Illinois
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Now that's neighborly: Man to give kidney to girl down the street
Mar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - SWANSEA -- A retired Air Force colonel is taking neighborly to a new level. Fifty-five-year-old Mike Cole on Friday will donate one of his kidneys to 10-year-old Sabrina...
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Mother accused of trying to drown baby in toilet
Mar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - COLUMBIA -- A Belleville woman is jailed on $250,000 after being accused of trying to drown her baby in a toilet last November. Twenty-three-year-old Elyse Mamino is cha...
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Publicist: Blago to write book on 'dark side of politics'
Mar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Rod Blagojevich's publicist says the former Illinois governor plans to write book "exposing the dark side of politics." Glenn Selig says Blagojevich signed a six-figure ...
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New study finds huge jump in Ill. budget deficit
Mar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A new study says the size of the Illinois budget deficit has nearly doubled in just two years. The budget gap for this year is $8.1 billion, according to ...
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Quinn names former aide to run economic agency
Mar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A former aide to Gov. Pat Quinn is being promoted to director of the Illinois economic-development agency, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportu...
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Suddenly, GOP has plenty of candidates for governorMar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Potential Republican candidates for Illinois governor have been testing the waters recently at fundraisers, chicken dinners and pancake breakfasts across the suburbs - t...
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Quinn says time to move on from Burris
Mar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn says it's time to move on from the flap over embattled U.S. Sen. Roland Burris and focus on the economy. Quinn wants a special election for the Senate pos...
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Stop the delay and protect our kidsMar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - February 10 should have been the day that America's kids got a whole lot safer. That's the day that important provisions of a new product safety law were scheduled to go...
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Durbin says he'll work with Burris
Mar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin sounds resigned to fellow Illinois Democrat Roland Burris remaining in the Senate for the next two years. Durbin has called for Burris' resignation...
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Burris says he's working hard to represent Illinois
Mar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - A somber U.S. Sen. Roland Burris told hundreds of supporters at a black church in Chicago Sunday that he's been working hard to represent them in Washington. In a brief ...