All Stories from January 16, 2014 (Change date)
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Bribery trial delayed for Chicago DemocratJan 16, 2014 2:50 pm - A Chicago federal judge has delayed the bribery trial of state Rep. Derrick Smith after prosecutors said they needed time to locate phone records. The matter arose at a...
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Easy to account for Kruse’s basketball focusJan 16, 2014 2:49 pm - When Brad Kruse is tested in a gym, he usually passes with flying colors. The self-described “gym rat” has been a double-figure scorer for Lake Zurich for the last two y...
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Softball record set in eastern IllinoisJan 16, 2014 2:48 pm - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Talk about a fly ball. A Champaign man has set the new Guinness World Records Book mark for catching a softball from the greatest height. The (Champai...
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Landfill to help pay medical bills after leakJan 16, 2014 2:48 pm - SYCAMORE, Ill. — Waste Management landfill officials say they’ll help pay medical bills after an odor from their landfill sickened more than 60 students, teachers and st...
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Legislation would create animal abuser directoryJan 16, 2014 2:48 pm - SPRINGFIELD — An Illinois lawmaker has introduced legislation that’d create a list of people who’ve been convicted of animal cruelty charges. The Springfield bureau of L...
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Quinn creates Illinois health innovation officeJan 16, 2014 2:47 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn has created a new state office to oversee changes in health care, including efforts to expand the workforce and restructure services for people with disab...
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Tips for preventing carbon monoxide poisoningJan 16, 2014 2:37 pm - Carbon monoxide poisoning, like the case that occurred Thursday in an Oak Brook home, usually occurs slowly over a period of several hours, experts say, but at very high...
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Russell Johnson, ‘Gilligan’ professor, dead at 89Jan 16, 2014 2:24 pm - NEW YORK — The actor who played “The Professor” on “Gilligan’s Island,” Russell Johnson, has died. His agent, Mike Eisenstadt, says Johnson died Thursday morning at his ...
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Mayor says Wheaton made great progress in 2013Jan 16, 2014 2:19 pm - There’s one word Wheaton Mayor Michael Gresk says he can use to describe the city’s past year: Progress. “As we look back at the past year in Wheaton and the progress ma...
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Police: 3 of 5 Elgin shooting victims out of hospitalJan 16, 2014 2:00 pm - Three of the five victims of a shooting early Sunday near downtown Elgin have been released from the hospital, police said. Elgin police continues to investigate the sho...