Illinois
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Chicago teachers strike ends
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Students prepared to return to class Wednesday after Chicago teachers voted to suspend their first strike in a quarter century, shutting 350,000 children out of school, disrupting the daily routines of thousands of families and making the city's schoolyards a flashpoint for union rights and public school reforms across the country.
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St. Louis teen, child escape after 2 years in captivity; captors arrested
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A teen girl reported missing more than two years ago told police she escaped a home in southwestern Illinois where she had been held captive and repeatedly sexually assaulted. Authorities also recovered the teen's young child, which the girl said was the result of rape by her captor.
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'Skin tax' in strip clubs to raise funds for rape centers
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Illinois has passed a “skin tax” for strip clubs in an effort to raise funds for rape crisis centers in the state.
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Illinois Megabus crash: Several injured in Litchfield bus accident
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Illinois State Police say several people have been taken to trauma centers and hospitals following a crash of a double-decker Megabus that killed at least one person.
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Mega Millions share goes to retired Illinois couple
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A retired southern Illinois couple claimed the third and final share of last month's record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot on Wednesday.
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Rumored Maryland Mega Millions winner faces controversy
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It's still unclear whether a Baltimore woman is the Maryland winner of the Mega Millions jackpot.
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Election 2012: GOP hopefuls vie for Illinois primary win
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Presidential hopefuls are vying for votes Tuesday in Illinois as the residents in the prairie state get their chance to weigh in on the race for the White House.
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More severe weather on the way for already embattled Midwest, South
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Damaged communities tried to take advantage of the brief break in the weather Thursday, mindful of forecasts that severe storms were expected to roll through the region again sometime after midnight and linger into Friday.
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