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Chief justice to retire from state Supreme CourtSep 12, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Anne M. Burke announced Monday she will retire from the bench effective Nov. 30. She has served on the state's high co...
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Renowned Chicago jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis has died, age 87Sep 12, 2022 1:00 am - CHICAGO - Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the ...
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Biden honors 9/11 victims, vows commitment to thwart terrorSep 11, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden marked the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, taking part in a somber wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon held under a st...
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9/11 terror attacks reverberate as US marks 21st anniversarySep 11, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with tear-choked tributes and pleas to 'œnever forget," 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. The ...
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Today in Sports History: Rose beats Cobb's hits recordSep 10, 2022 7:00 am - Sept. 11 1886 - The Mayflower defends the America's Cup by beating Britain's Galatea in two straight heats. 1937 - Don Budge beats Gottfried von Cramm in five sets to wi...
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This Date in Baseball; Rose becomes All-Time Hits LeaderSep 10, 2022 7:00 am - Sept. 11 1912 - Eddie Collins set a major league record with six stolen bases for the Philadelphia Athletics in a 9-7 win over the Detroit Tigers. Collins stole six more...
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5 things to watch in Bears-Niners season openerSep 10, 2022 5:00 am - The NFL season is here. The Bears and the 49ers will open the season Sunday at Soldier Field in Chicago. This will be the first game for new Bears head coach Matt Eberfl...
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Stroman struggles, Giants homer way past Cubs 5-2Sep 10, 2022 1:00 am - Joey Bart and David Villar each homered, doubled and drove in two runs, helping the San Francisco Giants top the Cubs 5-2 on Saturday to end a five-game losing streak. L...
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La Crosse virus is the second-most common virus in the US spread by mosquitoes '“ and can cause severe neurological damage in rare casesSep 09, 2022 7:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rebecca Trout Fryxell, University of Te...
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2 decades later, 9/11 self-professed mastermind awaits trialSep 09, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Hours before dawn on March 1, 2003, the U.S. scored its most thrilling victory yet against the plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks - the capture of a dishev...