All Stories from September 9, 2013 (Change date)
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Quinn touts foreign firm employment figuresSep 09, 2013 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — On the heels of his trip to Japan, Gov. Pat Quinn has again taken credit for a reported boost in the state's job numbers: roughly 80,000 more through forei...
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Emanuel to appoint new member of Metra boardSep 09, 2013 7:00 am - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he plans to appoint attorney and former independent alderman Martin Oberman to the Metra Board of Directors. Emanuel says in a news relea...
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2 Evansville firefighters hurt at factory blazeSep 09, 2013 7:00 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Officials say two Evansville firefighters were treated at a hospital after they were hurt at the scene of a blaze at a plastics manufacturing plant. C...
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to appear on LettermanSep 09, 2013 7:00 am - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is scheduled to sit down with late-night talk show host David Letterman. Emanuel is to appear on the “Late Show with David Letterman” on Monda...
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Influenced by media, amateurs try extreme cakingSep 09, 2013 7:00 am - If you're planning to bake a cake for your child's upcoming birthday party, you might want to ask yourself one question: “What would the Cake Boss do?” Because if you th...
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PlayStation 4 won't sell in Japan until FebruarySep 09, 2013 7:00 am - TOKYO — Sony's next-generation video game machine PlayStation 4 won't go on sale in Japan until next year, meaning that it won't be on time for the key year-end holiday ...
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Illinois state helicopter crashes in New MexicoSep 09, 2013 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A helicopter owned by the Illinois Department of Transportation has crashed in New Mexico. IDOT spokesman Jae Miller tells The State Journal-Register i...
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Assad warns of retaliation for U.S. strike on SyriaSep 09, 2013 6:42 am - WASHINGTON — Syrian President Bashar Assad has warned there will be “repercussions” against any U. S. military strike launched in response to a chemical weapons attack i...
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Kerry reasserts Syria charge despite Assad denialSep 09, 2013 6:42 am - WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that Syrian President Bashar Assad could resolve the crisis surrounding his purported use of chemical weapons by t...
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U.N. rights chief condemns use of chemical weaponsSep 09, 2013 6:42 am - GENEVA — The U.N. human rights chief said Monday there is little doubt that chemical weapons were used in Syria but she did not specify which of the combatants was suspe...