Illinois
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Aventine files Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Ethanol producer Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, the latest victim in an industry s...
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Quinn backs military relief bill
Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn is backing a measure by an Illinois congressman to help military families by giving them money collected from a checkoff program on federal income tax for...
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Blagojevich arraignment set for April 14
Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arraignment on federal corruption charges has been set for April 14. The federal court schedule indicates that the former governor's brothe...
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Vandals damage church where pastor was slain
Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - MARYVILLE -- Police in southwestern Illinois are investigating vandalism at two churches, including one where the pastor was killed mid-sermon last month. Maryville Poli...
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Amish want filmmaker to recruit elsewhere
Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- From the moment British filmmakers launched their research of Amish teens from central Illinois for a TV series contrasting Amish values with those of...
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Pre-K enrollment, funding up; worry about economy
Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The recession could spell trouble for the nation's youngest schoolchildren, despite positive trends in spending and enrollment for state pre-K programs, ac...
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Jackson: I'm cooperating with ethics inquiry
Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is the subject of a preliminary inquiry from a congressional ethics board looking into his attempts to be appointed to the Senate se...
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Authorities: Man flees nursing home, dies
Apr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - GLEN CARBON -- Madison County authorities are investigating the death of an 81-year-old man who apparently managed to escape a nursing home hours before being found dead...
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Report: 3.5M in Illinois spent time uninsured
Apr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A national advocacy group says more than 30 percent of Illinois residents under age 65 were uninsured at some point during 2007 and 2008. The report releas...
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SIU student from Hoffman hospitalized in Carbondale crashApr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - A 26-year-old Hoffman Estates man enrolled at Southern Illinois University suffered serious injuries over the weekend in an alcohol-related rollover crash in Carbondale,...