All Stories from December 20, 2013 (Change date)
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Feds begin killing barred owls to help spotted owlDec 20, 2013 3:41 pm - GRANTS PASS, Ore. — An experiment to see if killing invasive barred owls will help the threatened northern spotted owl reverse its decline toward extinction is underway ...
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Indiana soldier appears as Santa, surprises momDec 20, 2013 3:38 pm - BRUSHY PRAIRIE, Ind. — A northeastern Indiana soldier surprised his mother Friday with an early return home, masquerading as Santa Claus while she sat on his lap at a sc...
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Reagan shooter granted more time outside hospitalDec 20, 2013 3:33 pm - WASHINGTON — The man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan will get to spend more time outside a mental hospital where he has been confined for most of th...
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Congress OKs new IRS chief, ends turbulent yearDec 20, 2013 3:28 pm - WASHINGTON — A cross Congress ended its business for the year Friday as the Senate approved a new boss for the troubled Internal Revenue Service but remained slowed and ...
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Cook County GOP to make rare endorsement for governor SaturdayDec 20, 2013 3:26 pm - The Cook County Republican Party is making its first endorsement in a gubernatorial primary in at least 25 years, calling it a show of cohesion that could boost voter tu...
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Quinn visiting wounded service membersDec 20, 2013 3:13 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn is heading to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to deliver holiday cards to wounded armed service members from Illinois. Visiting the troops d...
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Man charged in knifing that blinded Chicago womanDec 20, 2013 3:13 pm - A suspect has been charged in a knife attack that left a young Chicago woman blind in both eyes. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that 23-year-old Basil Mohandie was charg...
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Highland Park sued over assault weapons banDec 20, 2013 3:12 pm - A gun rights group has filed its first lawsuit against one of the Illinois communities that rushed to pass an assault weapons ban before a state law allowed people to ca...
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Inmates tearing down vacant buildingsDec 20, 2013 3:12 pm - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says boot camp inmates will tear down abandoned buildings in areas hit hard by foreclosures. Dart said Friday that more than 100 people serv...
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Stephani’s 39 points lead the wayDec 20, 2013 3:09 pm - Mid-Suburban League boys basketball victories aren’t easy to come by. Even with Jeremy Stephani’s 39-point effort, Wheeling had to endure the final agonizing seconds as ...