A United Airlines computer outage this morning at O'Hare International Airport caused massive delays in passenger check-in and grounded the airline's flights at the airport.

"While we immediately work to fix [the computer glitch], flights are delayed and some may be canceled," the airline said in a statement. "We apologize to our customers for this inconvenience and recommend they allow for extra time at the airport and use united.com to check flight status...

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State Farm Fire and Casualty Company on Friday announced an average statewide rate increase of 13 percent for its Illinois homeowners insurance policyholders.

The Bloomington-based company, which is the leading insurer of homes in the U.S. and Illinois, covering more than one in three houses, said the new rates will occur Aug. 1 for new customers and take effect Oct. 1 for renewing policyholders.

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Tests of groundwater and soil last month near Crestwood's contaminated well failed to detect any troublesome chemicals, according to results the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency posted online Wednesday.

The EPA is considering more tests, a top agency official said. However, since the well has been abandoned and capped, it no longer affects the neighborhood's hydrology, making it difficult to re-create conditions...

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