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Associated Press Rita Crundwell, the former comptroller in Dixon, Ill., leaves the federal courthouse Nov. 14 in Rockford, Ill., after pleading guilty to wire fraud, admitting she stole more than $53 million from the city of Dixon to fund a lavish lifestyle. Crundwell was sentenced Thursday to nearly 20 years in prison and immediately taken into custody.
Bookkeeper who stole $53 million gets 20 years
ROCKFORD, Ill. — A former city bookkeeper was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison Thursday for embezzling more than $53 million from her Illinois community, in what ranks as one of the worst abu...
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Panel advances guns bill
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A bill to prevent businesses, schools and colleges from banning firearms in their parking lots was approved by a House subcommittee after a six-minute hearing on Wednesday. Th...
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Debate on dropout age continues in session
BOWLING GREEN — Taylor Blair had a baby girl at age 15. On her 16th birthday, she called her high school and said she wasn’t coming back. “I’d only been to school maybe two weeks out of a semes...
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FILE - This Oct. 4, 2012 file photo shows un-harvested corn in a field near Council Bluffs, Iowa. Corn growers had high hopes going into the 2012 planting season but the drought that began last spring hit the corn crop hard. As a result, corn prices skyrocketed and corn has become scarce in some regions, forcing 20 ethanol plants around the country to halt production. Most are not expected to resume production until after 2013 corn is harvested in late August or September. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Corn shortage idles ethanol plants
ST. LOUIS — The persistent drought is taking a toll on producers of ethanol, with corn becoming so scarce that nearly two dozen ethanol plants have been forced to halt production. The Renewable ...
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Associated Press Gov. Pat Quinn (left), U.S. Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood (center) and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., celebrate Oct. 19 in Pontiac, Ill., after the Amtrak train they are riding reached 110 mph during a test run between Pontiac and Dwight, Ill. Hundreds of Midwest manufacturers stand to benefit from a web of high-speed passenger rail routes emerging from Chicago's rail hub.
Report: Midwest firms coupled to high-speed rail
CHICAGO — Hundreds of Midwest manufacturers stand to benefit from a web of high-speed passenger rail routes emerging from Chicago’s rail hub, according to a report released by an environmental poli...
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DCS records disarray worries child advocates
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — At its most basic level, the job of child welfare agencies is to keep children alive. Recently, the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services has had trouble keeping track of h...
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Chicago remembers teen victim of gun violence
CHICAGO — Hundreds of mourners and dignitaries including first lady Michelle Obama packed the funeral Saturday for a Chicago honor student whose killing catapulted her into the nation’s debate over...
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Southern diet, fried foods may raise risk of stroke
Deep-fried foods may be causing trouble in the Deep South. People whose diets are heavy on them and sugary drinks like sweet tea and soda were more likely to suffer a stroke, a new study finds. ...
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Woman convicted in deaths of seniors
EMINENCE, Mo. — A southeast Missouri woman has been convicted in the killing of a couple whose bodies were found inside their burned home. A Shannon County jury deliberated five hours last week ...
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Associated Press Katie Skarvan uses treats to train Chevy, a golden retriever puppy, during a meeting of Wildcat Service Dogs on Dec. 6 at UK College of Agriculture in Lexington. Each student commits to raising and training a puppy for up to two years before the dog is placed with a patient.
Students make lab for training service dogs
LEXINGTON — Chevy is nine weeks and 10 pounds of honey-colored fuzz who prompts sighs and coos just by walking up the stairs at the University of Kentucky’s Funkhauser Hall. Students approach te...
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