Illinois
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Artists dressing up Springfield with Lincoln hats
Apr 13, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Anyone driving or walking around Illinois' capital city this summer might spot a a 3-foot-tall version of President Lincoln's black stovepipe hat. And ano...
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Barge strike closes bridge between Ky., Ill.
Apr 13, 2009 11:00 pm - WICKLIFFE, Ky. -- A bridge linking Kentucky and Illinois is closed to traffic after a barge struck a bridge pier. U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Brad Hannon says the har...
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Illinois prisoner charged in attempted escape
Apr 13, 2009 11:00 pm - PONTIAC -- A former Pontiac Correctional Center inmate faces four felony counts in connection with an attempt to escape from the central Illinois prison that left a pris...
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3 charged in death of elderly man
Apr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Bond has been set at $1 million apiece for three men charged in the shooting death of an 80-year-old southern Illinois man. Prosecutors have charged 45-year-old Dennis E...
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Quinn hosts Easter egg hunt at Executive Mansion
Apr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn hosted dozens of developmentally disabled children and their families at the Executive Mansion for an Easter egg hunt. It was the ...
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Budget woes force move for some state cops
Apr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Budget problems will mean a change in location for some Illinois state police employees. State police have decided to move out of the decaying building th...
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Hundreds attend 'Blessing of the Bikes' in Bloomington
Apr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- For hundreds of central Illinois motorcyclists, it was the day of the Holy Harley. More than 400 motorcycle riders attended Saturday's 17th annual Blessin...
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Charges possible in worker's death
Apr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- The St. Clair County state's attorney will decide within weeks whether to file charges in the death of a 39-year-old worker in a highway construction zone....
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Downstate bingo hall robbed at gunpoint
Apr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - GRANITE CITY -- A gunman apparently wasn't playing games when he walked into a southwestern Illinois bingo hall with a shotgun and robbed the place. Police in Granite Ci...
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Ill. ranks 8th in wind power
Apr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Texas continues to blow away the competition, but Iowa can now generate more wind power than California, according to a new industry report to be re...