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The White House said President Barack Obama could use an unusual evening war council session Monday to lock in his long-awaited decision on whether to commit tens of thousands of...
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Two people are dead and four others injured in a house fire near Bloomingdale, authorities said. The fire broke out Monday afternoon in the 24W600 block of Lawrence Avenue in...
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The NFL and its players union have approved independent doctors to evaluate head injuries for about half of the league's 32 teams as part of a new program. The NFL...
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Federal authorities unsealed charges Monday against eight new suspects in a long-running probe of young men who left the United States to fight in Somalia. Two law enforcement officials, speaking...
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Ten people including at least five current or former traffic court employees have been charged with taking part in a marriage-for-money scheme aimed at getting around immigration laws, prosecutors announced...
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For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry...
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A Massachusetts woman is seeking donations from fellow pet lovers to help pay for eye surgery for her turkey named Jerry. Lyndsey Medeiros and her husband adopted three-year-old Jerry and...
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Omar Vizquel is joining a team with a long history of Venezuelan shortstops, and that was part of the attraction in coming to the Chicago White Sox. The 42-year-old Vizquel...
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The body of a man that was pulled from Lake Michigan on Monday morning near Grant Park is that of a Springfield man. A morning jogger called 911 about 6:20...
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Sarah Palin brought her book-signing tour to North Carolina's Fort Bragg on Monday and hundreds greeted the former Republican vice presidential candidate in a campaign-like gathering. Palin's appearance tested Department...
