All Stories from November 23, 2015 (Change date)
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Wisconsin AD: 'Never acceptable' to throw items from standsNov 23, 2015 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez says it is never acceptable to throw items from the stands at Camp Randall Stadium. Alvarez made the comme...
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Man in jail more than 2 years on gun charges releasedNov 23, 2015 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A man who spent more than two years in jail on gun charges in Champaign County has been released after a judge says that the state didn't bring him t...
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Fed Chair Yellen defends Fed's low-rate policiesNov 23, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says while many savers have been frustrated by years of low interest rates, the rock-bottom rates were needed to boo...
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Blast at Japan's Yasukuni shrine for war dead; no injuriesNov 23, 2015 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - An explosion Monday damaged a public restroom at a controversial shrine in Tokyo that honors Japanese war dead, with police suspecting foul play. No one was...
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Syrian troops seize territory from IS in central provinceNov 23, 2015 6:00 am - DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes captured areas from the Islamic State group in the central province of Homs on Monday, in the latest pu...
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Box Office Top 20: Final 'Hunger Games' movie opens on topNov 23, 2015 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2," the final film in the highly successful franchise, easily topped the box office in its first weekend in theat...
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DeKalb City Council to consider pay raises for its membersNov 23, 2015 6:00 am - DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - The DeKalb City Council is debating whether its members should get a pay raise. The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/1jeMTbA ) Alderma...
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Chicago Bears waive backup quarterback ClausenNov 23, 2015 6:00 am - LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - The Chicago Bears have waived quarterback Jimmy Clausen and elevated David Fales from the practice squad to back up Jay Cutler. Clausen made two...
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US Steel temporarily idling Granite City worksNov 23, 2015 6:00 am - GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) - U.S. Steel will temporarily idle its Granite City Works steelmaking and finishing operations, putting about 2,000 workers off the job indefinit...
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Stuck waiting: ground delays at US airports on the riseNov 23, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - On a recent morning, Delta Air Lines Flight 435 pushed back early from the gate at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. Passengers watched t...