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Illegal to pump your own gas? New bill would create gas station attendant jobsFeb 11, 2020 12:00 am - Remember the days before self-serve when a station attendant would pump gas for you? According to a report on WBBM Newsradio, state Rep. Camille Lilly, a Democrat from C...
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Missouri man wounds girlfriend, kills her teen daughterFeb 10, 2020 6:00 am - GLASGOW VILLAGE, Mo. (AP) - A St. Louis area man has been charged with wounding his girlfriend and fatally shooting her 17-year-old daughter before fleeing the scene wit...
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Traveling Smithsonian exhibit on display in Elkhart CountyFeb 10, 2020 6:00 am - BRISTOL, Ind. (AP) - A traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibit on life in rural America will be on display at northern Indiana's Elkhart County Historical Museum until...
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Cellphone ban, pregnancy accommodations face Indiana debatesFeb 10, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana lawmakers returned Monday to the Statehouse after deadlines last week on advancing bills for action during the last half of this year's legis...
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Western Illinois University to offer cannabis-growing minorFeb 10, 2020 6:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - The art of growing cannabis will become a minor subject at Western Illinois University in the fall, school officials announced Monday. The universi...
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Relatives of teens slain in 2017 plan memorial food driveFeb 10, 2020 6:00 am - DELPHI, Ind. (AP) - Relatives of two teenage girls slain in northern Indiana in 2017 are holding a food drive and a pet supply donation drive to mark the three-year anni...
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AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. ESTFeb 10, 2020 6:00 am - British traveler with the new virus may have exposed dozens LONDON (AP) - A middle-aged businessman from England who vacationed in the Alps has illustrated how the ease ...
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Police: 9 homicides in Chicago's deadliest weekend of yearFeb 10, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago recorded nine homicides between 6 p.m. Friday and midnight Sunday, a weekend police said was the deadliest of the year for a city that has seen th...
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Ex-Chicago officer gets 10 years for fatal off-duty shootingFeb 10, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A former Chicago police officer convicted of murder for fatally shooting an unarmed man in 2017 was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison. Lowell Houser,...
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Tollway director has hired 9 Chicago Housing Authority alums. That concerns some lawmakers.Feb 10, 2020 4:00 am - The tally of former Chicago Housing Authority employees in positions paying $85,000 to $195,000 at the Illinois tollway is growing, and that concerns some lawmakers give...