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U.S. military personnel freed after brief detention in Libya
SABRATHA, Libya/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four American military personnel were briefly detained in western Libya on Friday after part of their...
Retired teachers file first lawsuit against Illinois pension reform law
The Illinois Retired Teachers Association filed suit Friday challenging the constitutionality of the state’s historic but...
Obama prods Congress to act on unemployment benefits
WAIMANALO, Hawaii -- With unemployment benefits set to expire Saturday for about 1.3 million Americans, President Obama on Friday pressed...
Joyce E. Oatman, Chicago teacher, 1935-2013
Joyce E. Oatman was a 32-year-old science teacher at Crane Technical High School on the city's West Side in April 1968 when racial...
Watchdog Update: Illinois beefs up rules on medical training
Medical residency program officials soon will be required to tell the state disciplinary board when residents fail to complete their...
A celebrity zip-it list
The human body's primary design flaw is that when the mouth opens, nothing slides in place to keep a person's stupid from splashing out.
