All Stories from August 8, 2014 (Change date)
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Chicago lawyer sent to prison for sexual assaultAug 08, 2014 1:01 am - A real estate attorney has been handed a six-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a Minnesota woman at a Chicago hotel. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Anthony Ber...
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Stocks buck turmoil weighing on global marketsAug 08, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - A burst of buying Friday in U.S. stocks defied slumps in other markets and offered hope for investors shaken by geopolitical turmoil. Major U.S. stock indexes...
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Mainstream GOP upbeat after sweeping tea partyAug 08, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Mainstream conservatives ran the table in Senate Republican primaries as tea party upstarts lost all six challenges to GOP incumbents, leaving the establish...
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Washington pot sales reach $3.8 millionAug 08, 2014 1:01 am - SEATTLE - During the first month of legal marijuana sales in Washington state, stores sold just under $3.8 million, which is expected to bring in more than $1 million in...
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Local family of SIU student who died sues CarbondaleAug 08, 2014 1:01 am - CARBONDALE - The Morton Grove family of a 19-year-old Southern Illinois University student found dead near the school has filed a lawsuit against Carbondale, its police ...
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35 years later, remains of Jonestown victims foundAug 08, 2014 1:01 am - DOVER, Del. - Thirty-five years ago, funeral directors in Delaware struggled to quickly bury and cremate the remains of more than 900 people who died in a suicide-murder...
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Illinois collects $1.4 billion in child supportAug 08, 2014 1:01 am - An Illinois agency says it has collected more than $1.4 billion in child support for the first time in state history. In a news release, the Illinois Department of Heal...
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Suburban motorcycle fatalities this summerAug 08, 2014 1:01 am - Sadly, this summer has seen its fair share of motorcycle fatalities in the suburbs or involving people from the suburbs. July 20: David Stoll of Fox Lake was killed afte...
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South Elgin animal shelter getting makeoverAug 08, 2014 1:01 am - New play groups for dogs, a new philosophy for animal adoptions and the first major renovation project in 40 years. It only took Beth Drake a couple of months to make he...
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Ebola outbreak is a public health emergencyAug 08, 2014 1:00 am - LONDON — The World Health Organization today declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to be an international public health emergency that requires an extraordinary res...