Illinois
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Suspect in teacher slaying deemed mentally fit
Apr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - SALEM -- A judge has declared a murder suspect mentally fit to be tried on charges that he rammed a southern Illinois teacher with his Jeep as she walked along a rural r...
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Peoria man found guilty in baby's death by neglect
Apr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- A judge has found a 24-year-old Peoria man guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his son from an infection brought on by a nearly week-old dirty diaper...
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Republicans tiring of minority statusApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Legislative Republicans want to change the Illinois Constitution to give them some say in any decision to increase taxes. But that and other GOP-sponsored ...
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2 Rockford residents killed in crash
Apr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Three people are dead after a vehicle went out of control and slammed into a utility pole in southeast Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said ...
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Swine flu fears close schools in Kane, Cook countiesApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - The Chicago area became part of an international epidemic Wednesday, as officials found the first nine probable cases of swine flu in Illinois. But the patients, ages 6 ...
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Nevada brothel woos Blagojevich for its own reality showApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Rod Blagojevich has yet another offer to be on reality TV. But instead of eating bugs in some tropical jungle, he'd be selecting prostitutes in the Nevada ...
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Grant focuses on Ill. domestic violence
Apr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A $1.1 million grant from the federal government is giving 20 select Illinois counties an extra hand when prosecuting domestic violence cases. Officials s...
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Fremd graduate dies near U of IApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - A 2006 Fremd High School graduate collapsed and died at a downstate Champaign eatery early Wednesday, apparently of natural causes. Joshua Jared Hardy, 21, a University ...
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Some universities calling off Mexico travel plans
Apr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Western Illinois University senior Eric Skelton planned to spend part of May and June studying in central Mexico. The 23-year-old business management major ...
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State worker accidentally releases data while downloading music
Apr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Investigators believe a state employee downloading music to a laptop computer caused the release of sensitive Illinois Department on Aging information. A ...