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'Mean Girls' composer promises song-filled, dance-filled showDec 20, 2019 5:00 am - When the hit sitcom “30 Rock” ended its seven-year NBC run in 2013, creator/writer/star Tina Fey and her composer/arranger/director husband, Jeff Richmond, had time to p...
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Track road conditions statewideDec 20, 2019 12:00 am - Travelers can visit and bookmark GettingAroundIllinois.com for continually updated information on road conditions throughout the state. Available on your computer and op...
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Chicago Police Officer Lowell Houser found guilty of second-degree murderDec 19, 2019 10:00 pm - A Cook County judge Friday found veteran Chicago Police Officer Lowell Houser guilty of second-degree murder in the 2017 off-duty shooting of 37-year-old Jose Nieves. Ju...
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Man gets 3 years for firing shots into busy Indiana WalmartDec 19, 2019 6:00 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A man who claimed he was acting in self-defense when he fired shots into a busy northwestern Indiana Walmart store has been sentenced to three y...
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Finding opportunity in crisis: 3 essential reads about environmental solutionsDec 19, 2019 6:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation (THE C...
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New charges filed against woman in Newton County slayingDec 19, 2019 6:00 am - KENTLAND, Ind. (AP) - New charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder have been filed against a woman in the slaying of a woman in northwestern Indiana. Ashley Gar...
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Don't let your vote get stolen '“ 5 essential reads about disinformation in 2020Dec 19, 2019 6:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jeff Inglis, The Conversation (THE CONV...
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Conviction dropped; Chicago man free after nearly 30 yearsDec 19, 2019 6:00 am - DIXON, Ill. (AP) - A Chicago man who claimed he was tortured into confessing to a 1990 murder was released from prison Thursday after a judge threw out his conviction. '...
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State approves budget for library system census grantDec 18, 2019 10:00 pm - The Pritzker Administration and the Illinois Department of Human Services awarded the Reaching Across Illinois Library System with a $750,000 grant to encourage full par...
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Storage unit full of toys, Christmas decorations towed from South Side anti-violence groupDec 18, 2019 10:00 pm - A storage container full of supplies for a South Side anti-violence organization's Christmas party that was towed away from Gresham and impounded Tuesday has been return...