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Bill would spend $300M on Great Lakes restorationJan 15, 2014 5:00 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A spending bill crafted by congressional leaders would allocate $300 million to a Great Lakes cleanup that had been threatened with a massive cut ...
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Drew Peterson’s lawyer sends in appealJan 13, 2014 5:39 pm - Drew Peterson’s lawyer argues in an appeal mailed Monday to a regional appellate court that a judge and a defense attorney made critical errors during the trial that end...
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Kirk, mayors oppose Asian carp proposalJan 12, 2014 1:00 pm - U.S. Sen Mark Kirk and a host of local mayors are opposing a proposal to fight the spread of Asian carp. The Army Corps of Engineers recently released report suggested t...
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Maywood man gets life sentence for aunt’s beating deathJan 09, 2014 1:07 pm - A Maywood man has been sentenced to life in prison for the beating death of his elderly aunt. The Cook County state’s attorney’s office says 56-year-old David Brown of M...
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Ind. Supreme Court to hear foul ball injury caseJan 08, 2014 6:25 am - The Indiana Supreme Court is taking up the case of a woman who wants to sue a minor-league baseball team over injuries she suffered when a foul ball struck her during a ...
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Chicago-bound Amtrak train stuck in IndianapolisJan 07, 2014 10:07 am - A Chicago-bound Amtrak train has been stuck in Indianapolis for more than a day because tracks are closed thanks to heavy, blowing snow. An Amtrak spokesman says about 1...
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5 things to know about widespread chillJan 07, 2014 7:43 am - Much of the country continued to grapple Tuesday with a historic freeze that shuttered schools and businesses at the start of the first full workweek of 2014. Flights, t...
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Polar freeze settles over US South, EastJan 07, 2014 7:43 am - ATLANTA — Brutal, record-breaking cold descended on the East and South, sending the mercury plummeting Tuesday into the single digits and teens from Boston and New York ...
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Report doesn't resolve debate over Great LakesJan 06, 2014 10:00 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- The debate over how to protect the Great Lakes from voracious Asian carp appeared no closer to settlement Tuesday following release of a federal ...
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Southern Indiana house fire kills 3 childrenJan 04, 2014 9:48 am - Associated Press NEW ALBANY, Ind. — Southern Indiana authorities say three children have died in an early morning house fire in the Ohio River city of New Albany. Floyd ...