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Chicago skyline going purple for pancreatic cancer
CHICAGO — Chicago’s skyline is changing colors for a good cause. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and other officials announced that some of Chicago’s most iconic buildings will be lit up purple in support of...
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Carrollton honors javelin gold medalist CARROLLTON, Ill. — A southwestern Illinois city is honoring a native javelin competitor by naming a day after her. Officials in Carrollton celebrated A...
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Williams reaches out to base
NEWPORT— Republican gubernatorial candidate David Williams took his campaign Saturday to northern Kentucky’s GOP stronghold where he told supporters to be on the lookout for an Election Day upset, ...
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No negotiations in strike at SIUC
No negotiations in strike at SIUC CARBONDALE, Ill. — Tenured and tenure-track faculty remain on strike at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, and no new negotiations have been scheduled....
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Feds: Cylinder with high radiation not dangerous
LOUISVILLE — Federal officials said high radiation levels detected on an empty cylinder that was delivered Wednesday to the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant posed no danger to the public. Nuclear...
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Tenured faculty walk off jobs at SIU-Carbondale to strike
ST. LOUIS — Tenured educators and those on track to become so walked off their jobs Thursday at Southern Illinois University, pressing administrators of the 20,000-student school to find temporary ...
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Democrats poised for win in governor’s race
FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s Democratic governor, Steve Beshear, appears to be comfortably ahead at the final turn of a gubernatorial race that on paper looks like he should have tripped coming out of th...
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Children find meth lab at mobile home park BOWLING GREEN — A group of children walking in a mobile home park found a methamphetamine lab on the ground, and one of them picked up part of it befor...
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Associated Press Gov. Steve Beshear watches as gubernatorial candidates Gatewood Galbraith, an Independent, and Senate President David Williams, a Republican, shake hands before their debate at the Kentucky Educational Television studios Monday in Lexington.
Opponents divided over incentives
FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s gubernatorial candidates disagree on whether state government should provide tax breaks to companies that want to expand and create more jobs. Democratic Gov. Steve Beshea...
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Associated Press Visitors walk past the Bald Knob Cross of Peace on Oct. 22 in Alto Pass, Ill. On Wednesday, a federal appeals court in Chicago said even if the giant cross is a religious symbol, that doesn't mean the state legislature was wrong to fund part of it.
Federal court hears case against Illinois cross
CHICAGO — Even if a giant cross in southern Illinois is a religious symbol, that doesn’t mean state lawmakers were wrong to fund part of its restoration cost, federal appeals judges said Wednesday....
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