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A Navy Reservist from Freeport in northwestern Illinois has died in a noncombat vehicle crash in Kuwait.
Navy Reserve officials say 37-year-old Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian Patton died in...
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Democrats have hit the magic number of 60 to move ahead on historic health care legislation. Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln said on the Senate floor that she will vote with...
1 hour 30 minutes ago
Funeral services are underway for Chicago Board of Education President Michael Scott.
Visitation and a private service are being held Saturday at Holy Family Church in Chicago. A public memorial...
1 hour 31 minutes ago
The debate between skeptics and supporters of global warming has heated up recently as hackers managed to get a hold of e-mail correspondences between some of the world's leading scientists...
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Gov. Pat Quinn promises action soon on a measure that would establish Illinois' first limits on campaign donations.
Quinn said he would take action likely after Thanksgiving on a bill...
1 hour 47 minutes ago
A building on the Southwest Side was evacuated Saturday morning because of an ammonia leak. An ammonia leak was reported about 11 a.m. at 4500 W. Ann Lurie Place (42nd...
1 hour 55 minutes ago
A Harvey man was killed and two others were injured, one critically, in an eight-vehicle crash Friday night in south suburban Monee Friday. Gustavo Cristobal Murillo, 23, of Harvey, was...
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A man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was found guilty in what prosecutors said was a case of scaring a 79-year-old North Carolina grandmother...
Nov. 21, 2009, 11:15 a.m. Central
Vampires and werewolves have vanquished a dark knight. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" took in $72.7 million in its first day to break the single day domestic box office record...
Nov. 21, 2009, 11:09 a.m. Central
A Minnesota man has been charged with possession of more than 900 grams of heroin after his sport-utility vehicle crashed into an Edgewater garage Nov. 14 on the North Side,...
