Illinois
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Ebert announces lineup for 2009 festival
Mar 27, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- A documentary about hippie life in the late 1960s will kick off the 11th annual Roger Ebert's Film Festival in Champaign next month. The director's cut of t...
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House, Senate vote to raise truck speed
Mar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois House and Senate have approved bills raising the speed limit for trucks on rural interstate highways to 65 miles per hour. Neither bill affec...
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Ill. Senate approves Olympics guarantee
Mar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Senate has voted a $250 million guarantee for the 2016 Olympics in a bid to boost the city's efforts to land the games. The Illinois House ha...
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Blagojevich on the radio again
Mar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Impeached former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is again on the radio and says he's sought out media coverage because voters deserved to hear his side of the story. Blagojevich ta...
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Audit: Forensic backlog hurts criminal cases
Mar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The backlog of tests on evidence at Illinois State Police labs climbed into the thousands and interfered with criminal cases while the agency sat on money...
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Lawyer who asked to tickled kids acquitted
Mar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A Madison County judge has ruled it was not illegal for a man to ask to tickle kids. Charles Douglas in September was charged with misdemeanor disorderly...
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Man found in lake was wanted by police
Mar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- Officials say a man whose body was found in a car submerged in a central Illinois lake was wanted for violating probation on a domestic battery conviction...
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Gov. investigating 'midnight' pay raises
Mar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn said Wednesday he wants to know whether the Illinois Department of Transportation was the only agency to hand out "midnight raises" -- sala...
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Tollway proposes scofflaw system reformsMar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Facing pressure from lawmakers and the public, tollway officials Thursday granted a reprieve on scofflaw fines and launched reforms of the toll cheat enforcement program...
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Amtrak in Ill. to get $80 million
Mar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Amtrak in Illinois will receive $80 million in federal stimulus money to modernize train repair centers as well as to improve security and wheelchair accessibility. That...