Illinois
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SIU administrator's military record questioned
Feb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Southern Illinois University officials said they will discuss the employment future of an administrator accused of lying about his military record. The...
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Quinn to seek federal dollars in Washington
Feb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is on a fence-mending trip to Washington now that his disgraced predecessor is out of office. Quinn met with members of the state's...
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Blagojevich calls removal from office a 'hijacking'Feb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Rod Blagojevich insists he is not "shamed" or "disgraced" to be the first governor ousted in Illinois' history, but he still refuses to detail his side of the story when...
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Modern Metal to sell Bronson for $4.5 milFeb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Modern Metal Products Co., an Illinois auto-parts maker that’s liquidating in bankruptcy court, agreed to sell one of its businesses to competitor Gill Industries Inc....
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More plans than direction when it comes to campaign finance reformFeb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - With the biggest political scandal in modern Illinois history still riling voters, politicians are suddenly eager to jump on the reform bandwagon. Already this week, su...
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Obama returning to Illinois for Lincoln's 200thFeb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - For the first time since before his inauguration, President Barack Obama will return to Illinois later this month to commemorate the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. ...
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Economic turmoil awaits state in post-Blagojevich eraFeb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - With a state focused for weeks on the antics and ouster of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, many state lawmakers fear the proceedings masked an economic disast...
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Four years in fatal DUI crash
Feb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - MARION -- The prosecutor in Williamson County says he hopes the four-year prison sentence a Marion man got in a drunken-driving fatality discourages others from driving ...
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Lane Bryant shooting victims' families mark anniversary
Feb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - TINLEY PARK -- Mike Hudek still longs for the 12:15 p.m. daily phone call with his sister. The short check-in over lunch hour was a time to recount the day's events with...
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Legislature should join clean cars pushFeb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - When President Barack Obama directed the EPA to reconsider 14 states' requests to impose strict limits on greenhouse gas emissions from cars, he paved the way for the st...