May 19, 2013
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Man pleads not guilty to murder
ST. LOUIS — A man with a long criminal history pleaded not guilty to murder charges Monday in the deaths of four children in a fire at their home in southern Illinois. Derrick Twardoski, 33, is ...
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In this March 29, 2013 photo, Baby Liam is fed by a nurse at East Tennessee Children's Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn. The baby is one of many infants born dependent on drugs being treated at the facility. In most cases seen at the hospital, mothers had abused prescription painkillers or anti-anxiety medicines while pregnant. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
Newborns dependent on drugs get better treatment
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — He’s less than two weeks old, but he shows the telltale signs of a baby agitated and in pain: an open sore on his chin where he’s rubbed the skin raw, along with a scratch on his...
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Associated Press The Sweetwater Saloon dominates main street on April 10 in Golconda, Ill. John Towns, owner of the Sweetwater Saloon, says oil drilling would not bother him a bit. Southern Illinoisans have hopes and fears surrounding the high-volume oil and gas drilling that may be starting in the Shawnee National Forest.
Scenic Southern Illinois braces for oil rush
VIENNA, Ill. — This is the Illinois that many people never see — the sparsely populated southern tip where flat farmland gives way to rolling hills, rocky outcrops, thick forests and cypress swamps...
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2 charged after bank FBI shootout
RICHMOND, Ill. — Two men were charged Saturday with trying to rob a northern Illinois bank in a foiled heist that left an alleged accomplice dead. Roberto Favela, 34, of Chicago and Aaron Russel...
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