Illinois
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Illinois GOP leaders call for criminal probe into Burris statementsFeb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Under fire from some Illinois Republican leaders calling for an investigation into his testimony before an impeachment committee and others calling for his resignation, ...
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Relic hunter's body found in Madison Co.
Feb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - GODFREY -- Authorities in southwestern Illinois say toxicology tests could help determine how a 27-year-old man died while hunting arrowheads. Searchers on Sunday found ...
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Burris: Feds didn't initiate new affidavit
Feb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - U.S. Sen. Roland Burris insisted Monday that a newly released affidavit outlining contacts with ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother and other advisers was voluntary an...
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Report: Online sales tax would raise $150 million
Feb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A new report estimates Illinois is missing out on $153 million in sales tax revenue on online purchases. The state Department of Revenue says the lost tax...
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IHSA: No students athletes test positive for drugs
Feb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois High School Association says none of the 264 student athletes it randomly tested for drugs last fall violated the group's policies. The IHSA ...
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Stash of cash found at Springfield Goodwill store
Feb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The hunt continues for the owner of a large sum of money found this month at a Goodwill Industries store in Springfield. Officials aren't offering many sp...
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Regulators take over troubled Illinois bankFeb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Banks in four U.S. states with more than $1 billion in assets were closed in a single day, boosting the toll of seized lenders to 13 this year and further draining a dep...
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100 years ago, the NAACP began in Springfield
Feb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - The bookends of the NAACP's century testify to the changes it has wrought. In 1908, a deadly race riot in Springfield led to the birth of the National Association for t...
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NIU announces Feb. 14 Memorial GardenFeb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Northern Illinois University announced plans Saturday for a permanent memorial to the victims of the shooting that claimed the lives of five students one year ago. The u...
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Why doesn't Gov. Quinn have more Facebook friends?Feb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Why doesn't anyone want to be Pat Quinn's friend? Two weeks after becoming governor, Quinn's supporter count on the social networking Web site Facebook is ...