May 21, 2013
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State Farm retirees losing some coverage
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — State Farm Insurance Co. is again trying to move thousands of Medicare-eligible retirees off the company’s group medical plan as a cost-cutting measure. A first attempt in 20...
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Associated Press Lascassas Church of Christ elder T.J. Wakefield (left) and member Wayne Upchurch, who built the prayer box, check for mail Feb. 4 at the Lascassas Church of Christ in Lascassas, Tenn.
‘Amen’: Neighborhood Prayer Box takes requests
LASCASSAS, Tenn. — Slowing down in order to turn, a car pulls into the driveway of Lascassas Church of Christ, then stops next to a blue and white container that resembles a mailbox. On the drivew...
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“In God We Trust” may be on courthouse
CLINTON, Tenn. — A Christian church-driven initiative could result in the national motto “In God We Trust” being placed on the Anderson County Courthouse. According to The Oak Ridger, county May...
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Associated Press Savannah Jirtle (from top left), Nikki Redding and Luisa Vargas stand with their children Friday in Nashville, Tenn., after receiving ceremonial keys to mortgage-free homes in Tennessee. The three widows of fallen Fort Campbell soldiers were given the homes by Bank of America and Homes for Our Troops, a veterans charity.
Fort Campbell widows receive free homes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The widows of three Fort Campbell soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan received mortgage-free homes in Tennessee on Friday from Bank of America and Homes for Our Troops. Th...
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Jackson Jr., wife will plead guilty
WASHINGTON — In a spectacular fall from political prominence, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife agreed Friday to plead guilty to federal charges growing out of what prosecutors said w...
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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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