Illinois
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Ill. man charged in mother's strangulation death
Feb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - A 27-year-old south suburban Chicago man has been charged in the strangulation death of his 59-year-old mother. Police in Country Club Hills announced murder charges Sat...
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Judge seals Kevin Fox's arrest record
Feb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - A judge has sealed the records of a Wilmington's father's arrest in his 3-year-old daughter's death. Will County State's Attorney's office spokesman Charles Pelkie says ...
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DeKalb County woman convicted in theft ring
Feb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - SYCAMORE -- A DeKalb County jury has convicted a 68-year-old woman of four felonies in connection with a multistate theft ring which police and prosecutors say was orche...
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Man sentenced to 28 years in carjacking
Feb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - PEORIA --A judge has handed down a maximum 28-year prison sentence to a Peoria man who mugged and carjacked a Varna woman in a mall parking lot in December of 2007. Auth...
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Communications czar to head Illinois tollway systemFeb 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Facing criticism over a new construction program linked to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption arrest, Illinois Tollway leaders turned to a public relations expert ...
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Quinn: Death penalty moratorium will stay
Feb 06, 2009 10:00 pm - COLLINSVILLE -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says he has no immediate plans to lift the state's moratorium on the death penalty. The Democrat who last week replaced ousted fo...
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Something of note: Quinn favors Strait, not Elvis
Feb 06, 2009 10:00 pm - COLLINSVILLE -- A week into his gig as Illinois governor, Pat Quinn is setting the record straight about his musical tastes. Quinn took over as governor after Elvis-lovi...
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Court: Ryan can keep part of his pension
Feb 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Former Gov. George Ryan may keep a substantial part of the state pension that was canceled following his conviction on racketeering and fraud charges, the Illinois Appel...
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Mother, boyfriend charged in death of boy, 3
Feb 05, 2009 10:00 pm - CARLYLE -- A Clinton County mother and her boyfriend are jailed on $2 million bond after being accused in last month's death of the woman's 3-year-old son. Twenty-seven-...
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LaHood pitches Illinois' chances with stimulus billFeb 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois' political dysfunction won't hamstring efforts to obtain its share of the economic stimulus pie, U.S. Transportation Secretary and Peoria native Ray LaHood said...