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Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:41 PM PST Three of the cases date to 1996 For 14 years, Marshall Smith used the same approach to entice teenage girls into his car, Chicago police say.  |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:00 PM PST Incumbent Nouri Maliki appears headed to a second term as prime minister after his main rival, Iyad Allawi, accepts his terms for limited power-sharing. The deal will end an eight-month impasse. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki appeared to have locked up his second term in office Wednesday after a lengthy closed-door meeting in which his political foes buckled to his demands for ending an eight-month impasse and forming a new government.  |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2010 03:13 PM PST Proposal comes amid rising concern about health effects Two Chicago aldermen on Wednesday proposed tighter rules for dealing with concussions suffered by city students playing sports.  |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2010 02:08 PM PST LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of students marched through London on Wednesday against plans to triple university tuition fees, and violence erupted as a minority battled police and trashed a building containing the headquarters of the governing Conservative Party.  |
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 03:40 PM PST Scott Eby was sentenced to life in prison without parole today after pleading guilty to the rape and murder of 3-year-old Riley Fox in 2004.  |
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 12:19 PM PST 'America cannot be great if we go broke,' says the 50-page draft proposal from the chairmen of President Obama's bipartisan deficit commission. Among the five basic recommendations: 'tough discretionary spending caps,' tax reform, and changes to Social Security. WASHINGTON — The chairmen of President Obama's bipartisan deficit commission on Wednesday outlined stark recommendations they say are necessary to secure the nation's fiscal standing, including reforms of the tax code and entitlement programs that would likely spark opposition from lawmakers and interest groups.  |
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 12:20 PM PST A former Chicago White Sox executive and two former team scouts were charged with pocketing about $400,000 in signing bonuses and contract buyouts intended for Latin American baseball prospects.  |
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 08:39 AM PST In the first major change to cigarette packaging in a quarter-century, the FDA will require graphic warning labels that cover half a package's front and rear and the top 20% of cigarette ads. The labels will feature illustrations of smoking's dangers.  |
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 11:58 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission on Wednesday proposed reducing the annual cost-of-living increases in Social Security, part of a bold plan to control $1 trillion-plus budget deficits.  |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:52 AM PST The CTA will go out for bids next week to sell naming rights to rail lines, stations, bus routes and other assets, CTA president Richard Rodriguez said today. The transit agency expects to award sponsorships by the spring.  |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2010 08:39 AM PST Warning labels will cover more of a cigarette pack or ad, and feature images and text that strongly warn of the dangers tied to smoking. In the first major change to cigarette packaging in a quarter-century, the Food and Drug Administration will require graphic warning labels that cover half a package's front and rear and the top 20% of cigarette ads. The labels will feature drawings or photos illustrating smoking's dangers.  |
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