All Stories from May 14, 2014 (Change date)
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Metra hires new chief to reform its police forceMay 14, 2014 1:01 am - Metra has hired a new police chief to overhaul the force that's in charge of protecting the nation's second-largest commuter rail agency. Metra announced Monday it had c...
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Lawmakers advance plan to ease DUI penaltiesMay 14, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Drunken driving offenders stripped of their driver's licenses could hit the road again if a proposal - supported by a prominent anti-drunken driving organi...
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A look at allegations of cover-ups at VA hospitalsMay 14, 2014 1:01 am - PHOENIX - A team of federal investigators swept into Phoenix last month amid allegations of a disturbing cover-up at the veterans hospital. Their goal: to unravel the tr...
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After husband's tragic death, widow takes on PTSDMay 14, 2014 1:01 am - BURLINGTON, Vt. - Amy Miner says the last night of her husband's life got off to an amazing start. Kryn Miner and his wife attended a wedding in April in Vermont with tw...
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East St. Louis stumps for high-speed rail stationMay 14, 2014 1:01 am - East St. Louis' mayor and the area's clergy are making a pitch for an Amtrak station for the city as part of efforts to develop a high-speed Amtrak route between Chicago...
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Illinois health official: MERS risk extremely lowMay 14, 2014 1:01 am - Illinois health officials say they're on the lookout for any new cases of a rare virus from the Middle East. But so far there's been no spread of the illness related to...
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List of fatal mine disasters in recent yearsMay 14, 2014 1:01 am - A list of some recent fatal mine disasters around the world: • 2013: 83 workers are buried by a massive landslide at a gold mining site in a mountainous area of Tibet, e...
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Baseball / Lake County roundupMay 14, 2014 1:01 am - Ryan Noda punctuated the Grant baseball team's 20th win of the season by belting a grand slam, as the Bulldogs defeated visiting Antioch 13-3 in North Suburban Prairie D...
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9/11 museum offers sights and sounds of tragedyMay 14, 2014 1:01 am - By turns chilling and heartbreaking, a place of both deathly silence and distressing sounds, the National September 11 Memorial Museum opens this week deep beneath groun...
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Food bank announces new CEOMay 14, 2014 1:01 am - Northern Illinois Food Bank Wednesday announced it has picked a new chief executive officer and president. Julie Yurko, 45, will take over for Pete Schaefer, who ann...