Illinois
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SIU: Blago stumped for 2 law school applicants
Jul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- Southern Illinois University says its review of whether former Gov. Rod Blagojevich or his allies tried to influence student admissions at the school turne...
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Attorney shuffle continues in triple-slaying case
Jul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - WATERLOO -- The father of a southwestern Illinois man accused of killing his wife and two sons may be getting a new attorney in a wrongful-death case involving his son. ...
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Former Blagojevich aide may plead guilty Wednesday
Jul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - The next big court date in former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption case comes Wednesday when one of his top aides may plead guilty. John Harris, Blagojevich's former ch...
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Palin tops Blago for sitting duck award
Jul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - JUNEAU, Alaska -- The National Society of Newspaper Columnists chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the winner of its annual Sitting Duck Award, a tongue-in-cheek honor that...
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Downstate toddler drowns in relative's pool
Jul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - METROPOLIS -- Investigators say a 2-year-old boy has drowned in a relative's pool in the southern Illinois tourist town of Metropolis. Deputy Massac County Coroner Greg ...
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Birkett to make second bid for state's attorney generalJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett plans to run for Illinois attorney general in 2010 - even if incumbent Lisa Madigan seeks a third term. Birkett made the annou...
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Ill. agency begins replenishing Rock River
Jul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- An Illinois agency has begun recovery efforts at Rock River, where tens of thousands of fish suddenly died on the same weekend as an explosive train derai...
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History conference scheduled for October
Jul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Diverse topics from presidential athleticism to French forts and Indian agents will be featured at the 11th annual Conference on Illinois History this fal...
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Spokesman: SIU complies with admissions subpoena
Jul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- While Southern Illinois University has complied with a federal subpoena from prosecutors investigating ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich, two other schools haven...
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DNA tests ordered in '91 bar-fight death
Jul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- A central Illinois judge will allow DNA testing of blood and hair that a 42-year-old man hopes will clear him in his father's 1991 murder. Donald Whalen i...