Illinois
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State Fair lineup includes three former 'Idol' contestants
May 19, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Three former "American Idol" competitors are among the acts heading to Springfield this summer to perform on the Grandstand at the Illinois State Fair. Th...
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Kankakee newspaper charging online readers
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Highway chief's license plate oopsMay 19, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The wife of the state's transportation secretary has been driving around central Illinois with her husband's old, no longer valid state lawmaker license pl...
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Texting while driving ban advancesMay 19, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Bans on texting while driving and talking on a cell phone in a school or construction zone both moved closer to becoming law Tuesday after winning separate...
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Storm damage at SIUC could top $5 million
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Illinois Senate to vote on massive public works plan
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It's time for reason, not scare tacticsMay 19, 2009 11:00 pm - There is an eerie sameness to the tone of the so-called "doomsday budget" Gov. Patrick Quinn announced this week. It hearkens uncomfortably to memories of the way the pr...
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Chrysler to lay off nearly 1,000 more workers in Belvidere
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Deere second-quater profit tumbles 38 percent
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Lawmakers reject speed cams in school, hospital zonesMay 19, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Speed cameras will not be coming to Illinois roads anytime soon. The state Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a proposal that would have allowed usi...