Illinois
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Amgen to pay Ill. $7.2 million in drug price suitJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Amgen Inc. will pay $7.2 million to resolve claims it, and a subsidiary, inflated the wholesale price index used to determine Medicaid reimbursement, Illinois Attorney G...
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Swimming pool, cash offered for murder
Jul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Federal prosecutors say an Indiana woman used the offer of an aboveground swimming pool and gas money to hire a hit man to kill an ex-boyfriend with whom she was involve...
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Ex-aide will testify against BlagojevichJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Rod Blagojevich's former chief of staff will testify against him in a plea deal that a defense attorney says will tie together the former governor's alleged wrongdoings....
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Union: 800 back at work at once-idled steel plant
Jul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - GRANITE CITY -- A southwestern Illinois steel mill is back in business after months of being idled, and that's good news for hundreds of workers. Union officials say abo...
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Passengers rescued after barge, sailboat crash
Jul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- Seven sailboat passengers were pulled safely from the Illinois River after their boat collided with a barge and sank. Sailboat captain Jack Ryan of Peoria says...
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Illinois leading nation in bank failures for 2009
Jul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois leads the nation in bank failures so far this year, and a banking group warns that more failures are likely. But experts say the state's top rank...
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Quinn woos suburban lawmakers, but finds budget a tough sellJul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Suburban lawmakers met with Gov. Pat Quinn Tuesday, but reported little progress toward a spending plan to cut the state's $9 billion deficit. "It didn't go too well," a...
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Details of Quinn's billion-dollar budget cutJul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn says even with the tax increase he wants the state budget will need to be trimmed by $1 billion. Here's his plan for those cuts. Of note, th...
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U of I chancellor calls for end to clout list
Jul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - University of Illinois Chancellor Richard Herman testified Monday that he had the best interests of the school in mind when he pushed for admitting politically connected...
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Deere Russia farm equipment sales fall 50 percentJul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Deere & Co., the world's largest maker of agricultural equipment, said sales in Russia have plunged more than 50 percent this year after the country imposed tariffs and ...