Illinois
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Woman's body pulled from Spoon River
May 17, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON MILLS -- Authorities say they recovered the body of a Peoria County woman from the Spoon River a day after witnesses saw flood waters wash away her car as she tri...
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Ayers, Wright talk Mideast peace at suburban church
May 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Two men who created waves for President Barack Obama on the campaign trail have appeared together at a suburban church to promote Mideast peace. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright...
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Emanuel, Blago traded calls on school grant
May 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Rahm Emanuel wanted answers. Funds from a $2 million state grant to a school in his congressional district had not arrived, so he went straight to the man in charge: Gov...
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Atty: Blago's wife mulling reality TV spot
May 17, 2009 11:00 pm - An attorney says ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's wife is considering being on reality TV after her indicted husband was barred from traveling to Costa Rica to be ...
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40 years later, arrest made in gas station slaying
May 16, 2009 11:00 pm - BLUE MOUND -- More than 40 years after gas station attendant Bruce Wayne Clark was shot to death in the central Illinois village of Blue Mound, a 64-year-old Jeiseyville...
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Ethics commission member expresses some reservationsMay 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - If the sweeping ethics reform proposals put forth by a governor's commission had been dropped on Duane Noland's state Senate desk, he says he couldn't supp...
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Suburban lawmakers largely agree on proposed reformsMay 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Responding to a Daily Herald survey, suburban lawmakers overwhelmingly support the bulk of the ideas put forth in a recent ethics reform report that good-g...
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High water, flood warnings hit Illinois
May 16, 2009 11:00 pm - LINCOLN -- Heavy rains have swelled rivers and pushed water onto roadways in northern and western Illinois, prompting flood warnings. Kirk Huettl (HIT-tehl) is with the ...
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Your role in ethics reformMay 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Lawmakers could unanimously approve every recommendation recently put forth by a select reform commission, but voters would have the final say on key propo...
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Gynecologist acquitted of sexual abuse
May 16, 2009 11:00 pm - JERSEYVILLE -- A Jersey County jury has acquitted a former obstetrician and gynecologist of charges he drugged and sexually abused female patients. The jury returned the...