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Buyer lined up for James R. Thompson CenterDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Plans are moving ahead for the sale of the James R. Thompson Center at 100 W. Randolph St. in Chicago. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced on Wednesday plans to e...
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Watch the magic unfold during various Chicago-area performances of 'The Nutcracker'Dec 14, 2021 10:00 pm - Watch the magic unfold during various Chicago-area performances of 'The Nutcracker'
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Zoo's 3 surviving penguins improve after deaths of 6 othersDec 14, 2021 6:00 am - LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - A northwest Indiana zoo's three surviving penguins are gaining weight and improving weeks after avian malaria killed the zoo's six other penguins,...
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All Indiana counties getting part of $500M regional grantsDec 14, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - All 92 Indiana counties will get a piece of the $500 million in regional development grants being handed out by state officials, an economic developm...
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State agency aiding SW Indiana county amid syphilis outbreakDec 14, 2021 6:00 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Health officials in a southwestern Indiana county have turned to the state for help as they battle a worsening syphilis outbreak that began last ...
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AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. ESTDec 14, 2021 6:00 am - One year of vaccines: Many lives saved, many needlessly lost One year ago, the biggest vaccination drive in American history began with a flush of excitement in an other...
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Indiana COVID-19 hospitalizations highest in nearly a yearDec 14, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's COVID-19 hospitalizations have topped 3,000 people for the first time in nearly a year amid the state's ongoing infection surge. Indiana ho...
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Former state legislator admits to tax evasionDec 14, 2021 12:00 am - Former state Rep. Edward "Eddie" Acevedo pleaded guilty to tax evasion Tuesday, having been caught up in the yearslong federal investigation revolving around former Hous...
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New law provides midwives with a path to state licenseDec 14, 2021 12:00 am - Colleen Marotta has delivered hundreds of babies. Marotta, 43, of Arlington Heights, became a nurse in 2001. Ten years later, she became a certified professional midwife...
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Lawmakers concerned about plan to increase frequency of standardized testsDec 14, 2021 12:00 am - Thirty-seven Illinois state lawmakers are asking the state education board to apply due diligence before voting on a new, multimillion-dollar standardized testing system...