Illinois
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Lawsuit filed against immigration services firm
Jun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The state of Illinois has filed a lawsuit alleging a Chicago-based immigration services provider bilked customers out of nearly $140,000. The Illinois attorney general's...
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2 counties to be sprayed for gypsy moth
Jun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Department of Agriculture will be spraying over 21,000 acres of northern Illinois to prevent Gypsy Moth reproduction. Beginning Thursday, the...
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Lawyer: Church collection could be helping suspect
Jun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - CHESTER -- A southwestern Illinois man charged with killing his wife and two sons may be benefiting from money collected at his father's church to pay their funeral expe...
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Palatine's Murphy says he'll vie for governorJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Palatine Republican state Sen. Matt Murphy said Monday his candidacy for Illinois governor is an opportunity for the state Republican party to break away ...
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Should state pay $4 billion into retirement plan?Jun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - When state lawmakers return to Springfield on Tuesday, they'll try to hammer out fixes to a statewide construction program and are expected to continue bat...
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NTSB: High water at site of fatal train derailment
Jun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - ROCKFORD -- There was high water along the northern Illinois rail line where a freight train derailed, setting off a fiery explosion and killing one person, federal auth...
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Mass. A.G. files suit against drug maker Wyeth
Jun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has filed a complaint in federal court alleging drug manufacturer Wyeth failed to give the government required di...
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Woman killed fleeing train derailment, blast
Jun 20, 2009 11:00 pm - ROCKFORD -- Railroad tank cars holding thousands of gallons of highly flammable ethanol derailed and exploded in flames, killing a 41-year-old woman as she tried to run ...
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Missing tortoise back home after 18 days
Jun 20, 2009 11:00 pm - SWANSEA -- Thelma the tortoise is back at home in Swansea after 18 days of freedom. Joseph Ponder of Belleville was walking to a convenience store on Saturday when he sp...
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1 killed, 1 wounded in street fight
Jun 20, 2009 11:00 pm - STERLING -- Whiteside County authorities have issued a first-degree murder warrant for a 23-year-old Sterling man reportedly involved in a fatal beating. Police say Anto...