All Stories from September 6, 2017 (Change date)
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Legislature hears pros, cons on marijuana legalizationSep 06, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Law enforcement officials and drug-policy experts took sharply differing stands Wednesday on whether Illinois should legalize general use of mar...
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Investigation underway in possible explosion at post officeSep 06, 2017 7:00 am - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) - Authorities in East Chicago, Indiana say two pipe bombs have been found at a post office following a possible explosion. Fire Chief Anthony Ser...
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Top senator sees both parties blamed if no health compromiseSep 06, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Both parties must give ground to craft a compromise bill shoring up the nation's individual health insurance markets or they'll be blamed for hurting m...
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Zendaya to receive Gamechanger Award from GLSENSep 06, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network is calling Zendaya a game-changer. The organization known as GLSEN says it will recognize the 21-year-...
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IOC can't escape Rio; top organizer Nuzman held in dawn raidSep 06, 2017 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The International Olympic Committee just can't get away from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The IOC is ready to put a rubber-stamp approval this mont...
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Fed Vice Chairman Fischer to resign for 'personal reasons'Sep 06, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer will resign next month for personal reasons, leaving a fourth vacancy on the seven-member Fed governing b...
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3 scientists, Planned Parenthood win Lasker medical prizesSep 06, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Two scientists who paved the way for widely used vaccines and another who discovered key players in cell growth have been awarded prestigious medical res...
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Sheriff: Prisoners who once went to state creating problemsSep 06, 2017 7:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) - A sheriff says jail disturbances like one that injured three officers have become more common now that counties are housing prisoners that formerly...
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Nissan adds range to cheaper Leaf, but new drivers are keySep 06, 2017 7:00 am - CHIBA, Japan (AP) - Nissan's new Leaf electric car will go farther on a charge and has a new type of drive technology and the possibility of single-pedal driving. It wil...
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Survey: White Christians are now a minority of US populationSep 06, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The share of Americans who identify as white and Christian has dropped below 50 percent, a transformation fueled by immigration and by growing numbers of...