000-seat basketball arena near McCormick Plac...
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Cookie jar yields jackpot for Geneva manMay 16, 2013 5:12 pm - A Geneva man who says he had a mountain of bills and was facing eviction is now a multimillionaire thanks to a lottery ticket he bought months ago in Aurora and only rec...