All Stories from July 2, 2014 (Change date)
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New VA secretary nominee not a health care expertJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - A onetime Army Ranger and former CEO of a Fortune 500 consumer products company, Robert McDonald may face his toughest challenge yet in fixing the huge, sca...
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Politics brings Romney back to New HampshireJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - BOSTON - He insists he's not running for president a third time, but Mitt Romney is campaigning again in New Hampshire. The former Republican presidential nominee is set...
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Gov't: Ruling backs nonprofits' birth control planJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to deny a request from evangelical Wheaton College that the government says w...
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A thumbs-up for NSA Internet spying on foreignersJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Endorsement of the NSA's Internet surveillance programs by a bipartisan privacy board deeply disappointed civil liberties activists Wednesday while providin...
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Chicago police: Shootings up, homicides downJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - The number of homicides in Chicago fell during the first half of the year compared with the same period last year, but the total number of people shot and the number of ...
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Hoffman H.S. band heard on Travel Channel showJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - The 2008 Hoffman Estates High School Symphonic Winds' performance of a John Philip Sousa march, "Foshay Tower," will be used as part of the soundtrack for a segment on t...
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Kane Co. to oppose gambling expansionJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - Kane County officials will lobby against gambling expansion in Illinois as they redirect a portion of the gambling proceeds the county receives for capital projects. Th...
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Doctors: 12-year-old Wis. stabbing suspect incompetent to stand trialJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - WAUKESHA, Wis. - Doctors have found one of two 12-year-old girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please a fictional online horror character mentally incompetent to st...
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State land purchase expands popular hunt areaJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - A state-funded land purchase has expanded a popular hunting area in northwestern Illinois. Sauk Valley Media reports 275 acres are being added to the Big Bend State Fis...
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Tri-State Tollway overpass in Gurnee named for Medal of Honor recipientJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - Tri-State Tollway travelers will be reminded for generations to come of the heroic acts of a Gurnee man who received the Medal of Honor. The Illinois State Toll Highway ...