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State sues 2 Orland Park dealerships over allegedly deceptive vehicle-recall mailing
The Illinois attorney general's office has filed suit against two Orland Park car dealerships, alleging they sent deceptive direct-mail advertisements that implied consumers' vehicles were under government recall. Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan said Wednesday...Tags: Office Needs, Lisa Madigan, Orland Park, Consumers, Litigation
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Ex-East Chicago councilman to help state in suit
A former East Chicago City councilman serving a six-year prison term on federal corruption charges has agreed to cooperate with the state's civil racketeering lawsuit against former longtime Mayor Robert Pastrick and other former city officials. State...Tags: Court Administration, Corporate Crime, Corruption, Government, National Government
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Child killer gets death
A longtime sex offender was sentenced to death Wednesday for the 2005 kidnapping, torture and murder of a 9-year-old northern Idaho boy after federal jurors who watched video of some of the brutality deliberated just three hours. The jurors'...Tags: Crimes, Police, Murder, Abusive Behavior, Sexual Assault
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Court approves payouts for improper Broward Sheriff's Office strip searches
South Florida Sun-SentinelMore than 1,000 people improperly strip-searched by the Broward Sheriff's Office are about to get paid, taxpayers and insurance companies will get off cheaper than expected and lawyers will hit the jackpot. Broward Circuit Judge Jeffrey Streitfeld has...Tags: Court Administration, Lawyers, Justice System, Prisons, Ken Jenne
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Woman gets 12 years in prison for fatally stabbing boyfriend
South Florida Sun-SentinelArguing that Barbara Pullman began engaging in adult behavior before she became a teenager, prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to appropriately punish the now 19-year-old convicted of fatally stabbing her boyfriend in 2005. Pullman began having sex...Tags: Judges, Illnesses, Crimes, Murder, Sexual Assault
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For FSU's Parker, It's no excuses
South Florida Sun-SentinelEven before he went to jail, before he had to face the Florida State coaches, before he became part of the latest debate about Seminoles football and discipline, Preston Parker knew where this was headed. "As soon as I saw those blue and white lights,"...Tags: Bobby Bowden, Crimes, Football, Defense, Florida State University
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Study won't sway company to pursue cheaper eye drug option
The Associated PressWhat does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000? In the case of Genentech Inc.,...Tags: Medicine, Medical Specialization, Cancer, Western Medicines, Genetics
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Woman exonerated 200 years after trial
BERN, Switzerland A woman beheaded after she was accused of causing a girl to spit pins and convulse was exonerated yesterday, more than 200 years after she became the last person executed as a witch in Europe. The decision to clear Anna Goeldi's name...Tags: Christianity, Roman Catholic
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Man sentenced to prison for murdering mother
A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2006 murder of his mother at the family's home in Milton Township. Clifford Newcomer was sentenced to 30 years in prison by DuPage County Circuit Judge Blanche Hill Fawell for...Tags: Illnesses, Prisons, Mental Illness, Punishment
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Free on bail, rearrested
A 25-year-old man who was charged with first-degree murder last month but released on bail by a District Court judge has been arrested again and charged in the shooting of a man during a robbery in South Baltimore. Police said witnesses identified...Tags: Judges, Assault, Court Administration, Crimes, Police
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DeBary residents demand solution to flooding 'fiasco'
Sentinel Staff WriterA sometimes rowdy crowd packed the DeBary City Council meeting Wednesday night demanding an explanation for why more than 130 of their homes flooded. Those who threatened lawsuits and called for the resignation of the city manager and mayor drew...Tags: Floods, Hurricane Fay, Tropical Storms, Litigation
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News from around Wisconsin at 6:28 a.m. CDT
Two people are dead and three others are injured in a highway collision involving an American Red Cross van in Winnebago County. Sheriff's officials say the driver of a northbound car lost control on Highway 41 near Neenah and collided with the van...Tags: Lollapalooza, Road Transportation, Transportation, Injuries, Perry Farrell
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