May 24, 2013
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Senate approves health coverage exchange plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Senate agreed Thursday to create a state-governed “health insurance exchange” where individuals and small businesses could shop for coverage as required by Presiden...
May 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dalai Lama speaks to Kentucky students
LOUISVILLE — The Dalai Lama delved into teen angst about violence and academic stress, telling a crowd of students Tuesday that moral teaching in schools would promote non-violence and reassuring t...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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5 killed in crash in Illinois
ST. LOUIS — A van carrying 11 men returning from a California religious gathering careened off of a southern Illinois freeway and overturned several times Monday, killing five of them and sending s...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Quinn pushes to ban high-capacity ammunition
CHICAGO — Some of Illinois’ top Democrats joined parents of Connecticut school shooting victims Sunday to call for a state ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, a push made as lawmakers face a...
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press First lady Michelle Obama hugs Jenika Headley-Greene as Obama hands out diplomas Saturday during the graduation ceremony for Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High School in Nashville, Tenn.
First lady: Live your dreams
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determi...
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Illinois targets social media
CHICAGO — Seeking to keep pace with changing technology, Illinois toughened penalties Saturday for those who use social media and text messaging to organize violent “flash mobs” like those that hav...
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lawmakers face tough votes before adjourning
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois General Assembly has just two weeks left in Springfield before it adjourns for the summer, leaving lawmakers with a tight deadline for action on issues including ta...
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Body found in search for missing eastern Ky. man
HARLAN — Searchers have found a body as they looked for a man missing in eastern Kentucky. The remains have not been positively identified, but WYMT-TV (http://bit.ly/13s0zRQ ) in Hazard reporte...
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Escaped prison inmate caught in Kingsport
KINGSPORT, Tenn. — An inmate who escaped from a Kentucky prison more than two years ago has been caught in Kingsport, Tenn. The Kingsport Times-News reported the U.S. Marshals Service apprehende...
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Nuclear plant shut down
RALEIGH, N.C. — A nuclear plant near North Carolina’s capital city was shut down after operators reviewing ultrasonic tests from last year found the results showed tiny marks of corrosion and crack...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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