All Stories from October 8, 2019 (Change date)
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What Metra's $2.5 billion capital plan means for youOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - A comfy resting spot, an on-time train and somewhere to keep warm in winter? For Metra riders with low expectations it might sound too good to be true, but agency leader...
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Add clean jobs bill to actions for environmentOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - We recycle paper, plastic and glass. We avoid idling the car engine when waiting to pick up the kids at school. Maybe we even walk to school or to do our local errands. ...
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AP Top TenOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - Football AP Top Ten Here are the latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sports writers: Class 8A...
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Feder: ESPN 1000 imports new boss from BostonOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - Although he's spent the last decade as program director of a sports/talk station in Boston, the new boss of ESPN Radio WMVP 1000-AM considers himself “a lifelong Chicago...
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The cruelty of U.S. economic sanctionsOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - A secret State Department memo in 1960 proposed making life so miserable for the Cuban people they would overthrow the new Castro government. It advocated "a line of act...
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DuPage County Board delays discussion about recorder's office after mix-upOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - Debate on a plan to have voters decide the future of the DuPage County Recorder's office has been postponed until next month because of an administrative mix-up. County ...
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Senators warn of foreign social media meddling in US voteOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is recommending the Trump administration form an interagency task force to monitor the use of social media platforms by foreign gover...
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Prosecutors reveal breadth of evidence in Burke caseOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - Federal prosecutors said they have turned over 40,000 pages of evidence to attorneys for Alderman Edward M. Burke and his co-defendants, as well as 100 "media discs," re...
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Children's YouTube star Blippi coming to Rosemont TheatreOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - Children's YouTube sensation Blippi will perform two shows at the Rosemont Theatre on Feb. 22, as part of his first tour across North America. Blippi Live! is set to bri...
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Transfers are an epidemic in high school football. Is there anything that needs to be done?Oct 08, 2019 1:00 am - Has the transfer issue ever been worse than it is right now? This week's Eyes on Five looks at an epidemic and how the word “transfer” — synonymous with football itself ...