All Stories from August 5, 2014 (Change date)
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Flooding causes major delays on Eisenhower ExpresswayAug 05, 2014 1:01 am - The rain has moved on but flooded areas continue in some areas in Cook County due to severe thunderstorms Monday evening. Traffic is moving again on Interstate 290 afte...
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Amtrak expands project that allows pets on trainsAug 05, 2014 1:01 am - Amtrak is making it easier for people to take their dogs and cats around Illinois. Amtrak and the Illinois Department of Transportation have announced they are adding t...
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Ukrainian troops edge closer to rebel cityAug 05, 2014 1:01 am - DONETSK, Ukraine - Ukrainian troops took control of a checkpoint Tuesday on the western edge of the pro-Russian rebel-held city of Donetsk as the government makes furthe...
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In Gaza war, violent death part of daily lifeAug 05, 2014 1:01 am - JEBALIYA CAMP, Gaza Strip - The airstrike that crushed the Najam family home in this refugee camp set in motion a grim but increasingly familiar process as the Gaza war ...
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Judge rules SIU owes $1.9M in back payAug 05, 2014 1:01 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. - Southern Illinois University officials bargained in bad faith with the Carbondale campus' unions during 2011 contract talks and owes 1,500 current and...
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Illinois opens insurance records to publicAug 05, 2014 1:01 am - Illinois for the first time is making public the official forms filed by insurance companies when they set the rates they'll charge consumers. Department of Insurance Di...
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Kansas Senate race headlines 4-state primary dayAug 05, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Incumbent lawmakers in Kansas, Michigan and Missouri sought to repel challenges from within their party as a busy month of primaries got underway Tuesday. V...
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$1M Powerball ticket sold in Granite CityAug 05, 2014 1:01 am - GRANITE CITY, Ill. - Illinois Lottery officials say a Powerball ticket worth $1 million was bought at a convenience store in Granite City in southwestern Illinois. The w...
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Arizona man pleads guilty in Wisconsin murderAug 05, 2014 1:01 am - SUPERIOR, Wis. - An Arizona man has pleaded guilty in a Wisconsin murder two weeks before a jury trial was scheduled to begin. Juan Padilla or Fort Mohave, Arizona, chan...
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Pope speaks in German to 50,000 Catholic kidsAug 05, 2014 1:01 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis brushed off his German on Tuesday to greet some 50,000 German-speaking young people on a pilgrimage to Rome. Francis followed the all-German ...