All Stories from September 26, 2013 (Change date)
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Official sidesteps queries on cellphone locationsSep 26, 2013 8:48 am - WASHINGTON — The nation’s top intelligence official on Thursday sidestepped questions from a senator about whether the National Security Agency has ever used Americans c...
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World powers set to test Iran on nuclear disputeSep 26, 2013 8:48 am - UNITED NATIONS — Foreign ministers from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany will meet with Iran’s top diplomat on Thursday to test the Is...
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Pakistan aid chopper targeted; 355 dead in quakeSep 26, 2013 8:48 am - AWARAN, Pakistan — Two rockets fired by militants in Pakistan’s quake-struck region narrowly missed a government helicopter on Thursday as survivors complained that aid ...
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Dancing hot dog doesn’t pass muster in AlgonquinSep 26, 2013 8:30 am - What could be more entrepreneurial than trying to drum up some business by hiring a guy in a hot dog suit to dance in front of one’s fast-food business? Turns out Richie...
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Reports: Bad conditions linger at youth homesSep 26, 2013 8:16 am - SPRINGFIELD— A year after Illinois was sued and reached a settlement over inadequate conditions in its juvenile detention centers, two separate reports are detailing a n...
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Italian American Sports Hall of Fame honors 6Sep 26, 2013 8:15 am - Former National Hockey League great Eddie Olczyk is among six men being inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in Chicago. The Chicago native wh...
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Pearl City man collects telescopesSep 26, 2013 8:14 am - PEARL CITY — John Allseits of Pearl City said his passion to collect telescopes began when he was a teenager growing up in Chicago. The soft-spoken man said he used to b...
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3 charged with stealing from Chicago area ATMsSep 26, 2013 8:13 am - Three Chicago men who worked to repair ATMs are facing charges after federal investigators say they looted about $1.3 million from the cash-dispensing machines. The Chi...
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Illinois AG's office to review theft of chief's gunSep 26, 2013 8:00 am - CARBONDALE — A special prosecutor will examine the theft of a southern Illinois police chief's gun that that was used in a 2009 shooting death. The (Carbondale) Southern...
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EBay to buy Chicago-based payments company Braintree for $800MSep 26, 2013 8:00 am - PayPal parent eBay says it is buying online and mobile payments technology provider Braintree, based in Chicago, for $800 million in cash. Braintree's payments technolog...