All Stories from June 19, 2014 (Change date)
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Former Grant High teacher pleads guilty to sex abuse of studentJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - A former Grant Community High School teacher avoided jail time Thursday by pleading guilty to one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse for having an inappropriate r...
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Chicago, AFSCME reach tentative 5-year contractJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - The city of Chicago and the state's largest public employees union have agreed on a tentative five-year contract. No details on the deal were released by either the city...
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Man pleads guilty but mentally ill in bizarre Gurnee stabbing attackJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - A Waukegan man pleaded guilty but mentally ill to charges he stabbed and killed one man and wounded another during a bizarre car trip through Gurnee in 2011. Zervont Th...
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Bears cut Israel IdonijeJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - The Bears terminated defensive lineman Israel Idonije's contract Thursday. The Bears also signed undrafted free-agent defensive end Jamil Merrell and linebacker Conor O'...
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Gauge of U.S. economy gains 0.5 percent in MayJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - A gauge designed to predict the economy's future health increased for a fourth month in May, providing further evidence that the economy is gaining strength...
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Iraq crisis stirs fears Afghanistan could be nextJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The deteriorating situation in Iraq is giving Congress pause about President Barack Obama's plan to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2016...
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Report details immigrants' health insurance hurdlesJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - A poorly designed federal system prevented perhaps thousands of immigrants from enrolling in coverage under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, according to a...
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Habitat wraps third post-tornado home in GiffordJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - GIFFORD, Ill. - Habitat For Humanity plans to dedicate the last of three homes it has built in an eastern Illinois town hit hard by a tornado last November. Habitat said...
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The Mix to perform in Hoffman EstatesJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - The Hoffman Estates Arts Commission and Hoffman Estates Park District will welcome the versatile band The Mix to the Virginia Mary Hayter Village Green at 7 p.m. Thursda...
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Digital downloads help Naperville library circulation growJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - Naperville Public Library didn't have a record year in terms of total circulation, but it did hit a mark officials call "kind of a big deal," with patrons checking out m...