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Two vehicles stolen from driveways in Central Peoria
PEORIA - Two vehicles were stolen early Saturday from driveways at Central Peoria residences, according to a police repo…
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Donald Rients making second run for Congress in 18th District
PEORIA - Donald Rients hopes the second time is the charm in seeking election to Congress.The Benson man first ran in th…
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Man shot in Peoria on Saturday morning
PEORIA - A 37-year-old man was shot in the 2500 block of West Garden Street in Peoria around 1 a.m. Saturday, according …
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Before becoming a state, Illinois had its own Liberty Bell
No exploration of the 200 years of Illinois history would be complete without a look at what preceded those two centurie…
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In hitting most vulnerable, Hurricane Maria exposed Puerto Rico's economic struggles
In the coffee-rich highlands of Puerto Rico, homes rested in heaps on muddied ground, their tin roofs split, wooden wall…
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As knee replacement looms, a Peorian hopes for a simple Christmas
PEORIA - Christmas has a way of invoking the cheerful and uplifting aspects of life. It also has a way of magnifying the…
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Word on the Street: Dunlap school board dysfunction continues unnecessarily
The dysfunction among the Dunlap School Board doesn't appear to have abated, if its weeknight meeting last week is any i…
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Arrest in cold case sparks broader investigation of missing children
Anna Elizabeth Young was convicted in 2001 of child abuse for bathing a 12-year-old in chemicals and severely burning th…
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Egypt massacre in Sinai may point to an even more bloody IS
CAIRO (AP) - The massacre of more than 300 worshippers at a mosque in Egypt's Sinai crossed a new line - even by militan…
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Final death toll in Somalia's worst attack is 512 people
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - The final death toll in October's massive truck bombing in Somalia's capital is 512 people, ac…
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The week in odd news: Opossum in liquor store; Sphinx found
SELFIE-SERVICE: MAN COOKS WAFFLE HOUSE MEAL AS WORKER SLEEPSWEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - When a man found the only worker …
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Former public radio host accused of sexual misconduct
NEW YORK (AP) - A former public radio host in New York City who left his show earlier this year has been accused of sexu…
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Opossum breaks into liquor store and gets drunk as a skunk
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) - An opossum that apparently drank bourbon after breaking into a Florida liquor store sober…
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump's tax fiction and embrace of propaganda
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's rally in Missouri this past week was a set-piece of distortion about taxes an…
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In Flynn, Mueller unearths more lies _ and a key witness
WASHINGTON (AP) - More smoke but no smoking gun.Michael Flynn's guilty plea Friday revealed a new layer of lies unearthe…
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