Floodwaters in the hard-hit Chain O'Lakes appear to have crested earlier than expected, while water levels upstream in the Fox River continued falling, Lake County officials said Wednesday.
Aramis Ramirez connects on a two-run home run in the eighth inning.
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Ankiel's single gives Cardinals 5-4 win over Cubs
Rick Ankiel slapped a two-run, two-out single to right field in the bottom of the ninth inning to cap a three-run rally and lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Cubs on Saturday.
No bond for accused cop killer
A woman charged with fatally shooting Chicago Police Officer Richard Francis was denied bond by a Cook County judge on Friday. Robin Johnson, 45, has been charged with first-degree murder of a peace officer, one count of disarming a police officer and four counts of attempted murder in connection with the early Wednesday shooting of Francis, 60.
Two fires raging along Calif.'s Central Coast
Weary firefighters got no Independence Day reprieve from a pair of out-of-control wildfires that roared along California's central coast, chewing through opposite ends of an arid forest in the Los Padres National Forest.
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Obama gives GOP flip-flop ammo
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Ankiel's single gives Cardinals 5-4 win over Cubs
