All Stories from August 23, 2013 (Change date)
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70 mph limit should apply to metro ChicagoAug 23, 2013 10:33 am - The recently signed 70 mph speed-limit bill begins to undo the damage done by the national 55 mph limit established in 1973. Illinois had a 70 mph speed limit 40 years a...
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Colorado hit by torrential rain, hailAug 23, 2013 10:14 am - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The flood-damaged Colorado city of Manitou Springs has escaped the latest round of torrential rain without any significant flooding. The heavie...
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San Diego officials to weigh mayoral agreementAug 23, 2013 10:14 am - SAN DIEGO — Mayor Bob Filner, besieged by sexual harassment allegations, sat down to the negotiating table with a key bargaining chip: His refusal to resign. Now that a ...
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Tourists, residents flee huge fire near YosemiteAug 23, 2013 10:14 am - FRESNO, Calif. — A Northern California wildfire raging out of control on Friday grew to more than three-times the size of the city of San Francisco as it spread inside t...
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Island Lake board rejects video gambling with 4-3 voteAug 23, 2013 10:03 am - Island Lake residents who like video poker or slot machines will have to leave town if they want to try their luck. Officials on Thursday voted against allowing bars and...
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Fresher Hester has bounce in his stepAug 23, 2013 10:00 am - Devin Hester doesn't believe he's a better kick-returner since the decision was made to relieve him of his wide receiver duties, but he does notice more bounce in his st...
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Bears dominate Raiders in all phasesAug 23, 2013 10:00 am - Any concern over quarterback Jay Cutler becoming overdependent on Pro Bowl wide receiver Brandon Marshall should have been answered early in the Bears' 34-26 victory ove...
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Repeat South Elgin DUI offender sentenced to prisonAug 23, 2013 10:00 am - Eric Barth was spared a five-year prison term for severely injuring an elderly Hampshire couple in a December 2010 drunken crash when corrections officials accepted him ...
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63-year-old woman attacked in car in Arlington HeightsAug 23, 2013 10:00 am - Arlington Heights police are continuing to investigate an attack on a 63-year-old woman who was sitting in her locked car in a business parking lot late Thursday. The wo...
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Former Cook County assessor’s clerk charged with stealing tax refundsAug 23, 2013 9:48 am - A former Cook County Assessor’s office clerk is charged with theft and misconduct for her role in what prosecutors allege was a nearly four-year “financial crimes scheme...