All Stories from June 18, 2014 (Change date)
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Smithsonian creates first 3D portrait of a presidentJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - A team at the Smithsonian Institution has scanned President Barack Obama's head to create the first 3D portrait of a sitting president. Digital imaging spe...
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Lawsuit alleges overbilling by hospitalist companyJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - Federal prosecutors have filed a civil lawsuit in Chicago claiming a California-based company systematically overbilled Medicare and other government programs for hospit...
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Lawmakers press GM on report's findingsJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - House members questioned whether the culture at General Motors could truly change, and whether the dismissal of 15 employees was enough, as they grilled CEO...
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Bartlett police launching traffic enforcement campaignJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - Bartlett police will spend extra patrol hours in the days before and after the Fourth of July to check for traffic and intoxicated driving infractions. Bartlett's "Drive...
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Dist. 59 employee leads book drive to help studentsJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - Cindy Czarnik, second-grade teacher assistant at Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59's Robert Frost School in Mount Prospect, wanted to insure Frost second grade s...
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SIU chancellor hired as president of Northern Arizona UniversityJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - The Arizona Board of Regents has approved the selection of Rita Cheng as president of Northern Arizona University. The vote came during a special boar...
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U.S. shifts focus away from Iraq airstrikesJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has shifted his focus away from airstrikes in Iraq as an imminent option for slowing a fast-moving Islamic insurgency, in part becaus...
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Defrocked Methodist pastor appealing punishmentJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - Frank Schaefer lost his job but not his voice. Defrocked by the United Methodist Church six months ago for officiating his son's same-sex wedding, Schaefer has gained a ...
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Duckworth to Congress: Buy stampsJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth wants members of Congress to lose their ability to send mass mailings from their offices with just a signature - no stamp needed. Federal lawma...
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First U.S. executions since botched lethal injectionJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - ST. LOUIS - Within an hour, Georgia, then Missouri carried out the nation's first executions since a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma in April raised new concerns ab...