Illinois
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Fisherman rescues 5-year-old girl from lake
Jun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - BRIGHTON -- Police in the southwestern Illinois town of Brighton are hailing 59-year-old Terry Buhs as a hero for his rescue of a 5-year-old girl from a small lake. Buhs...
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Lincoln stamp sold for $431,000
Jun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A rare Abraham Lincoln stamp that was stolen from Indiana in 1967 and surfaced 39 years later in Chicago has sold at auction for more than $430,000. The stam...
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Man loses bid to have sentence thrown out
Jun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - OTTAWA -- A central Illinois man convicted of clubbing a woman to death with a baseball bat in 2002 has lost a bid to have his 40-year sentence thrown out. The Third Dis...
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Blagojevich appointee, once investigated, is firedJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The chief of staff at Illinois' child-welfare agency, personally recommended for her job by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and later investigated for illegal...
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Downstate man killed in motel fire identified
Jun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - GALESBURG -- Galesburg Police have identified a man who died in a fatal fire at a local motel. Police reports indicate the body from the fire early Friday morning was th...
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Man rescued from trench collapse
Jun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - ROCK ISLAND -- Rock Island firefighters say their recent training session on trench rescues couldn't have come at a better time. The Rock Island Fire Department trained ...
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Audits slap state agencies for waste, lax oversight
Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State auditors released reports Thursday that found several cases of government mismanagement, from lax oversight of a $100,000 education grant to 52 miss...
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Ill. panel on pet breeding ready to get started
Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- An Illinois task force looking into potential abuses by pet stores and breeding operations is ready to get started. Illinois lawmakers approved the task f...
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Bed once owned by Henry Clay for sale
Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- A bed made for Kentucky statesman Henry Clay is for sale at a Bloomington auction house. The four-poster bed made from rosewood is considered a one-of-a-k...
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Audit finds 52 computers missing from state agency
Jun 10, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A state agency that regulates banking, insurance and dozens of professions in Illinois can't account for 52 computers. State auditors say the agency doesn...