Illinois pays down bills but backlog could rise again in August
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Higher-than-expected revenue from state income tax enabled Illinois to reduce its unpaid bills to $5.8 billion f...
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U.S. vacationers to hit road, grounded by high fares: AAA
By Anna Louie Sussman May 22 (NEW YORK) - More Americans will take to the road over the Memorial Day holiday weekend this year than...
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Twisters keep returning, but Oklahoma still short on shelters
By Mary Wisniewski and David Bailey Tue May 21, 2013 9:36pm EDT (Reuters) - The people of central Oklahoma know all too well the d...
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Man linked to Boston bombing suspect killed by FBI in Florida
By Barbara Liston and Mark Hosenball ORLANDO, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chechen immigrant who was being questioned about his pos...
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Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing
By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to clo...
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Los Angeles voters approve limiting medical marijuana shops
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles, which has more storefront medical marijuana shops than any other U.S. city,...
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Disgraced ex-congressman Weiner announces candidacy for NYC mayor
By Edith Honan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two years after resigning from Congress in a lewd photo scandal, former U.S. Representative Anth...
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Parents withdraw from inquiry into death of U.S. engineer Shane Todd
By Kevin Lim and Pedja Stanisic SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The parents of an American engineer found dead in Singapore last year said on ...
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Voters oust mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in primary
By Michael Sadowski (Reuters) - The embattled mayor of Pennsylvania's financially crippled capital of Harrisburg was ousted on Tuesd...
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Judge rejects plea from men who sought to join al Qaeda affiliate
By David Jones NEWARK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday refused to overturn the prison sentences of two New Jersey men convicte...
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