All Stories from August 8, 2013 (Change date)
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Rosemont firm granted protection after Quebec rail tragedyAug 08, 2013 4:56 pm - MONTREAL — A Canadian judge on Thursday granted creditor protection to a Rosemont-based rail company whose runaway oil train caused an explosion that killed 47 people in...
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Quinn fires back at Daley over CTA appointmentAug 08, 2013 4:56 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn says people criticizing his appointment of an influential Democrat to the Chicago Transit Authority board should “look in their own family.” The Illinois ...
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Feds: Ex-state worker took $433,000 in kickbacksAug 08, 2013 4:56 pm - A onetime chief of staff to the former head of the Illinois Department of Public Health is accused of accepting $433,000 in kickbacks for steering about $13 million gran...
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5th DUI lands Gilberts man in prisonAug 08, 2013 4:55 pm - A 57-year-old Gilberts man who told police he couldn’t remember being in a hit-and-run car crash pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated driving under the influence of alc...
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Call for bids on next generation of locomotivesAug 08, 2013 4:55 pm - States that are forging ahead with plans for high-speed passenger rail have put out a call for bids for the production of 35 next-generation locomotives. The request for...
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NY judge doubts power in ailing ex-lawyer’s caseAug 08, 2013 4:55 pm - NEW YORK — An imprisoned former civil rights lawyer who’s dying of cancer and wants to be freed faced skepticism Thursday from a judge who wondered whether he had author...
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Swim warning issued for Lake Michigan shoresAug 08, 2013 4:55 pm - The National Weather Service is warning swimmers along Lake Michigan in Illinois and Indiana. Forecasters issued a beach hazards statement on Thursday that says the swim...
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Bartlett gets new streetlights, banner arms, flower basketsAug 08, 2013 4:54 pm - After six years, a streetscape project on West Bartlett Road between Route 59 and Western Avenue in Bartlett is just about complete, according to village officials. The ...
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Tri-Cities police reportsAug 08, 2013 4:54 pm - St. Charles 타 Matthew Robert Dean, 20, of the 200 block of Chasse Circle and Omar Rodriguez, 18, of the 3600 block of Deville Lane, both of St. Charles, were arrest...
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NU’s Vitale big on winningAug 08, 2013 4:49 pm - As secret weapons go, Northwestern’s Dan Vitale owns a pretty good disguise. He plays the superback position, sort of a glorified description for tight end. At most majo...