Illinois
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2 more teens charged in videotaped beating
Jun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - A judge has confined to their homes two teenage girls who allegedly participated in a videotaped attack on another teenager. Officials say a 15-year-old from Crete and a...
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Schakowsky to run again for House, not SenateJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky backed off her potential run for U.S. Senate Monday, saying she would have to spend too much time raising money to make a serious bid. The Evan...
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Gov. Quinn chips away at clemency backlog
Jun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Gordon "Randy" Steidl left Danville Correctional Center in 2004 after spending more than 17 years in prison, including 12 on death row, for a double murder he didn't com...
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State rep says he wants resignations at U of I
Jun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The chairman of the Illinois House's Higher Education Committee says he wants the president of the University of Illinois system and some trustees to resign. Democratic ...
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Exelon says no harm in latest tritium leak at Morris nuke plant
Jun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - MORRIS -- Exelon Corp. says routine monitoring has revealed a leak of water contaminated with radioactive tritium gas at a nuclear power plant. Officials at the utility ...
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Wind-power company plans to expand downstate wind farm
Jun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- A Texas company wants to more than double the size of a central Illinois wind farm and hopes to start work on the project next year. Horizon Wind Energy a...
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$10 million in stolen artifacts being sent back to Italy
Jun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The FBI says millions of dollars worth of stolen manuscripts and other antiquities found in the home of a suburban collectibles dealer are being sent back to Italy. At a...
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Supreme Court won't hear casinos-vs.-tracks disputeJun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The U.S. Supreme Court, leaving intact a law that played a role in former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's ouster, refused to question a state statute that diverts casino...
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State has tentative deal over college fund losses
Jun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois has a tentative agreement with a fund management company to recover millions of dollars lost in a college savings program. In a statement Monday, state Treasure...
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Blago: Phone conversation was not 'inappropriate'Jun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says a recently released phone conversation taped secretly by federal authorities shows his brother participated in "nothing inappro...