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Americans warier of US government surveillance: AP-NORC pollSep 07, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - As the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks approaches, Americans increasingly balk at intrusive government surveillance in the na...
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Man who fled in Poland in '95 convicted in Illinois crashSep 07, 2021 7:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - A man who fled to Poland in 1995 after being accused of a fatal drunken driving crash in Illinois has been convicted of reckless homicide. Marek Jo...
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On TV, 9/11 was last huge story for '~Big 3' network anchorsSep 07, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - 'œTurn on your television.'ť Those words were repeated in millions of homes on Sept. 11, 2001. Friends and relatives took to the telephone: Something awf...
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Two decades after 9/11, Muslim Americans still fighting biasSep 07, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A car passed, the driver's window rolled down and the man spat an epithet at two little girls wearing their hijabs: 'œTerrorist!'ť It was 2001, mere wee...
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Police say pedestrian hit by car, found dead in cemeterySep 07, 2021 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Police discovered a man's body in a cemetery, apparently the victim of a car-pedestrian crash in northern Indiana. Investigators believe Joshua R...
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Indiana allocates more than $19 million to school safetySep 07, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Secured School Safety Board has approved more than $19 million in state grants, marking a third consecutive year the General Assembly has...
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House to return to Springfield on Thursday for further energy negotiationsSep 07, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House is scheduled to return to Springfield Thursday to try again at passing an elusive energy regulation overhaul days after the governor's o...
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Former U.S. Sen. Adlai Stevenson III carried on Lake County family's tradition of politicsSep 07, 2021 1:00 am - He came within nearly 5,000 votes of being governor of Illinois. But four years later, he bolted the Democratic ticket to run as a third-party candidate after voters sad...
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4-year-old among 5 fatal Chicago weekend shootings; 53 hurtSep 06, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 4-year-old boy from Alabama, who died Sunday after he was struck by stray gunfire inside a west-side Chicago home, was one of five people killed by gun ...
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How 9/11 changed air travel: more security, less privacySep 06, 2021 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Ask anyone old enough to remember travel before Sept. 11, 2001, and you're likely to get a gauzy recollection of what flying was like. There was security ...