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Urbana opens sculpture project 22 years in makingOct 13, 2012 9:00 am - URBANA — Chicago artist John David Mooney has been planning and raising money to build a sculpture park for a patch of land in front of Urbana's City Hall for more than...
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Tentative deal reached in Evergreen Park strikeOct 12, 2012 7:21 pm - Students could be back in school next week in South suburban Evergreen Park after negotiators reached a tentative deal to end a teachers strike. The strike has left abou...
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Parolee held in attack on doctor and wifeOct 12, 2012 4:50 pm - Kankakee police say they are holding a suspect in the stabbing death of an 81-year-old doctor and the wounding of his wife. Dr. James Goldenstein was found dead early Fr...
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Judge delays Drew Peterson’s sentencing until 2013Oct 12, 2012 4:47 pm - A judge has delayed Drew Peterson’s sentencing until the new year. The former Bolingbrook police sergeant convicted in the drowning death of his third wife was scheduled...
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Illinois' child welfare agency cancels layoffsOct 12, 2012 12:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services canceled plans to lay off 375 employees after state lawmakers signaled they were willing to restore...
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Minn. lawsuit may be 1st from meningitis outbreakOct 12, 2012 9:33 am - MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota woman who may have received tainted steroid injections blamed for the nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis sued the drug seller on Thursday...
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Judge to sentence Ind. doctor who hid for 5 yearsOct 12, 2012 9:11 am - A federal judge is scheduled to decide how long a former Indiana surgeon captured in Italy after five years on the run will spend in prison after pleading guilty to 22 c...
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Parent tackles teen with fake gun at Ind. schoolOct 12, 2012 7:43 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Police say a parent tackled a teenager after he pulled out what appeared to be a handgun at an Evansville high school. Police say the 16-year-old’s we...
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IndianaI-74 section reopens day after tanker crashOct 12, 2012 7:41 am - FAIRLAND, Ind. — Highway crews worked through the night to replace pavement on Interstate 74 in central Indiana after a tanker carrying diesel fuel crashed and burned. T...
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Drew Peterson pays respects to late motherOct 11, 2012 7:00 pm - Convicted murder Drew Peterson was allowed to attend a private visitation at a suburban funeral home for his 84-year-old mother, who died earlier this week. In shackles ...