Illinois
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Video gambling could be closer to schools, churchesJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Suburban parents dropping the kids off at school might not have to go too far if they want to play some video poker on the way home. Video poker and other ...
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U of I won't release 'clout' students' test scoresJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - The University of Illinois says it won't release test scores and grade-point averages for applicants who appeared on a so-called "clout list." The Chicago Tribune says i...
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Kidnapped baby found safe in Fort Wayne
Jun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- A 5-month-old Illinois boy allegedly kidnapped by his baby sitter has been found safe in Indiana after federal marshals traced a call to a home where...
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Horse racing tracks hope for riverboat money
Jun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Four Illinois riverboat casinos failed to get the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to a law requiring them to share their profits with the state'...
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Swine flu cases jump by 30 percentJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The number of swine flu cases in Illinois jumped by 35 percent over the weekend - but health officials maintain it's nothing to be alarmed about. Total cases of the H1N1...
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Quinn using guilt to try to sway lawmakers to pass budget
Jun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn wants lawmakers to see what doomsday looks like if they don't pass a state budget with an income tax increase, so he is making the rounds of social servic...
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Man pleads guilty in crash that killed 2
Jun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A 29-year-old Caseyville man accused of driving drunk when his car hit and killed a southern Illinois man and his pregnant girlfriend has pleaded guilty ...
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4 preliminary tornadoes reported in S. Illinois
Jun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- Powerful thunderstorms spawned four reports of tornadoes touching down in southern Illinois on Monday, uprooting trees, downing power lines and damaging ou...
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Farmers are behind planting soybeans
Jun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- After struggling to get the corn crop planted, central Illinois farmers continue to battle wet conditions to get soybeans in the ground. Dunlap farmer Ross Pau...
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Colorful wood ducks making a comeback in Illinois
Jun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- They look as if a wood carver with an unexpired creative license created them in a fit of imagination. The male's green crest sweeps back over its head li...