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Associated Press Marina Towers loom Saturday in the background of a green Chicago River. Boats ride back-and-forth on the river between Wabash and Columbus Avenues, dropping dye into the river in celebration of St. Patrick's Day.
Irish premier celebrates St. Pat’s in Chicago
CHICAGO — Chicago dyed its river green, bagpipes sounded on New York’s 5th Avenue, and in Georgia, crowds waited for 30 minutes to buy beer for breakfast before watching Savannah’s 188-year-old St....
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Kentucky woman summits 23,000-foot Mount Aconcagua
FORT WRIGHT — Ginger Gray set a high goal for herself — then made it to the top. Gray, the food services director for the Kenton County School District, reached the top of Mount Aconcagua in Arg...
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Kidney donor visits recipient’s school
JACKSON, Tenn. — Before Jacquilyn Shaw received a healthy kidney through organ donation, she couldn’t drink milk. Or eat chicken nuggets. Or take a bath. Now, a few weeks after surgery she can eat ...
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Volunteers convert warehouse to elementary school in 10 days
WEST LIBERTY— After West Liberty Elementary School was destroyed by a tornado, volunteers converted a warehouse into a new school in only 10 days. Donations of books, desks and food poured in fr...
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Contamination of Tennessee Y-12 respirator goes back to ’09
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — An investigation at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge has found that workers may have been using contaminated respirators since at least February 2009 and possibly earl...
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Shooting leaves 1 soldier dead, 1 charged
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — A U.S. Special Forces soldier has been killed and another member of his unit has been charged in a shooting in Clarksville, Tenn., that also injured a police officer. Offici...
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Illinois appeals FEMA aid rejection
ST. LOUIS — The state of Illinois pushed anew Friday for federal disaster aid for five counties ravaged by deadly tornadoes, hoping to reverse the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision to ...
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State high court hears Amish buggy case
FRANKFORT — A group of Amish men who have spent time in jail for refusing to use a reflective symbol on their horse-drawn buggies asked the Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday to grant them a religi...
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Associated Press House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Turner and Republican House Speaker Beth Harwell confer Wednesday during a subcommittee debate on the state's voter ID law in Nashville, Tenn. Republicans sponsored Tennessee's voter ID law, saying it would combat voter fraud. But many Democrats say the law will discourage voters who tend to vote for their candidates, such as the poor, minorities and students.
House panel advances effort to repeal ID law
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A House panel on Wednesday advanced a Democratic proposal to repeal Tennessee’s new voter ID law, though Republican leaders and state election officials expressed confidence that...
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Associated Press A sign greets passengers entering a new expedited security line in October at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. New guidelines for passengers over the age of 75 take effect Monday at four U.S. airports.
TSA orders new screenings for passengers over 75
CHICAGO — Some air travelers over the age of 75 will soon get a break at airport security checkpoints under a test program announced Wednesday that could allow them to keep their shoes and light ja...
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