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  • Union-backed group to stop airing anti-Rauner ads

    CHICAGO (AP) — A union-backed group says it will no longer air television ads attacking Republican candidate for Illinois governor Bruce Rauner.
    March 11, 2014 - 3:05 pm

  • Doctor appointed for James Holmes' 2nd sanity exam

    DENVER (AP) — A psychiatrist has been appointed to conduct a second sanity evaluation of the man charged with killing 12 people in a Colorado movie th ...
    March 11, 2014 - 3:01 pm

  • Illinois braces for latest punch of winter weather

    ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for parts of northeastern Illinois, forecasting more than half ...
    March 11, 2014 - 2:55 pm

  • Primary for shot at Durbin a dilemma for GOP

    CHICAGO (AP) — Choosing a challenger to U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin creates a dilemma over who's the best Republican candidate to top the party ticket in th ...
    March 11, 2014 - 2:53 pm

  • Men's Wearhouse buying Jos A Bank for $1.8 billion

    NEW YORK — It's time to suit up: Men's Wearhouse is buying Jos. A. Bank for $1.8 billion.Men's Wearh ...
    March 11, 2014 - 1:46 pm

  • Witness: Bayern Munich president dodged more taxes

    MUNICH — Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness may have evaded millions more in taxes than he has already admitted to in court, an expert witness testif ...
    March 11, 2014 - 1:46 pm

  • Health care law gets 1st test in Florida election

    PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is getting its first test ahead of the 2014 midterm elections Tuesday in a Tampa-a ...
    March 11, 2014 - 12:06 pm

  • Friend: 'Mad' Pistorius shot gun out car sunroof

    PRETORIA, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius' friend testified Tuesday that the Olympian twice fired guns in public in the six months before he killed his ...
    March 11, 2014 - 12:06 pm

  • Daughter in $7M shoplifting case freed

    CHICAGO — A judge in Chicago says a daughter accused of participating in a $7 million shoplifting spree with her parents can go free pending trial.
    March 11, 2014 - 11:57 am

  • 271 ticketed during celebration Unofficial party

    CHAMPAIGN — Champaign area authorities say they issued more than 270 tickets during last week's Unofficial St. Patrick's Day Celebration.
    March 11, 2014 - 11:56 am

  • Sycamore's Goff hired as new AD at Kaneland

    MAPLE PARK – Peter Goff will be the next athletic director at Kaneland High School, emerging from a group of five semifinalists.
    March 11, 2014 - 11:21 am

  • Former Christie aides to judge: Quash subpoenas

    TRENTON, N.J. – Lawyers for two key figures in a political payback scandal ensnaring Gov. Chris Christie's administration are trying to persuade a jud ...
    March 11, 2014 - 10:55 am

  • Ukraine's Crimea seeks to become independent state

    KIEV, Ukraine – The Crimean parliament on Tuesday said it would declare itself independent if its residents approve a referendum to split off from Ukr ...
    March 11, 2014 - 10:20 am

  • Pit bulls dangerous? Attitudes, laws soften

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For much of the past three decades, pit bulls have been widely regarded as America's most dangerous dog — the favorite breed of thu ...
    UPDATED: March 11, 2014 - 10:24 pm

  • Obama on Funny or Die hams it up for health care

    WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is hamming it up online to promote his health care plan.Obama jo ...
    March 11, 2014 - 9:04 am

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