Illinois
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Blago lawyer asks to tap campaign fund
Apr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's lawyer has made a fresh plea for permission to tap the Democrat's campaign fund, saying an effective defense for Blagojevich requires more ...
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Cop bureaucrat driving seized hotrod
Apr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois State Police had a gem on its hands after a January 2007 traffic stop. Troopers seized a gleaming muscle car: a 2006 Dodge Charger, boasting ...
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Study: Upper Great Lakes not losing extra water
Apr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- An engineering study says Lake Michigan and Lake Huron aren't losing billions of gallons of extra water daily through an artificially made opening in the St. ...
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'Enemy combatant' pleads guilty in Illinois
Apr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- A man whose case sparked a furious legal debate over whether the government can hold terrorism suspects indefinitely entered a surprise guilty plea, admitting ...
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Tollway contractor wants more money despite criticismsApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois State Toll Highway Authority directors balked at paying $12 million more to the company that manages much of its electronic tolling system, including the unpopu...
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Ill. juror replaced in Sears Tower plot trial
Apr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- A federal jury was told Friday to forget several days of deliberations in a long-running terrorism case and start from scratch after one of the panelists became...
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Illinois has flu drugs for 1 million people
Apr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois health officials say the state has enough flu drugs on hand to treat more than 1 million people, plus quick access to enough additional drugs to ...
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Speed cameras for school zones advancesApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Intending to show once and for all that using cameras to ticket speeding drivers is only about safety, a suburban state senator on Thursday changed his pla...
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Former 'enemy combatant' pleads guilty
Apr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- A 43-year-old man who was locked up without charge for years by the Bush administration pleaded guilty Thursday to training in al-Qaida camps and coming to the...
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Former Ill. cop sues ex-prosecutor
Apr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - URBANA -- A former eastern Illinois police officer acquitted last year of using his job to force himself on strippers is suing a former prosecutor over the charges. In h...