Two Giant Banks, Seen as Immune, Become Targets
By BEN PROTESS and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG APRIL 29, 2014, 8:40 PM The headquarters of the French bank BNP Paribas in Paris, left, and the Swiss bank Credit Suisse in Zurich. Federal prosecutors are...
View ArticleDANNY COSTON’S HOTSHOT ATTORNEY ARRESTED IN ST. LOUIS ON DWI AFTER CRASH
Mugshot of N. Scott Rosenblum, Tuesday, April 29, 2014 BRENTWOOD, Mo.—The man who was hired to represent a killer in White County has been arrested and charged with DWI in the state where he operates...
View ArticleNatasha Blasick, Actress, Claims ‘Ghost Sex’ Is ‘Really Pleasurable’
The Huffington Post | by David Moye Posted: 04/30/2014 2:34 pm EDT Updated: 04/30/2014 2:59 pm EDT A Ukranian-born actress is scaring up lots of publicity after making this outrageous claim: She’s...
View ArticleNightly NewsCap! Headlines happening today, in AUDIO!
Want to listen to our top local news stories for the evening of Wednesday, April 30, 2014? Click that button to get started with your Nightly NewsCap! Topics covered include: More information...
View ArticleARMED ROBBERY OF MARION DOLLAR GENERAL STORE REPORTED
MARION, Ill.—It’s been reported that shortly after 10 p.m. (about 10:10-10:15) an armed robbery of a Marion Dollar General Store took place this evening. According to our sources in the area, at least...
View ArticleProposal Would Make Illinois Small Businesses Give Retirement Accounts To...
By Jim Williams April 30, 2014 (CBS) –If you work for a small business, would you want the state of Illinois involved with your retirement account? New legislation now in the General Assembly would...
View ArticleIllinois Wake Up Call! Stagnation Spiral Encourages People to Leave
By Adam Hartung April 30, 2014 Economic growth is a great thing When the economy booms people make more, so they pay more income taxes. The spend more, which generates more sales tax. They upgrade...
View ArticleFederal judge orders St. Louis police to conduct anti-discrimination training
By Doug Moore May 1, 2014 ST. LOUIS • A federal judge has ordered St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson and two of his commanders to attend training that would “detect and prevent discrimination” within...
View ArticleFlorida jail explosion: 2 inmates dead, scores injured
Tribune wire reports 8:43 a.m. CDT, May 1, 2014 Two inmates were killed and between 100 and 150 prisoners and guards injured in an apparent gas explosion at a jail in northern Florida late on...
View ArticleMARION POLICE ISSUE STATEMENT ABOUT LAST NIGHT’S DOLLAR GENERAL ROBBERY
MARION, Ill.—The following press release was issued by Marion police earlier today about last night’s incident at Dollar General on North Court Street: On April 30, 2014 at approximately 9:46 pm the...
View Article55 Colleges Face Sexual Assault Investigations
By Tyler Kingkade Posted: 05/01/2014 11:22 am EDT Updated: 05/01/2014 2:07 pm EDT Vice President speaking about the sexual assault investigation. Facing mounting pressure from lawmakers, sexual...
View ArticleJERSEYVILLE WOMAN CHARGED FOR THREATENING TO DESTROY CALHOUN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT ILLINOIS—The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Michelle Lynn Smith, 36, of Jerseyville,...
View ArticleSALINE COUNTY SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS DOC
SALINE CO., Ill.—A man convicted of sex assault of a young family member has been sentenced in Saline County Circuit Court today. Michael J. Reyes, 35, was charged in May of 2012 with seven counts of...
View ArticleNightly NewsCap: It’s THURSDAY, so you know what THAT means….Ang in AUDIO
Yep, Thursday’s rolled around and Ang steps in for Lyndi to take the ‘cap for the evening of the first (and cold) day of May, 2014! Topics covered include: Armed robbery in Marion, shot fired, no one...
View ArticleMore than 217,000 from Illinois sign up for Obamacare
By Peter Frost Tribune staff reporter 1:15 p.m. CDT, May 1, 2014 A last-minute surge of sign-ups nearly doubled the number of Illinoisans who signed up for insurance policies offered under President...
View ArticleBlock-Long Sinkhole Devours Cars In Baltimore
AP Posted: 05/01/2014 9:14 am EDT Updated: 05/01/2014 9:59 am EDT BALTIMORE (AP) — Officials say a block-long sinkhole opened up in a residential neighborhood in northeast Baltimore, sucking in several...
View ArticleHARRISBURG JEWELRY THIEF SENTENCED YESTERDAY
SALINE CO., Ill.—Saline County authorities brought a Harrisburg burglary and theft to a successful conclusion in court yesterday. Claudia Jill Oldani, 49, of Harrisburg, Illinois pled guilty and was...
View ArticleINPUT OFFERED BY EMPLOYEE AFTER BLATANT ROBBERY AT McLEANSBORO DQ
Surveillance camera image HAMILTON CO., Ill.—The blatant robbery at the McLeansboro Dairy Queen last night has caused an incredible level of concern for the safety of employees of businesses in that...
View ArticleProsecutors probing troubled Quinn grant program
By Monique Garcia and Ray Long April 30, 2014 Cook County prosecutors are looking into a troubled grant program pushed by Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn as he sought re-election in 2010. Quinn is seen here...
View ArticleHigh School Senior Class Prank Leads To Arrests
AP Posted: 05/01/2014 11:46 am EDT Updated: 05/01/2014 7:59 pm EDT TEANECK, N.J. (AP) — Sixty-two students were arrested Thursday after police said they broke into their high school overnight for a...
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