Illinois
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Trooper accused of DUI pleads to lesser charge
Mar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - MOUNT VERNON -- An Illinois State Police trooper initially accused of speeding and driving under the influence of alcohol while operating a state-issued vehicle has plea...
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Ex-official free while fraud conviction appealed
Mar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A federal judge is allowing a former Illinois secretary of state official to remain free on bond while he appeals his 2006 wire fraud conviction to the U....
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Searchers find body of Ill. trucker in Ohio flood
Mar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - MILLER CITY, Ohio -- Authorities in Ohio say they've found the body of an Illinois trucker who got lost and turned onto a country road covered by floodwaters. Authoritie...
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Illinois man indicted on alleged Wis. kickback scheme
Mar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- An Illinois man has been indicted in connection with an alleged kickback scam targeting Racine-based S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. The U.S. Attorney's office in ...
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U of I to pay $9 million in Ind. woman's death
Mar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - URBANA -- The University of Illinois has agreed to pay $9 million to the family of a Valparaiso, Ind., woman who died during surgery last year at a university hospital i...
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Quinn cites jobs in keeping Pontiac prison open
Mar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Gov. Pat Quinn said Thursday he has decided to keep the Pontiac Correctional Center open in a move aimed at preserving more than 500 jobs at one of the are...
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Woman claims Blagojevich firing for talking to FBI
Mar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration forced a woman from her job for telling the FBI about the ex-governor's illegal hiring "scheme," a l...
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CDC: 16.5 percent of Illinois households cell phone-only
Mar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Federal estimates released Wednesday show that 16.5 percent of Illinois households have dropped landlines to go wireless. Oklahoma and Utah lead the way in cell phone-on...
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Report: Zell gets attorney for Ill. gov. interview
Mar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Federal prosecutors interviewed Tribune Co. Chairman Sam Zell in January as a potential witness in their criminal investigation of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according...
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New Argonne chief excited about the futureMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - An expert on the tiniest pieces of matter will turn his focus on the big picture at Argonne National Laboratory. Eric D. Isaacs, a University of Chicago physicist and hi...