All Stories from October 18, 2013 (Change date)
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Saudi Arabia rejects seat on UN Security CouncilOct 18, 2013 8:31 am - RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia on Friday rejected its freshly acquired seat on the U.N. Security Council, saying the 15-member body is incapable of resolving world ...
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No injuries reported in Lake in the Hills blazeOct 18, 2013 8:16 am - No one was injured but three families were displaced following an apartment fire in the 1300 block of Cunat Road in Lake in the Hills late Thursday evening. Firefighter...
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Google stock crosses $1,000 mark after earningsOct 18, 2013 8:00 am - Strong third-quarter results have sent Google shares past the $1,000 mark for the first time. Shortly after the markets opened Friday, Google Inc. shares jumped more tha...
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No safe bets for Obama despite toned-down agendaOct 18, 2013 8:00 am - WASHINGTON — Regrouping after a feud with Congress stalled his agenda, President Barack Obama is laying down a three-item to-do list for Congress that seems meager when ...
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Illinois suspends funding of charter school groupOct 18, 2013 7:08 am - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has again suspended state funding to the United Neighborhood Organization, the state’s biggest charter-school operator. Quinn spokeswoman Sandra ...
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Illinois man loses foot in farm accidentOct 18, 2013 7:06 am - DIETERICH — A southern Illinois farmer says he’s doing OK after a farming accident that severed one of his feet. Kent Elmore of Dieterich said he was injured Wednesday a...
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Illinois Historic sites offer writing workshopsOct 18, 2013 7:05 am - Two Illinois historic sites are hosting workshops for aspiring writers. Springfield’s Dana-Thomas House and Vachel Lindsay Home will feature a total of five two-hour fic...
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Lincoln Home reopens in Springfield after shutdownOct 18, 2013 7:04 am - SPRINGFIELD — Employees at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield say it was business as usual after the end of the partial federal government shutdown. ...
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Chicago man gets life plus 75 years for 3 murdersOct 18, 2013 7:01 am - A Cook County judge has sentenced a Chicago man to life in prison plus 75 years for a triple murder in 2008. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s office says 34-year-old V...
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Report: Illinois hospitals lower infections, fallsOct 18, 2013 7:00 am - The Illinois Hospital Association has issued a report on efforts to improve care by reducing the number of patients who get infections in the hospital and other conditio...