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Police: Man shoots 3, self in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS — An argument inside a St. Louis home health care business escalated into gun violence Thursday when a man shot three other people before turning the gun on himself, police said. The s...
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FILE - In this July 1, 2009 file photo, Anna Kane, 5, of Alton, Ill., looks down from "The Ledge," at the Sears Tower in Chicago. The series of glass bays jut out from the 103rd floor of the building, now called the Willis Tower. Nearly six million people have stepped out onto see-through ledges since the tourist attraction opened. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
Glass ledges boast more than 6 million visitors
CHICAGO (AP) — Nearly six million people have stepped out onto see-through ledges atop Chicago's tallest building to see the streetscape below and the surrounding metropolitan area. The Willis Tow...
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A memorial to Elvis Presley is displayed outside Graceland, Presley's Memphis, Tenn. home, on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Fans from around the world are at Graceland to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Presley's death. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Events lined up for Elvis Week
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An appearance by former Elvis Presley co-star Mother Dolores Hart and a listening party for a new box set featuring his performances at Stax Records are highlights of the annual...
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Hundreds of arrests
CHICAGO (AP) — A homeless Chicago woman who has been arrested 396 times in the past 35 years has been ordered by a judge to get mental health and substance abuse treatment. Shermain Miles, 51, a...
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Daley set to challenge Democratic governor in Ill.
by SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO — A rare intra-party battle began taking shape Tuesday among big-name Democrats in Illinois, as former White House chief of staff Bill Daley positione...
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Southern Baptists open annual meeting in Houston today
HOUSTON — The Southern Baptist Convention is gathering in Houston for its annual meeting at a time when the denomination is contemplating a different cultural and political climate than a decade ag...
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Associated Press Twenty-four sets of fifth-grade twins pose for a photo Thursday at Highcrest Middle School in Wilmette, Ill. The school is attempting to break a Guinness World record for the amount of twins in one grade which is currently sixteen sets.
Illinois school boasts 24 sets of twins
WILMETTE, Ill. — Like a lot of kids, the two brothers from northern Illinois spent hours marveling at the weird and the wonderful in the Guinness Book of World Records — and wondering what they cou...
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FILE - In this file photo made Jan. 10, 2011, Illinois Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon delivers her inaugural speech in Springfield, Ill. Simon is urging Illinois communities to consider banning assault-style weapons before new legislation is signed that could prohibit local governments from doing so in the future. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn hasnÕt said whether he will sign the proposal, which the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has given him until July 9, 2013, to enact. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
Simon: Cities should consider bans
CHICAGO — Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon is urging Illinois communities to consider banning assault-style weapons before new legislation is signed that could prohibit local governments from doing so in the ...
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Associated Press/Daniel R. Patmore Former Kentucky lawmaker Steve Nunn talks with a reporter Thursday at the Green River Correctional Complex in Central City. Nunn is discussing plans to attempt to withdraw his guilty plea to the 2009 slaying of his former fiancé, Amanda Ross.
Ex-lawmaker Nunn aims to attack plea
CENTRAL CITY — Former Kentucky lawmaker Steve Nunn, the son of a governor, is at once contrite and indignant about how he landed in prison. In his first interview behind bars, Nunn repeatedly ap...
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Historic home auctioned for $87,200
DANVILLE — Four preservation groups have banded together to purchase a crumbling historic home in central Kentucky. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the Willis Green house in Danville was pur...
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