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Churchill Downs buying Maine casino
OXFORD, Maine — Less than a year after it opened, Oxford Casino is being sold for about $160 million to Churchill Downs Inc., the Kentucky-based gambling company announced Friday. The deal await...
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2 die in 3-vehicle crash
OAK GROVE — Kentucky State Police say two people are dead after a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 24 near the Kentucky-Tennessee line. Police say the crash occurred Friday on eastbound I-24 ne...
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Kansas couple: Indoor gardening prompted raid
LEAWOOD, Kan. — Two former CIA employees whose Kansas home was fruitlessly searched for marijuana during a two-state drug sweep claim they were illegally targeted, possibly because they had bought ...
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Mother who disappeared with child found in Memphis
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities said that a mother and toddler have been located in Memphis after their disappearance led to a search by West Tennessee authorities. The Shelby County Sheriff’s O...
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Associated Press Authorities say the death of a 35-year-old inmate at Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Ill., on Tuesday night looks suspicious. It is the third suspicious death at the prison since Jan. 31.
Inmate dies suspiciously at prison
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The third inmate to die recently under suspicious circumstances at Menard Correctional Center in southern Illinois was found in his cell Tuesday night, authorities said Wednesda...
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Tennessee’s governor rejects Medicaid expansion
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Haslam announced Wednesday that a breakdown in negotiations with the federal government means that he won’t expand the state’s Medicaid program, a decision that will co...
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Report: Medical claims costs to rise in Illinois
CHICAGO — A new report says the national health law will lead to a nearly 51 percent increase by 2017 in the cost of medical claims paid by insurers selling policies to individuals in Illinois. ...
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Study: Missouri medical claim costs could rise sharply
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A new study says Missouri could see a 59 percent increase in the cost of medical claims for individual insurance policies under President Barack Obama’s health care law. Th...
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Associated Press Parents of students at the Dumas Technology Academy Elementary School hug Yolanda Harris on Friday after she organized a protest outside the school over the proposed closing of the Southside facility by the Chicago Board of Education in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the closings are a tough but necessary move.
Mayor: School closings difficult but necessary
CHICAGO — Mayor Rahm Emanuel responded Saturday to widespread criticism of his plan to close 54 Chicago Public Schools, saying he wasn’t interested in doing what was politically easy and that the p...
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Group to address health care jobs
CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said Saturday that he’s taking steps to ensure the state has enough qualified health care workers to meet demand as hundreds of thousands of uninsured residents be...
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