Illinois
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2 escapees from downstate boot camp found
Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - DIXON SPRINGS -- Two inmates who escaped earlier this week from a southern Illinois boot camp are back in custody. The Illinois Department of Corrections says 30-year-ol...
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IEPA to clean up illegal downstate dump site
Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - GRANITE CITY -- An illegal dump site in southwestern Illinois' Madison County is about to be cleaned up, courtesy of the state. The Illinois Environmental Protection Age...
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Downstate man admits to ice pick murder
Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A man who stabbed his Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor to death with an ice pick a year ago has admitted to the Madison County killing and now faces up to 45...
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Blagojevich has no golden parachute if impeached.Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - When it comes to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's personal finances, the man who once wanted campaign money so badly he allegedly shook down a children's hospital fo...
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Media, officials dance around governor's colorful languageJan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - What a bleeping nightmare. Gov. Rod Blagojevich's potty mouth, immortalized forever on FBI tapes of the governor dropping f-bombs left and right during phone calls with ...
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Senators hear G-rated Blago tapes at impeachment hearingJan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich's voice was heard in the Senate impeachment trial Tuesday plotting to meet a racetrack owner over legislation to benefit the horse rac...
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Is impeachment trial moving too fast?Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The bipartisan spirit that has guided Gov. Rod Blagojevich's impeachment trial in the Illinois Senate to this point showed signs of cracking Wednesday as ...
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State holding $1.5 billion in property
Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The state of Illinois is holding more than $1.5 billion in unclaimed property and funds belonging to residents. According to state officials, the propery ...
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Metro East detective called a liar; charges dropped in murder case
Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- Prosecutors in St. Clair County plan to scrutinize all criminal cases involving an East St. Louis investigator after a judge found him not credible, pr...
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Peabody's 4Q profit soars
Jan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- Coal-mining Peabody Energy Corp. said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit soared, easily topping Wall Street's expectations as the company benefited from high...