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Crews begin $15 million track maintenance project in Illinois

Apr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The BNSF Railway Company today will begin repairing a 29-mile stretch of track between Galesburg and Wilbern. The work includes the removal, repairing and replacement of...
Man accused of DUI after SUV hits courthouse

Associated Press
Apr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - BENTON -- Franklin County authorities say a man was drunk when his sport utility vehicle slammed into the county courthouse in Benton. Twenty-eight-year-old Brandon Mand...
Ill. pension head quits; nationwide search begins

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Apr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois' largest public pension fund, which Gov. Pat Quinn is targeting for an ethical overhaul, named an interim director Wednesday and announced a nati...
Home care workers for seniors could be cut

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Apr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois seniors who need assistance with home chores could see less of their state-paid helpers because of a tight state budget. The Illinois Department ...
Illinois Medal of Honor winner dies

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Apr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - GODFREY -- An Illinoisan who won the Medal of Honor after killing nine German soldiers and taking two others captive while wounded during a World War II battle has died....
Jury acquits Ill. Marine of Iraq murder

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Apr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- A military jury on Thursday acquitted a Marine sergeant on charges of murdering an unarmed detainee during battle in Fallujah, Iraq. The jury a...
Quinn wants votes on reform commission proposals

Associated Press
Apr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn is calling on lawmakers to have an up or down vote on every proposal that comes out of a reform commission he created to clean up state government. Quinn...
Roland Burris says legal tab now $500,000

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Apr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - U.S. Sen. Roland Burris says he's rung up $500,000 in legal expenses tied to investigations surrounding his appointment by indicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Burris w...
Report: Jesse Jackson Jr. faces ethics probe

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Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - A published reports says the Office of Congressional Ethics is conducting a preliminary review of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s efforts to be appointed to the U.S. Senat...
Police kill machete-swinging man

Associated Press
Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - OAKWOOD -- Central Illinois authorities have identified a Texas man who was shot to death by police after he allegedly led officers on a 35-mile chase before charging th...

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