Illinois
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Higher taxes, fees in plan to balance Ill. budget
Mar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Smokers, drivers and many Illinois workers would be asked to pony up more money to balance the state budget under a plan being considered by Gov. Pat Quin...
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Peoria officers arrested after videotaped beating
Mar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- Two Peoria police officers have been arrested in connection with the 2008 beating of a 33-year-old man that was captured on a squad car video. Officers Andrew ...
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1 dead, 1 wounded in Springfield
Mar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Springfield police say one man was shot to death during an early morning robbery at his home after two gunmen brought a second victim to the residence at ...
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Quinn promises more openness in state government
Mar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - When former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said a day before being arrested that sunshine hung over him, he wasn't talking about releasing public records. The ousted gove...
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Church resumes services week after pastor slain
Mar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - MARYVILLE -- The church whose senior pastor was gunned down during his sermon resumed services Sunday with support from a guest preacher whose church in Texas also was b...
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Man who subdued church gunman out of hospital
Mar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - MARYVILLE -- The second of two men injured by a knife-wielding man they helped subdue after he allegedly gunned down a pastor in a southwestern Illinois church is out of...
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Rockford man charged in roommate's stabbing death
Mar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - ROCKFORD -- A 51-year-old northern Illinois man is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his roommate. Police say Willie J. Harrison killed 31-year-o...
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Man accused of harassing witnesses
Mar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - JOLIET -- Authorities in Will County have filed witness harassment charges against a man already charged in a shooting that wounded three people, including a 7-year-old ...
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Ill. man pleads guilty to DUI in fatal crash
Mar 14, 2009 11:00 pm - A Decatur man has pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI in a 2008 crash that left two people dead. Macon County prosecutors say 46-year-old Richard Wolverton Jr. had a blood-...
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Burris gets cold reception at St. Pat's parade
Mar 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Roland Burris both made customary appearances at the annual Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade Saturday, but they drew very different...