Illinois
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Records show names missing from Burris' lobbying list
Feb 18, 2009 10:00 pm - State and local records show that at least 10 names are missing from a list of lobbying clients U.S. Sen. Roland Burris has given to Illinois legislators. On Feb. 5, Bur...
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EPA: Illinois oil spill cleanup done
Feb 18, 2009 10:00 pm - ROCKDALE -- The Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing Caterpillar Inc.'s oil spill control and monitoring plans after 65,000 gallons of oil overflowed, some spill...
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Mistress hiring probe withdrawn amid partisan furorFeb 18, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Suburban state Rep. Jack Franks riled Republicans Wednesday by trying to win support for an investigation into whether a state lawmaker colluded with then-...
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3rd trial starts for 6 men accused of terror plot
Feb 18, 2009 10:00 pm - MIAMI -- A group of Miami men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and other targets were alternately portrayed Wednesday as militants who sold out their...
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Burris timelineFeb 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Key dates in Roland Burris' appointment to the U.S. Senate: Dec. 9, 2008: Gov. Rod Blagojevich is arrested by federal authorities in Chicago. He is accused of trying to ...
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Fire official: House explosion 'suspicious'
Feb 17, 2009 10:00 pm - PONTOON BEACH -- A southwestern Illinois fire chief says the explosion that destroyed a Madison County home last week is being termed suspicious. Long Lake Fire Chief Da...
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Prosecutor reviewing comments about Burris contact with BlagojevichFeb 17, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Exactly how Roland Burris became a U.S. senator continues to attract scrutiny in light of his acknowledgment that he had several conversations with top Rod...
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Sheriff backs over, kills mother-in-law
Feb 17, 2009 10:00 pm - CAIRO -- Illinois State Police say they're investigating how and why a southern Illinois sheriff backed over and killed his 87-year-old mother-in-law. Investigators say ...
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Madigan proposes new ethics fines
Feb 17, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan wants to slap governments with up to a $1,000 fine for denying citizens the right to view public documents. Madigan...
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What qualifies as 'perjury?'Feb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Faulty memories don't constitute perjury. Deliberately lying under oath does. Not telling all you know? Well, that's a bit trickier. If conversations between Roland Bur...