Illinois
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FAA: 4,300 bird strikes in Illinois
Apr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Airplane collisions with birds have more than doubled at 13 major U.S. airports since 2000, and New York's Kennedy airport and Sacramento International rep...
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Pigs killed in downstate farm fire
Apr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - LITTLETON -- Schuyler County authorities say a fire killed an estimated 2,800 pigs and an undetermined number of piglets. Authorities say Littleton firefighters were cal...
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Champaign man found dead at food plant
Apr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- A 46-year-old Champaign man has been found dead at a soon-to-close food plant. Champaign Fire Department spokeswoman Dena Schumacher says a co-worker found...
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Former Blago aide pleads not guilty, but that could changeApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - As Alonzo Monk, former chief of staff to indicted former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich told a judge he's not guilty of a related wire fraud charge, a U.S. prosecutor...
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Man gets 15 years for killing best friend
Apr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- An East St. Louis man sentenced to 15 years in prison for stabbing his best friend says he's sorry for the death of a victim he considered a brother. A St....
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Wall around terror suspect easing, brother says
Apr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- The U.S. government's wall of isolation around a man held for more than seven years as an alleged al-Qaida sleeper agent has parted in recent weeks with tel...
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Minnesota attorney general tells Illinois tollway to stop ticketingApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Minnesota drivers have been receiving erroneous fines for allegedly blowing off tolls in Illinois, prompting Minnesota's attorney general to call on tollway officials to...
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Lawmakers want to know what happened to funeral fundingApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House of Representatives voted 115-0 Wednesday to investigate the alleged mismanagement of millions of dollars held in pre-need funeral and bu...
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Quinn orders agencies to cut waste, pollution
Apr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn marked Earth Day by ordering state agencies to cut waste and making the Governor's Mansion more environmentally friendly, but he gave a col...
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Duckworth confirmed to federal postApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Former Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs Director Tammy Duckworth has won final confirmation to become the face of the United States Department of Veterans Affair...