Illinois
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Suspected spree killer's wife wants reward
Feb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - MORRISON -- The wife of a man accused of bludgeoning six people to death in Illinois and killing two more in Missouri says she's entitled to some of the reward money off...
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State treasurer: Stimulus won't fix budgetFeb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias said President Barack Obama's $789 billion stimulus package won't provide enough cash to fix the state's $9 billion budget gap. The ...
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Caterpillar sued over Joliet-area oil spillFeb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest maker of construction equipment, was sued by the state of Illinois for endangering the environment by allowing a waste treatment ta...
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McCarter tapped to succeed Watson in Senate
Feb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A Republican businessman who heads the St. Clair County board in southern Illinois has been tapped to succeed newly retired Frank Watson in the Illinois S...
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2 charged with DUI in crash that killed couple
Feb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - FAIRMONT CITY -- Madison County authorities have charged two people with driving under the influence of alcohol in a three-vehicle collision that took the lives of a Gra...
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Clothing from Lane Bryant murders site donated to charity
Feb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Authorities say the piles of clothing that were inside the former Lane Bryant store in Tinley Park where five women were murdered in 2008 will be donated to a women's pr...
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Suburban lawmakers try to tie up ethical loose endsFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Rod Blagojevich may be gone from the governor's office, but his behavior there hasn't been forgotten. Several suburban lawmakers are among the state offici...
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More Illinois teachers striving for top certification that paysFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - By all accounts, John Madsen is a successful educator. The Bartlett High School language arts teacher, tenured and with nine years of service under his belt, received a ...
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Quinn calls on Sen. Burris to resignFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn called on embattled U.S. Sen. Roland Burris to quit and urged state lawmakers to approve a special election in hopes of finally finding a Se...
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DCFS reports cluster of child suicides
Feb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is reporting three child suicides in as many weeks in the state, which is causing alarm among child welfare offic...