Illinois
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Poshard warns SIU may have to cut costs
Feb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- Southern Illinois University's president is warning that cuts -- including layoffs -- may be inevitable at SIU if the economy doesn't rebound quickly. Glen...
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Lincoln 1864 manuscript sets record at NYC auction
Feb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A handwritten manuscript of an 1864 Abraham Lincoln speech sold for $3.44 million on the bicentennial of his birthday Thursday, setting a new auction record ...
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Burris announces state-wide 'listening tour'
Feb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Sen. Roland Burris plans a "listening tour" next week that will take him to several Illinois cities for the first time since his surpass appointment to th...
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Quinn to address small business leaders
Feb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn is expected to address small business leaders in an afternoon speech at the headquarters for the Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH coalition. Quinn spokes...
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GOP needs suburbs back, seeks moderate consensus, leader saysFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - As President Barack Obama heads to the state Capitol today in honor of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday, Illinois Republicans will gather as they plot for a statewide co...
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Authorities were sure they had Tylenol killerFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Top government officials concluded 20 years ago that James W. Lewis was behind the 1982 Tylenol killings and used that belief to deny him parole on extortion charges in ...
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Griffin, charities aid Chicago Olympics as donors face slumpFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Chicago is asking charitable foundations and wealthy individuals such as hedge-fund manager Kenneth Griffin to support its 2016 Olympic bid as the recession erodes the ...
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New Ill. Senate president talks of raising gasoline tax
Feb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Senate President John Cullerton says the state needs a major capital program too badly to depend on hopes of a major gambling expansion. In an interview w...
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Ill. reform commission urges open government
Feb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Gov. Patrick Quinn's reform commission has urged him to take immediate action to make Illinois government more open and transparent. "Transparency in government is funda...
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Governor gets more time to come up with budget fixFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn will have an extra month to come up with a plan to solve Illinois' budget woes. The state Senate on Wednesday approved delaying the governor...