Illinois
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Deere says 800 workers leave in voluntary program
Jun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - MOLINE -- Deere & Co. said Tuesday about 800 salaried workers have decided to leave the world's largest farm machinery maker under a voluntary separation program. The nu...
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Downstate man dies in chain saw accident
Jun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - COBDEN -- Authorities say a 57-year-old southern Illinois man died in a weekend accident involving a chain saw on his property. Union County sheriff's investigators say ...
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Exhibit honors Korean War veteransJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Almost 6 million American men and women served during the Korean War from June 27, 1950 to January 31, 1955. Now, they will finally have their own place, their own museu...
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Downstate boy dies in dog attack
Jun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - JOHNSTON CITY -- Investigators in southern Illinois say a weekend dog attack killed a 3-year-old boy. Williamson County authorities say Gabrial Mandrell was attacked by ...
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State needs better Medicaid solutionJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois hospitals recognize the state faces a budget crisis without easy fixes. But the idea of moving large numbers of Medicaid beneficiaries into HMOs is not a soluti...
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Former govs tell Quinn to play hardball on budgetJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Former Republican Govs. Jim Edgar and Jim Thompson say lawmakers are getting off easy in this budget fight and the state's current chief executive needs to...
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State budget mess leaves plenty of questionsJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - With lawmakers returning to the Capitol today to take another crack at balancing the state's budget, the Daily Herald seeks to answer some of the basic que...
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Daycare worker gets probation in abuse case
Jun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - HARRISBURG -- A daycare worker who investigators say put hot sauce on the tongues of children as a way to discipline them has been ordered to spend a year on probation a...
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Ex-Ill. couple gets prison for fraud
Jun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- A southwestern Illinois woman and her ex-husband have been sentenced to prison and ordered to repay more than $78,000 in a federal fraud case. A judge ...
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4 officers indicted in 2006 alleged inmate beating
Jun 27, 2009 11:00 pm - PEKIN -- A Tazewell County grand jury has indicted four sheriff's department correction officers for allegedly beating an inmate in 2006. Those charged include Sgt. Mich...