Illinois
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Lincoln stamps collection sold for nearly $2 mil
Apr 17, 2009 11:00 pm - DALLAS -- A Georgia man's collection of thousands of President Lincoln stamps has sold at auction in New York City for $1.961 million. Dallas-based Spink Shreves Galler...
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Mother pleads not guilty in taped fight
Apr 17, 2009 11:00 pm - URBANA -- A Champaign mother has pleaded not guilty to urging her 15-year-old daughter to fight another girl in a confrontation later posted on YouTube. Dawn Morris was ...
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$49.4 million for Morris railroad bridge
Apr 17, 2009 11:00 pm - MORRIS -- U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says the Department of Homeland Security has awarded nearly $50 million in stimulus money to improve a railroad bridge in northeastern Il...
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Illinois leads nation in recovery road funds, projects
Apr 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Federal transportation officials say Illinois so far ranks first in the number of projects and amount of stimulus funding approved by the Obama Administration. Gov. Pat ...
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Video of fight leads to mom's arrest
Apr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN - A central Illinois mother is behind bars after police say she encouraged her 15-year-old daughter to fight another girl in a confrontation that was later pos...
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Proposed law would shake up status quo on state transit pet projectsApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Giving funding to politically expedient projects. Following traditional formulas for divvying up road money between downstate and metropolitan Chicago. Making sure every...
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Ill. man imprisoned for 26 years declared innocent
Apr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - A man who spent 26 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit has been officially declared innocent. Cook County Circuit Judge Paul Biebel Jr. issued a certificate of...
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Quinn appoints friend to head health board
Apr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn's good friend Dr. Quentin Young promises to do all he can to ensure the scandal-plagued Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board is honest. Quinn used hi...
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Man accused of killing security guardApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis man is accused of killing a grocery store security guard with the victim's own gun during an alleged shoplifting attempt in East St. Louis....
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Illinois' unemployment rate jumps to 9.1%Apr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - When Joe Giovenco of Naperville lost his mold-making job in January, he didn't realize he would be part of a continuing wave of unemployed workers. Still, it was his sec...