Illinois
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Sheley asks to defend himself in new charges
Apr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - GALESBURG -- The 29-year-old man charged with eight killings in Illinois and Missouri says he still wants to represent himself on new charges that he assaulted Knox Coun...
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Trial starts in baby starving death
Apr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- The trial of a 24-year-old Peoria man accused of starving his 5-month-old son to death has begun with testimony from the man's mother and a pediatrician. James...
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4 charged in online prostitution sting
Apr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Four people, including three Illinoisans, have been charged in an online prostitution sting in Iowa City. Iowa City police say an undercover officer m...
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Police shoot man, find woman's body inside apartment
Apr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - O'FALLON -- Authorities in the southwestern Illinois community of O'Fallon are investigating the case of an armed man shot dead by police at an apartment where a woman's...
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Ethics commission targets state Legislature
Apr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A reform commission appointed by Gov. Pat Quinn says cleaning up Illinois government requires major changes in the operations of the General Assembly. The...
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Volunteers married where they met -- at homeless shelter
Apr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Two central Illinois volunteers have tied the knot in the place they first met: a homeless shelter. Joyce and Joe Reynolds were married Saturday at the Wa...
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Ill. man killed in boating accident
Apr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - MURRAY, Ky. -- Two men from western Tennessee have died in a Kentucky Lake boating accident. A separate accident on nearby Lake Barkley killed an Illinois man. The Paduc...
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Ex-murder suspect jailed again
Apr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- A southwestern Illinois man freed when prosecutors dropped a murder charge due to questions about a detective's credibility is back behind bars. Twenty...
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Coal producer Alliance reports 1st-quarter profit
Apr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Coal producer Alliance Resource Partners is crediting higher prices for a 68 percent increase in first-quarter profits. Alliance said Monday it earn...
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State officials say swine flu no cause for panicApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The state's public health director said swine flu will likely come to Illinois but urge the public to remain calm and said official are working to minimize...