Illinois
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Cemetery workers made $300K in gravedigging scheme
Jul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Four former employees accused of digging up bodies and reselling plots at a historic black cemetery near Chicago made about $300,000 in a scheme believed to have stretch...
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Groups blasts plans to spend stimulus funds on high-speed rail
Jul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - A Chicago-based conservative group is blasting plans to spend federal stimulus money on high-speed rail in Illinois and elsewhere around the country. Some $8 billion is ...
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350 dogs seized in dogfighting raids in 5 states
Jul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- As many as 350 dogs were seized and about 30 people arrested during raids in five states Wednesday that animal welfare groups are calling the largest simul...
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What is Madigan thinking?Jul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Having a governor and a U.S. senator leave office created a ripe opportunity for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to climb the political ladder - yet she chose not...
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Ill. financial aid agency in limbo over budget
Jul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Deanna Childress is a 21-year-old college senior, but she says that without grants provided by the state of Illinois she might not be. Childress has used mo...
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Some 300 graves tampered with at Burr Oak Cemetery
Jul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Prosecutors on Thursday charged three gravediggers and a manager in an elaborate scheme in which hundreds of corpses were dug up at a historic black cemetery near Chicag...
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U of I starts sending documents to U.S. Attorney
Jul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- The University of Illinois has turned over more than 200 pages of documents to federal prosecutors looking for evidence that ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich tri...
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Mark Kirk announces plan to run for SenateJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk told several Republican leaders Wednesday he was set to run for Senate, GOP sources told the Daily Herald. Kirk of Highland Park has been debating a ...
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Lisa Madigan won't run for Senate, governor; will try to stay AGJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Refusing to take what many considered to be an open shot at governor or U.S. Senate, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan shook the political landscape Wednesday in an...
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Ill. VA hospital fire forces patient evacuations
Jul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - DANVILLE -- A veterans hospital ward has been evacuated and shut down after an electrical fire. Veteran Affairs spokesman Doug Shouse says about 60 patients and 50 to 60...