Illinois
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S. Illinois woman gets 2 years probation in fraud case
Mar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS. -- A southern Illinois woman has been sentenced to two years probation for her role in a federal bankruptcy fraud case. U.S. District Judge G. Patrick Mu...
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Northbrook doctor pleads pleads guilty to hiding $3 mil. from IRS
Mar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - The business partner of a key government witness against in the investigation of corruption in the Blagojevich administration pleaded guilty Tuesday to hiding $3 million...
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Pontiac mayor finally meets with Quinn
Mar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Pontiac Mayor Scott McCoy, after weeks of failed efforts, has finally gotten to talk to Gov. Pat Quinn about the need to keep open the Pontiac Correctiona...
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Quinn says state stimulus to be $25 billion
Mar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday put a dollar figure on Illinois' homegrown effort to stimulate the economy: $25 billion. Quinn said he wants to spend the money on Illinois' own...
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Durbin pushes Chicago-St. Louis high speed rail lineMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - It's notorious for being the most delayed train route in Illinois, but the trek from Chicago to St. Louis would become the state's fastest if Sen. Dick Durbin and Gov. P...
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Alleged enemy combatant gets day in court in Illinois
Mar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - CHARLESTON, S.C. -- An alleged al-Qaida sleeper agent gets his day in court after almost six years confined to a military brig near Charleston. Ali al-Marri had been det...
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Investigator: Pastor tried to flee gunman
Mar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- An Illinois pastor gunned down during his sermon at a suburban church tried to run from his assailant before being shot through the heart, according to an i...
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Judge won't remove prosecutors from Blago case
Mar 08, 2009 11:00 pm - A federal judge has turned down a request from impeached former Gov. Rod Blagojevich to have Chicago's top federal prosecutor and his staff thrown off the corruption cas...
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Tornadoes blamed for downstate storm damage
Mar 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The National Weather Service now blames a pair of tornadoes for destroying buildings in central and southwestern Illinois. And forecasters say strong winds, heavy rain a...
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Blago aide, Cubs consultant spoke of certain 'opportunities'
Mar 08, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A sports consultant helping Tribune Co. with a potential Wrigley Field sale said in an e-mail to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's top aide that the results o...