All Stories from August 16, 2013 (Change date)
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Prosecutors: Pistorius trial early next yearAug 16, 2013 8:46 am - JOHANNESBURG — Prosecutors say Oscar Pistorius will be indicted for premeditated murder on Monday and he will go on trial in early 2014 for shooting dead his girlfriend....
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Report: NSA spying broke privacy rules many timesAug 16, 2013 8:35 am - WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broa...
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Former Cook County school official accused of stealing $1.5 millionAug 16, 2013 8:27 am - Prosecutors say they’ve charged a former suburban Chicago school district official with stealing $1.5 million over 20 years. The Cook County state’s attorney announced t...
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2,400 plus Wisconsin students apply for religious school vouchersAug 16, 2013 8:24 am - MADISON, Wis. — More than 2,400 students applied to receive a taxpayer-funded voucher to attend private religious schools, nearly five times more than the enrollment cap...
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U.S. judge refuses to halt Chicago school closingsAug 16, 2013 8:23 am - A federal judge ruled Thursday that he won’t order a halt to public school closings in Chicago, a decision that followed days of sometimes emotional testimony on the iss...
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St. Charles man shares love of reading with free libraryAug 16, 2013 8:00 am - Like many older adults, Mike Hill knew what he didn't want for his birthday this year: More stuff. Hill, 70, has a comfortable life and home at 418 S. Sixth St. in St. C...
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Man arrested after leaving ID at crime sceneAug 16, 2013 7:39 am - DECATUR — Police didn’t have to work too hard to track down a man they say robbed a central Illinois home after he left his Department of Corrections ID card on the grou...
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Investigation continues into Ill. pipeline fireAug 16, 2013 7:38 am - ERIE — Investigators say they still don’t know what caused a massive pipeline fire this week in western Illinois. Monday’s rupture and fire in Erie created a 15-foot-dee...
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Prospect Hts. police take at-risk kids on field tripsAug 16, 2013 7:26 am - On Aug. 13, Prospect Heights police officers, city employees and volunteers offered their time to assist staff from Indian Trails Library District to accompany 22 youths...
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Mom says worm in son’s drink; Kraft investigatingAug 16, 2013 6:58 am - HOWELL TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A Michigan woman says she sucked up what appears to be a wiggling white worm when taking a sip of her son’s packaged juice drink. Emmie Field of...