Nightly NewsCap: Ang takes the ‘cap and rounds up the headlines, good and...
Here’s the lovely Ang with a selection of heavy news stories from around the area for the evening of Thursday, April 2, 2014…and be warned; the last one might make you cry. Topics covered include: Our...
View ArticleLAWRENCE COUNTY PROSECUTOR UNDERGOING OPEN HEART SURGERY
LAWRENCE CO., Ill.—Lawrence County’s prosecutor is going to be off the court schedule for awhile as he’s been scheduled to have open heart surgery this coming Monday. Lawrence County prosecutor Chris...
View ArticleHIGH-SPEED CHASE FROM PULASKI COUNTY, ILL., INTO MISSOURI; SHOTS FIRED
PULASKI CO., Ill.—A high-speed chase was reported this morning at about 9:30 on Interstate 57 from Pulaski County, Illinois, into Missouri. Sheriff’s deputies and Mounds police were at that time in...
View ArticleIllinois woman who faked cancer gets 5 years in prison
The Associated Press April 4, 2014 STL EAST MOLINE, Ill. • A Quad Cities woman was sentenced to five years in prison for forgery after authorities say she lied about having cancer — even creating fake...
View ArticleWorkers Mistake Woman’s Corpse For April Fools’ Prank
By David Moye Posted: 04/03/2014 2:41 pm EDT Updated: 04/03/2014 3:59 pm EDT A desk clerk at an apartment complex in St. Petersburg, Fla., was fired after tossing a dead body into a dumpster because...
View ArticleUPDATE 2:30 p.m.: Six people injured in collision in front of Robinson’s...
UPDATE 2:30 p.m.: Jennifer K. Decker, 38, of Robinson was arrested a little after 11 a.m. today (April 4, 2104) being the driver of the black pickup truck involved in the wreck. Charges have not been...
View ArticleIllinois’ Epileptic Kids May Finally Get Access To Medical Marijuana
The Huffington Post by Kim Bellware Posted: 04/03/2014 3:04 pm EDT Updated: 04/03/2014 4:59 pm EDT Illinois lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday that would qualify minors with epilepsy to be treated...
View ArticleIllinois Coal Ash Ponds To Come Under Increased Scrutiny After Spills Foul...
by TAMMY WEBBER Posted: 04/04/2014 12:11 pm EDT Updated: 04/04/2014 12:59 pm EDT In this Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 photo, signs of coal ash swirl in the water in the Dan River in Danville, Va. after a...
View ArticleHouse approves bill to allow guns in schools
myfoxtampabay.com Posted: Apr 02, 2014 10:09 AM CDT Updated: Apr 02, 2014 10:09 AM CDT By: Associated Press TALLAHASSEE (AP) -A House committee has approved a bill that would allow trained officials to...
View ArticleWhy Does John Boehner Want to Keep 40 Million Americans From Buying Guns?
yahoo.com By Philip Bump April 4, 2014 House Speaker John Boehner Reacting to the shooting at Fort Hood on Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner reiterated a popular NRA talking point: “There’s no...
View ArticleChechnya High Rise Burns For 29 Hours With No Collapse
www.collective-evolution.com April 4, 2013 by Joe Martino On April 3rd Chechnya’s tallest building, a luxury hotel, caught fire and burned for 29 hours before finally being put out. The building is...
View ArticleWhat Happened to Chicago’s Murder Rate After Illinois Upheld Concealed Carry...
By Mike Miller April 4, 2014 ijreview In July of 2013, Illinois became the last state in the union to enact a concealed carry law. In January of this year, the state began accepting applications for...
View ArticleHere’s Even More Evidence Obama Is The World’s Worst Socialist
The Huffington Post by Mark Gongloff Posted: 04/04/2014 9:20 am EDT Updated: 04/04/2014 10:59 am EDT In what must be history’s strangest socialist dictatorship, hiring by private companies just hit a...
View ArticleJapan orders military to strike any new North Korea missile launches
TOKYO Reuters Fri Apr 4, 2014 11:54pm EDT (Reuters) – Japan has ordered a destroyer in the Sea of Japan to strike any ballistic missiles that may be launched by North Korea in the coming weeks after...
View ArticleLOOKING BACK: What was going on the first few days of April in previous years?
Here’s a rundown of what was going on in the web pages of Disclosure over the past five years, beginning with 2013, on LOOKING BACK. At the beginning of April (April 3-5), last year, we featured these...
View ArticleParty Drug Ketamine Could Help Treat Severe Depression, Says Yet Another Study
Posted: 04/05/2014 9:59 am EDT Updated: 04/05/2014 9:59 am EDT The party drug ketamine could be the answer to treating even seemingly untreatable cases of depression, according to a growing body of...
View ArticleThe ‘Little-Noticed’ Consequence of Obamacare That Will Leave Many Americans...
theblaze.com Apr. 4, 2014 Jason Howerton WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans thinking about buying health insurance on their own later this year, or maybe switching to a different insurer, are probably out of...
View ArticleJust a Coincidence? Illinois Gets Concealed Carry, Chicago’s Murder Total...
bearingarms.com Posted by Bob Owens on April 4, 2014 Photo from: www.usconcealedcarry.com Here at Bearing Arms, we try to make certain that we don’t confuse correlation (the relationship of things...
View ArticleReason-Rupe Poll: Half of Americans Think Cops Not Held Accountable
reason.com Paul Detrick April 5, 2014 The April 2014 Reason-Rupe poll found that half of Americans think law enforcement officers are not held accountable for misconduct. That number rises to 64...
View ArticleDem congressman: $174,000 a year not enough; Congress needs a pay raise
dailycaller.com by dailycaller staff 04/04/2014 Democratic Rep. Jim Moran is taking up the cause of underpaid members of Congress, saying their six-figure salaries are insufficient to cover the cost of...
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