Illinois
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Braidwood nuclear plant unit back in service
Apr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - BRACEVILLE -- Exelon officials say a nuclear reactor is back in service after it was automatically shut down this week. Exelon Nuclear spokesman Paul Dempsey says a devi...
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Gov. Quinn 'sees no reason not to run' for full term
Apr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn intends to seek a full term as chief executive in 2010. Quinn told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch he planned to seek election to the ...
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Bomb squad destroys family souvenir
Apr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Orland Park resident Florence Welch says her family has finally gotten rid of a souvenir her late father kept at the various residences he called home over the past 60 y...
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Attorney Allan Ackerman may join Blagojevich legal team
Apr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich may add veteran criminal defense attorney Allan A. Ackerman to his team. Ackerman told The Associated Press on Monday that he's been "asked t...
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SIU tuition increase in the works
Apr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- Southern Illinois University President Glenn Poshard says plans for tuition and fee increases will move forward, despite uncertainties about the state budg...
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Boy dies after being struck by truck
Apr 25, 2009 11:00 pm - DUPO -- Authorities say a 13-year southern Illinois boy died after he was struck by a gravel-filled truck bed which slipped off the vehicle. St. Clair County Sheriff's D...
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I-55 traffic stop yields 237 pounds of cocaine
Apr 25, 2009 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- Authorities say approximately 237 pounds of cocaine were found during a traffic stop on Interstate 55 in central Illinois. The drugs are worth between $2....
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Blagojevich still looking for TV stardom
Apr 24, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The reality series "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!" may have lost Rod Blagojevich to a court order, but that hasn't stopped the ousted Illinois g...
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Gov. Quinn backs project to green 3 schools
Apr 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn backed a project on Friday to retrofit three Illinois public schools to make them greener buildings. "We have to have a green way of thinking in Illinois ...
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Quinn reopens historic sites closed by BlagojevichApr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Eleven state historic sites shuttered by former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich due to budget cuts were reopened Wednesday by Gov. Pat Quinn. Standing under ...