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Illinois to try Washington man for cold-case rapeOct 11, 2011 11:00 pm - SYCAMORE — Northern Illinois prosecutors say they'll try a Washington man for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in the 1960s before they try him for the 1957 killin...
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Great Lakes harbor cleanups plannedOct 11, 2011 11:00 pm - DETROIT — Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson says the Obama administration will target nine polluted harbors for accelerated cleanups under a program to ...
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Wis. woman accused of abduction, cutting out fetusOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - MILWAUKEE — A woman who faked a pregnancy and panicked as her supposed due date grew near attacked a pregnant mother with a baseball bat and cut her full-term fetus from...
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Hundreds mourn Indiana soldier killed in AfghanistanOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - CHESTERTON, Ind. — Hundreds of people filed into a northwestern Indiana church to say goodbye and thank you to a soldier killed by a bombing in Afghanistan. The drive le...
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3 Ill. teens charged in deaths of friend's parentsOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - Authorities have charged three teens with first-degree murder in the deaths of a suburban Chicago couple whose son is already facing charges in his parents' deaths. Cook...
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Money to restore Great Lakes still flows — for nowOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - DETROIT — At a time when many government programs are fighting for survival, there’s one place the money is still flowing for now: the Great Lakes. In the past two years...
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Hispanic leaders want seat on health review boardOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - Some members of Illinois' Hispanic community say it's time they have a seat on the state board that approves health facilities and services. Juan Rangel is CEO of the Un...
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Northwestern expands outpatient liver clinicOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - MOLINE -- Residents of the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa will now have more access to outpatient liver clinic services. Northwestern Memorial Hospital has further ex...
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Police: Suspect killed 5 in Indiana drug disputeOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — State police say a rural Indiana man fatally shot five people in a dispute over a drug deal. In a probable cause affidavit, police say they believe David...
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Police say teens plotted Palos Park murders for monthsOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - A Southwest suburban teen accused of killing his parents plotted with his friends for months before they went into the couple's bedroom, pummeled them with baseball bats...